National Library of Australia

Author talk: Look After Your Feet by Rosalie Ham

Canberra Writers Festival presents author Rosalie Ham for a special event focused on her new novel, 'Look After Your Feet'.

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Event Details

Category

ACT Arts Guide

Event Starts

May 1, 2026 18:00

Event Ends

May 1, 2026 19:00

Venue

National Library of Australia

Location

Parkes Place West, Parkes ACT, Australia

Canberra Writers Festival presents author Rosalie Ham for a special event focused on her new novel, Look After Your Feet.

Australia’s beloved author Rosalie Ham, best known for the international bestseller The Dressmaker, comes to Canberra with her signature wit and sharp observations in her latest book, Look After Your Feet.

Join Rosalie Ham in conversation with The Canberra Times’ Sally Pryor for an entertaining evening of laughter, candor, and hard-earned wisdom.

Rosalie will be signing books in the foyer following the discussion.

This event is held in partnership with Canberra Writers Festival.

About Look After Your Feet

In this darkly funny and refreshingly honest exploration of ageing, Ham reflects on the curious reality of getting older, when wisdom grows as body parts begin to fail, and life somehow starts making a little more sense.

Packed with practical advice (including why cheese and wine for dinner is perfectly acceptable), Look After Your Feet is an irreverent and insightful celebration of the unexpected advantages and unavoidable indignities of later life.

About Rosalie Ham

Rosalie Ham is the author of six novels, including The Dressmaker trilogy – The DressmakerThe Dressmaker’s Secret and MollyThe Dressmaker was adapted to film in 2015, and starred Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving and Liam Hemsworth. Rosalie holds a Master of Arts in creative writing and, after many years as an aged-care nurse, then teacher, Rosalie now writes full time from her home in Melbourne, Australia. Look After Your Feet is Rosalie’s seventh book, and her first non-fiction book.

About Sally Pryor

Sally Pryor is a Canberra journalist who has covered arts, history, literature, crime and many more things at The Canberra Times for 18 years. She’s also a lifelong bookworm with too many books – both read and unread – on her shelves and across her desk.

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