June FOWL talk with Michael Thompson
Tuesday 17th June 10:00am - 11:30am
Categories: Friends of the Wingecarribee Library, Featured event
Friends of Wingecarribee Public Library present June 2025 Author Talk with Michael Thompson.
About the book
Dr Charlie Knight fears life is passing him by. He is aged in his late thirties, and treading water as a family doctor in the same small town, Marwick, where he grew up. Charlie plays tennis against the same people every Friday night. He jogs the same streets every morning. He treats the same patients every day – fixing the high blood pressure and arthritic knees of folk who have known him since he was a kid.
Charlie has a secret plan to escape. A plan to live the life he wants, even if the woman he was meant to do it with has left him behind.
Just as Genevieve Longstaff returns to their hometown, something extraordinary happens to Charlie. He begins to have a vision of the exact number of days a person has left until they die. Charlie believes it is a gift. It certainly seems like one – after all, he is using it to help his patients, family and friends make the most of their lives: to mend relationships, to travel, to retire.
However, this gift comes with awful consequences, and Charlie soon realizes there are things that he doesn't want to know – especially about the woman he still loves.
Michael Thompson's romantic magical realism novel, All the Perfect Days will have you laughing, crying and wondering: if you knew how long your loved ones were going to live, would you tell them?
About the author: Michael Thompson
Michael Thompson has been a journalist, producer and media executive for almost 20 years. He was the Executive Producer of the “Ray Hadley Morning Show”, then the Head of Content for Macquarie Media. He has won numerous professional awards including a Kennedy Award for Journalism.
Michael now co-owns the podcast production company, Fear & Greed and co-hosts one of the highest-ranking podcasts in Australia with around 500,000 downloads per month.
Michael came to speak to FOWL about his first book, which was published internationally in 2023. How to Be Remembered was translated into seven languages and optioned by a Hollywood film studio.
We are delighted to welcome Michael back to speak about his second book, All the Perfect Days which will be published on 3 June 2025, only two weeks before he speaks for FOWL.
Michael lives in Sydney with his wife and two children.
Copies of Michael’s book will be available for sale and signing at the event.
Date: Tuesday 17 June 2025
Time: 10am. Morning tea will follow the talk. Doors open at 9.40am.
Place: Henrietta Rose Room, next to the Bowral Library
Cost: $15 + booking fee for members with discount code, and $20 for non-members + booking fee
Bookings: are essential and can be made HERE
Please note: When purchasing multiple tickets, member and non-member tickets need to be ordered separately