Excited to be presenting an author talk at Darebin Library from 6.30 - 8pm on 27 February, 2025
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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 the...
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...
Hawkeye Books
Collins Books
Apple
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
Booktopia
Woods Lane
Mad Hatter
Avid Reader
Riverbend Books
Harry Harthog
Annie's Books
How a woman and her horse saved each other, Candida Baker. Sydney Morning Herald. Read here.
Saved by a Rescue Horse, Peter Pierce, The Australian. Read here.
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...
Berkelouw
GILLIAN WILLS
Launch of Big Music
Francesco Celata Principal Clarinetist of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra will be performing an extract from Mozart's Clarinet Concerto.
...
Pure Dynamite Alondra de la Parra: read here.
The Curse of the Gothic Symphony: read here.
Muck-Rack: read here.
A Selection of articles and reviews: read here.
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: read here.
Limelight Magazine: read here.
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
Book here.
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...
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