UPCOMING EVENTS
 

Interviewing Michelle Prak for the launch of Barren Cape
at Harry Hartog Mosman, 6pm, Thursday 1 May
(free, please register on the link)

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Interviewing Sarah Clutton for the launch of The Remarkable Truths
of Alfie Bains at BOOK FACE, St Ives, 6pm, Thursday 5 June

(free, please register on the link)
 

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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS

I regularly tutor two online courses with the Australian Writers Centre:

- Creative Writing Stage 1, five-week course

- Novel Writing Essentials, 10-week course

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Writing Thrillers and Suspense

Two-hour workshop, Sunday 1 June

Words on the Waves Writers Festival, Umina, Central Coast NSW

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Writing Thrillers, How to Hook your Readers

One-day workshop, Saturday 30 August

Writing NSW, Lilyfield, Sydney

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PAST EVENTS

I loved chatting with readers about The Last Trace at bookshop
events, libraries, festivals and books clubs in 2024. (And many
of you had the chance to meet Betty the doll who features in the
book! Some found her a little creepy but she's 84 years old!!)
See the photos below!

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• Sydney launch, Monday 1 July 2024, 6pm, Ivanhoe Hotel, Manly with Ashley Kalagian Blunt​​

• Canberra launch, Tuesday 9 July, 6pm, Kingston Library in conversation with Emma Grey​

• Newcastle City Library, Wednesday 10 July, 5:30pm​

• Melbourne, Frankston Library, Thursday 18 July, 1pm,​

• Ballarat, Collins Books, Bridge Mall, Friday 19 July, 5:30pm

• Online Facebook event, Global Girls Online Book Club, Monday 22 July, 8pm

• Woollahra Library, Double Bay, Sydney 24 July, 6pm, Wine & Crime panel with Candice Fox and Dinuka McKenzie hosted by Claudine Tinellis​

• Sisters-in-Crime online conversation with Alexandra Larach, Monday 29 July, 6pm​

• Hawkesbury Library, Windsor, Wednesday 31 July, 6pm, Family Thrillers with BM Carroll​

• North Sydney, Interviewing Hayley Scrivenor, Tuesday 6 August, 1pm, Stanton Library​

• Port Macquarie, NSW, Port Macquarie Library, Friday 16 August, 10:30am​​​

• Sutherland Library, Thursday 5 September, 6:30pm, with Dinuka McKenzie ​​

• BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival, State Library, Sydney and online, Saturday 14 September, 2pm​

• The Epping Club Literary Lunch, Sunday 15 September, 12pm​​

• Ben's Book Club Online, Monday 16 September, through Libby, the library reading app, and Overdrive ​

• Bathurst, NSW, Bathurst Library, Tuesday 17 September, 6pm​

• Sisters in Crime Brisbane Literary Dinner,Thursday 17 October, 6pm, Darling & Co, Paddington, Brisbane​​​​

• Merrylands Bowling Club, GGOBC Authors & Readers lunch, Sunday 24 November, 11:30am-4:00pm​​​​

• Wine & Crime Night, Avalon Library, 28 November 2024, 5:45pm, with BM Carroll and Vanessa McCausland

• Newcastle Writers Festival, Siblings and Secrets in Crime Fiction panel with Ashley Kalagian Blunt and Anna Downes, 5 April, Watt Space Gallery, 20 Auckland St, Newcastle

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