Helen Garner: The Season

Grace, grit and the power of AFL 

Helen Garner returns with her signature sharp eye and wit in an exuberant new book following her youngest grandson’s season of under-16s footy and the team’s passage from boyhood to manhood. 

Each week Helen sits on the sidelines of training sessions and matches watching as her grandson and his teammates tackle triumphs and defeats as they fight their way towards the finals. 

One of Australia’s finest writers meets one of Australia’s greatest pastimes in this moving account of family connections.

Be one of the first to hear Helen talk about her newest release in conversation with The Monthly’s Michael Williams. 

A voice of great honesty and energy

Anne Enright

Not long ago I read Helen Garner for the first time and was so stunned that I wanted to run around the block; how strange, how wonderful, that a book can still make me feel that way.

Rumaan Alam