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Buon-Cattivi Press

God is an Apricot Book Launch

Celebrate the release of Robert Moore's latest novel, God is an Apricot, at this author-in-conversation book launch. Moore will be joined on stage by a special guest to discuss the book, the influence of a 1990s HIV diagnosis, the power of a feverish creative obsession, and much more. Join us as we toast this metaphysical tour de forceps.

The launch will be your first chance to grab your very own copy of the award-winning author's newest book.

Please register to secure your spot at this free event. Lunch, snacks, and drinks (including a specialty, apricot-inspired cocktail) will be available to purchase from the Diverse-City bar.

Doors and lunch from 12pm. In conversation with the author starts 1pm. Book signing immediately after.

God is an Apricot blurb:
Gabriel knows he’s sick. It’s in his blood but he refuses to accept it as a anything more than a flu that a few antibiotics could clear up. Instead, he sweats over his masterpiece, a contemporary reproduction of Swan Lake performed in the Shepherds Hill Recreation Park south of Adelaide. What begins as an artistic distraction swiftly becomes a fever-fuelled obsession.

Robert Moore’s metaphysical tour de forceps, God is an Apricot, is a surreal exploration of creative mania. It’s a headfirst dive from Gabriel’s fantasy of putting on one last big show into a mind trip of the glorious and unreal.

Event Details

GENRE: Literature, Queer Conversations

DURATION: 180 mins

AGE RATING: Ages 18 +

LANGUAGE WARNING:

CONTENT WARNINGS: Sexual References, Disability Slurs, Mental Health, Homophobia

Wheelchair Accessible

SEATED OR STANDING: Seated

EVENT IMAGE DESCRIPTION: An illustrated nesting chicken emulating the style of a linocut print sits in front of an apricot-orange background. Above it's head is a small halo and it's flanked by sketches of clouds.

9 November 2025 12.00pm

Diverse-City

GA: FREE

Learn More About the Artist/Producer...

Award winning writer and author Robert Moore has had numerous articles, poetry and short stories published in a variety of magazines and on national and local radio. An article on HIV was published with Living Now magazine in 2000.
He has an Advanced Diploma in Arts (Professional Writing) from AC Arts.
His play Brewing which deals with HIV in a rural setting, received funding from The Richard Llewellyn Trust ArtsSA for creative development with a dramaturge, professional actors, and the late Geoff Crowhurst as director.
Mother Tongue, a short story on domestic violence, was the subject of a film in 2014. He was joint winner of the inaugural Feast Festival Short Story Competition in 2001 and in 2021 won the Feast Festival Short Story Competition for established writers.
His published works include:
Hard Pressed MLR Press US
Pecking Disorder MLR Press US. Reprinted with Blazing Heart Publishing US
Esmeraldas’s Nest MidnightSun Publishing
Noelene Knows Best Featherweight Press US
About Face IP Kidz
Map Macmillan Publishers
Raspberry Rat Macmillan Publishers