
Entertainment: From The Saints to Savage Garden
Saturday 12 October: 5.00pm – 5.45pm
From The Saints to Savage Garden – Andrew Stafford in conversation with Ashley Hay
From cult heroes the Saints and the Go-Betweens to national icons Powderfinger and international stars Savage Garden, hear how Brisbane has produced more than its share of great bands. Pig City is a much-loved cult classic, providing an enduring soundtrack and history lesson for a new generation of fans and musicians alike.
Cost: $15
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Author BIO
Andrew Stafford is a freelance journalist and the author of two books – Something to Believe In (2019) and Pig City, a musical and political history of Brisbane, which is being re-released (UQP 2024). He has written for The Age, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Monthly.
Ashley Hay is an award-winning Brisbane author, and has published three novels and four books of narrative non-fiction. Between 2018 and 2022, she worked as the editor of Griffith Review, curating, commissioning and collaborating with more than five hundred emerging and established writers. She draws on more than thirty years’ experience in the world of words in her work as a writer, editor, mentor and facilitator.