Author Events

For those readers who enjoy meeting and listening to authors of the book they read, here are two new events coming up.

Dinuka McKenzie – author of Taken

Dinuka McKenzie is an Australian writer and book addict. Her debut crime fiction novel, The Torrent, won the HarperCollins Australia 2020 Banjo Prize and was published in February 2022. She is represented by Alex Adsett Literary. When not writing, Dinuka works in the environmental sector and volunteers as part of the team behind the Writers Unleashed Festival. She lives in Southern Sydney with her husband, two kids and their pet chicken.

Taken has been reviewed in this pages.  Click here for the review.

Dinuka will be speaking at the Avid Reader, West End, on Thursday 9 March 2023 at 6.00pm.  For more information and to buy tickets, click here.

Ben Hobson – author of The Death of John Lacey

Ben Hobson is a teacher, and an author, based in Brisbane. To Become a Whale, his debut novel, was released in 2017. It was longlisted for the ABIA Debut Fiction award and shortlisted for the Courier-Mail’s People’s Choice Award. His second novel, Snake Island, a literary thriller, was released in 2019. He also runs Ben’s Book Club, a monthly online book club for libraries, and the Burgers, Beers and Books podcast. The Death of John Lacey is his third novel.

The Death of John Lacey has been reviewed in these pages.  Click here to read the review.

Ben will speaking at the Avid Reader on Friday 10 March 2023 at 6.30pm.  For more information and to buy tickets, click here.

To visit the website of the Avid Reader, click here.

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