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.
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