Pictured is Adam Courtenay, son of beloved Australian Author Bryce Courtenay
Meet author Adam Courtenay, son of the late bestselling author Bryce Courtenay, at Forbes Library on Thursday 6 November 10.30am – 12 noon. Please book your place by calling Forbes Library on 6852 1463.
Dynamic, complex, driven: Bryce Courtenay was all of these as well as one of Australia’s most beloved authors. To his son Adam, he was larger than life, mercurial, and impossible to know completely. In this moving, unforgettable memoir, Adam searches for the real Bryce.
Bryce Courtenay was one of Australia’s highest-selling and most-loved authors as well as a larger-than-life character. From his first book, The Power of One, he captivated readers. With his third, the non-fiction title April Fool’s Day, he captured their hearts.
Many of his fans would have thought they knew him, and they did – they knew the version of him that he wanted to present to the world.
Bryce’s son Adam knew the Bryce the rest of the world only glimpsed, or never saw at all. His father was a natural born storyteller and occasional fabulist whose tales never quite felt true.
Several years after his death, Bryce still looms large in Adam’s life. In seeking to understand his father, who made so many people happy with his books, Adam recounts his own 1960s and 1970s childhood, Bryce’s career in advertising and his metamorphosis into a bestselling novelist.
In the years after The Power of One, Bryce became a household name even as his personal life was plagued by tragedy and heartbreak. All the while Adam did his best to love his father and hang on through the wild ride of his life.