Author Talk: Ken Piesse - Mornington Library

Next date: Friday, 13 September 2024 | 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Not many of us are lucky enough to spend our life doing what we love. In Ken Piesse’s case, his passion for sports fills and fuels his professional and personal life.

For over 60 years he has played, watched, written about, analysed, commentated on, discussed, and dreamed about sport. He is Australia’s most prolific sports author, having published 88 books, many of them bestsellers.

Now he turns the lens on himself, in Living the Dream he introduces us to the kid who attended Sheffield Shield matches at the MCG with his father from the age of 9, was obsessed with the 1965 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack he got that Christmas and borrowing all 18 of Parkdale Library’s books about cricket, lovingly arranging them on the shelf in his bedroom and imagining they belonged to him.

Living the Dream is packed full of funny and lively anecdotes, from the 1960s to today, featuring Ken’s heroes and mates, stellar moments, behind-the-scenes stories and classic interviews - with people like Don Bradman, Steve Waugh and Warnie through to Brereton, Ablett and Lockett.

It includes some 50 photos from Ken's personal collection, a Glossary of classic nicknames and who they belong to, Toasts and Roasts, and an Index that reads like the Who’s Who of Australian sporting royalty.

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Mornington Library, Vancouver Street, Mornington, 3931, View Map