Author talk: Look After Your Feet by Rosalie Ham | National Library of Australia (NLA)

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.

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.

Book signings will be available in the foyer following the discussion.

Portrait of woman with dark short hair, next to the image of a book cover, which is yellow with a pink border, 'Rosalie Ham' written up the top, the title 'Look After Your Feet' at the centre, 'Some keen observations on the unexpected advantages and indignities of getting older' underneath the title

Rosalie Ham

Rosalie Ham

This event is in partnership with Canberra Writers Festival.

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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.

This book actually makes me look forward to getting old. I giggled all the way. Can Rosalie Ham be my friend?

Nikki Gemmell

Painfully close to the bone but howlingly funny. If you need cheering up, read it today.

Mem Fox

About Rosalie Ham

Rosalie Ham is the author of six novels, including The Dressmaker trilogy - The Dressmaker, The Dressmaker's Secret and Molly. The 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. 

Event details
01 May 2026
6:00pm – 7:30pm
$30 General | $26 concession | Fees apply for all tickets
Foyer, Theatre
Accessibility
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