Image: Julia Dunin Photography

SPECIAL EVENING EVENT

DERVLA MCTIERNAN IN CONVERSATION

Debut novel The Ruin was one of the biggest

sellers of 2018— now Detective Cormac Reilly is

back in a brand new book. Join us at a very spe-

cial in conversation event with local author Dervla

McTiernan.

Copies of The Scholar will be available for sale

thanks to Dymocks Subiaco.

Please arrive at least 10-15 minutes early.

Bookings essential.

Tuesday 30th July

Nerida Clifford Social Space

5.30pm—6.30pm

LYN BODYCOAT

MOMENTS AT MARATHON

Laurie Chappel came to Marathon Farm as a boy

and returned from the Second World War as a

man. Moments at Marathon is his story, as told by

his daughter, Lyn Bodycoat. Laurie was 97 when

this book went to print. His story captures the era

of pioneer farming in Western Australia during the

1930s. Moments at Marathon is Lyn's second

book. Family, within a historical context, is the

central focus of her writing. Join Lyn, and her pub-

lisher, Helen Iles for a talk about the process of

writing and publishing family stories.

Book sales and signing will be available at the

event

Tuesday 23rd July

Nerida Clifford Social Space

10.30am—11.30am

BINDY PRITCHARD

FABULOUS LIVES

Join Perth-based writer, Bindy Pritchard, as she

reads from her debut collection of short

stories, Fabulous Lives and talks about her

writing process.

Bindy’s work has previously been published in

Westerly, Kill Your Darlings, and Review of

Australian Fiction.

Fabulous Lives is published by Margaret River

Press. Book sales and signing will be available

at the event.

Tuesday 20th August

Nerida Clifford Social Space

10.30am—11.30am

MAUREEN HELEN

BLOGGING AT 80

Author Maureen Helen is a passionate advocate

for life-long learning. She is one of a growing

band of ‘grandmother bloggers’, and writes

regularly under the tongue-in-cheek title, How to

be Eighty. Join us for this special talk all about

how to navigate the online world of blogs and

social media— no matter what age you may be.

Tuesday 17th September

Nerida Clifford Social Space

10.30am—11.30am

2018 TAG HUNGERFORD AWARD

WINNER

HOLDEN SHEPPARD

INVISIBLE BOYS

Join award-winning local author Holden Shep-

pard as he discusses his new book Invisible

Boys. This debut novel centres on a group of

very different teenage boys growing up gay in

Geraldton. Holden will share his very personal

impetus for writing the novel, and talk about

his own journey from being a manual labour-

er to becoming a published author and his

struggle for self-acceptance as a gay man in

light of various challenges growing up.

Book sales and signing available on the day.

Tuesday 15th October

Nerida Clifford Social Space

10.30am—11.30am

Image: Charlotte Guest Photography

Tuesday 26th November

Nerida Clifford Social Space

10.30am—11.30am

EMILY PAULL

WELL-BEHAVED WOMEN

A world champion free diver disappears on a rou-

tine swim. An octogenarian gives up her scruples

and learns to paint in the nude. A young man from

Perth living in Paris at the time of a terrorist attack

reassesses the things— and the people— he takes

for granted.

Local writer, Emily Paull, presents a talk on her de-

but collection of short stories, all about the ways

women navigate the world and their relationships

with others.

Book sales and signing will be available on the day.