Songwriters on the Run
$30.17
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
5 May 2026
Summary
Robert Forster, singer-songwriter and co-founder of the iconic indie band the Go-Betweens, takes readers on a rock-and-roll road trip in his scintillating fiction debut.
“A comic odyssey, a crime thriller and a nuts-and-bolts account of making art. Not bad for one book!” - PAUL KELLY
“Completely marvellous! Couldn’t wipe the smile off my face. You’ll swear he wrote it just for you. Ain’t no world in which Robert effing Forster missed his calling, but, damn, the bloke was born …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143777731 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143777734 |
| Author: | Robert Forster |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 5 May 2026 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 234mm x 155mm |
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About The Author
Robert Forster
Robert Forster is a Brisbane-born and based musician and writer.
In 1978, he co-founded with friend and fellow singer-songwriter Grant McLennan the internationally acclaimed rock band The Go-Betweens. Their sixth album, 16 Lovers Lane, was placed at number 12 on The 100 Best Australian Albums list, and their ninth and last, Oceans Apart, won the 2005 ARIA award for Best Adult Contemporary Album. In 2010, Brisbane honoured their cultural influence by naming a new river bridge the Go Between Bridge.
Robert’s parallel career as a writer began in 2005 when he was appointed music critic for The Monthly, and a year later he won the Geraldine Pascall Prize. A collection of his journalism, The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll, was published in 2009. In 2015, his alma mater, the University of Queensland, awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters. Robert’s memoir, Grant & I, was published in 2016.
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