Join celebrated author Helen Garner in conversation with literary critic and contributing writer at The New Yorker, Merve Emre, as they reflect on her fourth non-fiction book The Season.

The Season is an account of Garner's grandson's season playing football in the western suburbs of Melbourne and, at its heart, it's a meditation on love from a grandmother in her early eighties.

Garner's devotion to the under-16s team offers her a chance to connect with her youngest grandchild, Amby. To be close to him before he rushes headlong into manhood, to witness his triumphs and defeats, to fear for his safety in battle, to gasp and cheer for his team as it fights for a place in the finals.

She knows she won't live to see his life unfold. Amby is the last of Helen's three grandchildren, the youngest, and he will long survive her. The Season is a moving celebration of her grandson, of nobility, of the grit of team spirit; and acts a reflection of the nature of masculinity today.

Don't miss the chance to hear Garner and Emre unpack the experiences explored in hew newest work, and discuss The Season's place in the arc of her career.

The conversation will be followed by a Q&A.