NOT SO TRIVIAL

Gossip, over-the-top costumes, free-flowing drinks, outrageous flirting, dad dancing… and that’s before the questions even begin. Welcome to the joys of an Australian school trivia night as perfectly captured in Ali Lowe’s debut novel.

DELICIOUS INTRIGUE

With the television rights optioned before it even hits the shelves, focuses on Darley Heights Public School, lovingly painted in the broad brushstrokes of schools everywhere, with the cliques that ebb and flow through its gates, classrooms and principal’s office. Think gossip girls, committee heads, athleisurewear lovers, SUV drivers and drooled-over dads. What gives Darley its extra thrill is the titular trivia night, where four sets of kindy parents take the idea of swinging from hypothetical to ‘what did we do?’ amid a fallout that threatens to tear all of their lives apart. The story found its spark in a deliciously time-honoured fashion – watercooler-worthy dinner conversation with a good friend.