‘How Qantas was brought to ground and who did it’: Joe Aston to pen book on airline’s disastrous 2023
Renowned columnist and former The Australian Financial Review writer, Joe Aston, has signed a deal to write a book on the disastrous year Qantas endured in 2023.
Simon & Schuster has announced the exclusive acquisition of world rights to Aston’s first book, The Chairman’s Lounge, which follows “Aston’s scintillating, year-long campaign of investigative commentary on Qantas ultimately led to the early retirements of chief executive Alan Joyce and chairman Richard Goyder”.
“Joe’s incredible ability to not only break a story but to write about it evocatively made his column essential reading for anyone after the truth about how power, money and influence flow in this country,” Simon & Schuster publishing director, Ben Ball, said.
“The Chairman’s Lounge will do the same over the long form, telling the bigger story of how one company – and a few key individuals – bought the nation’s loyalty and then cashed in on it.
“Joe’s prose is as rare as his access and insight: razor-sharp, funny and fearless, slicing to expose. Like Michael Lewis, he has an eye for the telling detail and the mind for the big picture, which he’s finally able to show us. With fresh interviews and revelations, The Chairman’s Lounge is the definitive, compelling story of greed, power and hubris brought low – of how Qantas was brought to ground and who did it.”
The book is scheduled for release in the second half of 2024.
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Neil Griffiths is the editor of Mumbrella. He joined the company in October 2023.
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