It is not often that Australian fiction takes us into the worlds of classical music or academia.
In Big Music, Gillian Wills invites us to explore both. Through the trials and...
Big Music
Gillian Wills
Hawkeye Publishing (2024)
ISBN: 978-1923105287
Reviewed by Elizabeth Upshur for Reader Views (12/2024)
Written by Australian arts writer and music reviewer...
Gillian Wills confronts the “predatory behaviour, lack of funds” in Australia’s classical music industry.
Gillian Wills’ Big Music is her debut novel — but it’s not entirely a...
Books@Stones, Brisbane
We had a fun night listening to Gillian chatting about her new book Big Music. Gillian’s anecdotes & stories about her career & the industry had...
About my contribution to the inaugural Sunshine Coast Hinterland Literary Festival.
Gillian Wills brought intelligence, strength and insight to the Melodies in Prose panel at...
When/why did you decide to write your debut novel Big Music?
How much does it draw on your own experience of working in the music industry?
What were the key issues and themes...
31 October, 2024
I began writing Big Music seven years ago.
In the last few days stories are trending about Rosemary who claimed she spoke to dead composers Mozart, Chopin and...
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How a woman and her horse saved each other, Candida Baker. Sydney Morning Herald.
Another launch on the 24 October at Books@Stones.
Nick Kirkup a young artist from Opera Queensland will be singing an aria by way of an introduction followed by a question and...
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GILLIAN WILLS
Launch of Big Music
Francesco Celata Principal Clarinetist of the Sydney Symphony...
Pure Dynamite Alondra de la Parra
https://limelight-arts.com.au/features/pure-dynamite-alondra-de-la-parra/
The Curse of the Gothic Symphony
Reviewed by Jo Skinner
I was fortunate enough to attend the grand launch of Big Music at Avid Reader in Brisbane recently. The audience were entertained by a classical...
InQueensland
https://www.inqld.com.au/arts-culture/books-and-poetry/2024/09/03/a-novel-entree-to-the-world-of-classical-music
Limelight Magazine
Here's the link for the playlist for Big Music on Spotify.
Big Music Playlist
Music in novel Big Music. Gillian Wills
Gillian Wills•
22 items, 3 hr 40 min
Redcliffe Author Talk
6pm, 18 October, 2024
Laidley Author Talk
10am, 24 October
Gatton Author Talk
1pm, 24 October
Launch: Books@Stones, Brisbane
6pm, 24 October
Praise for BIG MUSIC
‘Insight and intrigue behind the concert curtain. Big Music is a riveting read.’
–Laura Boon, editor and author of Tips from a Book Publishing Industry...
