Long Table Lunch with Inga Simpson

Inga Simpson will be joining us for a long table lunch at Rick Stein at Bannisters to talk about her new book Once We Were Wildlife - a tender, luminous collection of interconnected tales that explore love, longing and the wilderness - both within and around us.

Tickets include a two-course lunch, a glass of bubbles on arrival and an engaging in-conversation discussion.

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Once We Were Wildlife is a melancholic and joyful, masterful and inspiring, this is contemporary fiction at its finest by Australia's foremost writer of the natural world.

Inga Simpson began her career as a professional writer for government before gaining a PhD in creative writing. In 2011, she took part in the Queensland Writers Centre Manuscript Development Program and, as a result, Hachette Australia published her first novel, Mr Wigg, in 2013. Nest, Inga's second novel, was published in 2014 and was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Stella Prize and shortlisted for the ALS Gold Medal. Her 2024 literary thriller The Thinning was longlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize and the 2025 Fiction Indie Book Award. Inga lives on the New South Wales south coast among trees.

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For $95, indulge in a two-course lunch at Rick Stein at Bannisters restaurant, including a complimentary glass of bubbles on arrival and tea or coffee to finish.

Credit card payments will incur a 1% service fee.

Price is per person.

Book through our website, or contact our reservations team on 02 4454 7400 or at info@bannisters.com.au