Off the Rails — Graffiti, Trains & the Underground City

After a fifteen-year-old boy discovers a graffiti blackbook, his eyes are opened to an unseen city. As his interest in rugby league fades, he finds himself drawn to spray cans, a camera, and the abandoned buildings, rooftops and active train tunnels of Sydney. In its forgotten spaces, he encounters a community who see the city as he does — not just as a place to live, but as a place of immense beauty, above and below.

Off the Rails is the debut novel by Jet Williams — Sydney-based writer, artist and urban explorer. For this evening at Le Grand Jeu, Jet will present the book and open a conversation about Australian graffiti culture, freight train writing, and the underground landscapes that shaped it. The evening will also include a screening of an unreleased documentary on Sydney’s underground scene, directed by filmmaker and creative partner Max Donald.

📖 Off the Rails — Book Talk & Signing with Jet Williams
🗓 Thursday, July 2nd | 🕓 from 6PM
📍 Le Grand Jeu, 15 passage de Ménilmontant, Paris 11