Robert Skinner arrives in the city, searching for a richer life. Things begin badly and then, surprisingly, get slightly worse. Pretty soon he’s sleeping rough and trying to run a literary magazine out of a dog park. His quest for meaning keeps being thwarted, by endless jobs, beagles, house parties, ill-advised love affairs, camel trips and bureaucratic entanglements.

Sometimes a book catches the spirit of the times. I’d Rather Not is about work, escape and that something more we all need. It has become a firm Fullers favourite; the phrase ‘laugh out loud’ does not get used lightly ’round these parts.

About the author:
Robert Skinner was born and raised in South Australia. His writing appears frequently in The Monthly and has also featured in Best Australian Essays, Best Australian Comedy Writing and Internazionale. He currently lives in Melbourne where he works in a bookshop and plays football at the lowest level. This is his first and only book.

Join him fresh off the Sydney Writers Festival stage; he’ll be chatting with Fullers’ own comedy-adjacent author/bookseller, Adam Ouston.

Tickets include a glass of wine (or a cold drink).