Central QLD Coast Book Tour + Nature Writing Masterclass

I’m very excited to be visiting Central Queensland regional libraries in November and participating in the Lines in the Sand Literary Festival at Hervey Bay, where I will be in-conversation about my novel PEOPLE LIKE US and presenting my Witnessing Landscapes: Nature Writing Masterclass. I can’t wait to meet the avid readers, writers and other creatives in these communities.

Below are the locations, dates and times for the author talks, masterclass and festival, and a link to register for them. All bar one of the events are free.

Bundaberg Library

Author Talk: Monday 2 November @5:30PM

Masterclass: Tuesday 3 November @9AM-12PM

Gladstone City Library

Masterclass: Wednesday 5 November @10AM-1PM

Author Talk: Friday 6 November @10:30AM

Livingstone Shire Library (Yeppoon)

Author Talk: Friday 6 November @5:30PM

Masterclass: Saturday 7 November @9AM-12PM (Cost $20)

Agnes Water Library

Masterclass: Wednesday 11 November @9:30AM-12:30PM

Author Talk: Wednesday 11 November @2PM

Lines in the Sand Literary Festival, Hervey Bay Library

Panel: Saturday 14 November @2PM

Masterclass: Sunday 15 November @1:30PM-4:30PM

NSW Regional Book Tour + Nature Writing Masterclass

I’m very excited to be visiting regional NSW libraries in October to talk about my novel PEOPLE LIKE US and to present my Witnessing Landscapes: Nature Writing Masterclass. Going by the warmth and enthusiasm of librarians I’ve been working with to organise this tour, there are very active reading and writing communities in their region and I can’t wait to meet them.

Below are the locations, dates and times for the author talks and masterclass, and a link to register for them. The events are free, except for two as listed.

Narrabri Library

Author Talk: Tuesday 13 October @1PM

Masterclass: Tuesday 13 October @3:30PM-6:30PM

Tamworth Library

Author Talk: Wednesday 14 October @2PM

Masterclass: Wednesday 14 October @4:30PM-7:30PM

Wagga Wagga Library

Masterclass: Monday 19 October @5:30PM-9:30PM (Cost $30)

Author Talk: Tuesday 20 October @6PM

Bathurst Library

Author Talk: Wednesday 21 October @6PM

Masterclass: Thursday 22 October @10:30AM-1:30PM (Cost: $10)

Brisbane Writers Panel

I will be on a panel with Brisbane writers Anita Heiss, Mirandi Riwoe and Kris Kneen, each of whom has published a novel this year, at Riverbend Books. We will be talking about what we think makes the Brisbane lit-scene so collegial, how bookshops like Avid Reader and Riverbend Books help nurture that supportive culture, the choices we make about setting our books in Brisbane or not and what we learn about our city and state if we do.

Tickets for the event can be purchased here. I’d love to see you there.

Venue: Riverbend Books

Address: 4/77 Oxford Street, Bulimba

Date: Tuesday 29 September

Time: 6pm for a 6:30pm start.

Brisbane Writers Festival

I’m looking forward to sharing a conversation with Katherine Johnson, Brooke Davis and Michael Mohammed Ahmed about SOCIETAL DISCONNECT, panel chaired by Ashley Hay, at Brisbane Writers Festival.

Panel blurb:

What’s the cost of breaking the rules? And what’s the legacy of abuse? These evocative, tense and captivating narratives expose the intricacies and intimacies of family dynamics and reveal how the choices we make can both rewrite the past and reimagine the future.

It is a ticketed event and bookings can be made here. I’d love to see you there.

Venue: Brisbane Powerhouse, Underground Theatre

Address: 119 Lamington Street, New Farm

Date: Friday 9 October 2026

Time: 8PM

King St Book Club

I love a book club visit and I especially love King St Book Club for their robust and in-depth conversation, led by veteran book club facilitator Jennifer Stephens. If you’d like to drill down into the themes of PEOPLE LIKE US to a plot-spoiler level, then come along and join in the conversation.

Bookings are essential for this event and can be purchased here. Included in the price of your ticket is a copy of the book, King St Eats on the night and a glass of wine.

Venue: Library at Rydges Hotel

Address: 601 Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills, QLD 4006

Date: Tuesday 8 September 2026

Time: 6PM

PEOPLE LIKE US as an audiobook

I’m absolutely thrilled to share that the audiobook for PEOPLE LIKE US is now available through Audible and that it has been narrated by Helen O’Leary. Helen is an incredibly talented voice artist and actor. She narrated my previous novel, BONE MEMORIES, and did a superb job in bringing that novel’s characters to listeners, so I was stoked that she was available to take the story of Tina from the page to your ears. Here she is at the mic with sound engineer Ben Vlad. I couldn’t be happier with the final results from these two. And I’m so happy that PEOPLE LIKE US is now available to readers unable to access books via text and to those who just prefer to consume stories through their ears rather than their eyes. I hope you enjoy the listen!

Weekend Sunrise on Channel 7

I’ve been so grateful to have opportunities to sit down with Susan Davies, president and co-founder of Sharing with Friends, to talk about the different but complementary approaches we have taken to address the frightening increase in the number of older single women living in insecure housing.

Susan is bringing about change through her organisation by providing secure and affordable housing solutions for vulnerable older women and I’m raising awareness through my novel about an older woman who has lost her family home after a divorce and is now living in a caravan. But to have the opportunity to sit with Susan for an interview on Weekend Sunrise on Channel 7, was more than either of us could have hoped for!

Grab a coffee and join us if you can on Saturday 25 July at 8:45AM.

Hosts: Monique Wright and David Woiwod

Scrumptious Reads - Author Event

I’ll be sitting down with Anita Heiss (The Paradise Pact) to chat about PEOPLE LIKE US at Scrumptious Reads in their beautiful event space that allows for a more intimate conversation.

Numbers are limited for this ticketed event, which includes food and wine. To secure your place, you can book for the event here.

Venue: Scrumptious Reads

Address: 92A Arthur Terrace, Red Hill, Brisbane

Date: Tuesday 18 August 2026

Time: 6:30PM for a 7PM start.

Rosetta Books - The Red Room

I will be in conversation with Lea Dodd about my novel PEOPLE LIKE US in The Red Room at Rosetta Books.

Lea will be donating $5 from every book sale on the night to the Maleny Neighbourhood Centre to help in their work supporting homelessness in the area.

There is a $5 charge for the event, which includes a glass of wine and cheese/fruit platter. Bookings for the event can be made here.

Venue: The Red Room, accessed via the carpark behind Rosetta Books

Address: 30 Maple Street, Maleny, QLD

Date: Tuesday 28 July 2026

Time: 5:30PM for a 6PM start