On tour: Janine di Giovanni
Thursday, 6 October 2016
US foreign correspondent Janine di Giovanni’s latest book is The Morning They Came for Us (Bloomsbury), an account of the conflict in Syria. She will be touring Australia in February. ...
On tour: Lionel Shriver
Thursday, 28 July 2016
US author Lionel Shriver’s latest book, The Mandibles (HarperCollins), follows a family in the near future as they contend with the ruin of their fortunes in the aftermath of a...
On tour: Angela Flournoy
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Angela Flournoy’s The Turner House (Black Inc.) is a sprawling domestic drama that tells the story of Detroit through the generations of one family. She will be attending Melbourne Writers...
On tour: Chris Cleave
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Irish author Chris Cleave’s Everyone Brave is Forgiven (Sceptre) weaves a little-known segment of history during Blitz-torn London with a love story that draws on his grandparents’ courtship during in...
On tour: Lev Grossman
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Author of the ‘Magicians’ trilogy (Arrow) Lev Grossman is visiting the Melbourne Writers Festival and Sydney’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas in August and September. What would you put on a...
On tour: Rainbow Rowell
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Rainbow Rowell’s YA novels include Eleanor and Park (Orion), Fangirl and Carry On (both Macmillan). She is travelling to the Melbourne Writers Festival in August What would you put on...
On tour: Meg Rosoff
Thursday, 30 June 2016
YA author Meg Rosoff will be appearing at Melbourne and Brisbane writers’ festivals in August and September to discuss her first novel for adults, Jonathan Unleashed (Bloomsbury) What would you...
On tour: Tamora Pierce
Thursday, 2 June 2016
US author Tamora Pierce has written a number of YA series, including ‘The Song of the Lioness’ and the ‘Circle of Magic’. She will be travelling to Australia for the...
On tour: Anne Bishop
Thursday, 26 May 2016
US fantasy writer Anne Bishop is travelling to Sydney and Perth in June. Her latest book Marked in Flesh (Penguin US) is the fourth book in ‘The Others’ series. What...
On tour: Michael Grant
Thursday, 5 May 2016
Michael Grant’s latest book is Front Lines (HGE). He is travelling to the Sydney Writers’ Festival and Brisbane in May What would you put on a shelf-talker for your latest...
On tour: Hanya Yanagihara
Friday, 29 April 2016
What would you put on a shelf-talker for your latest book? A fairytale about male romance set in someplace that feels a lot like New York City in a time...
On tour: Herman Koch
Friday, 29 April 2016
Dutch writer Herman Koch is the author of the satirical novel The Dinner (Text). His latest book Dear Mr M (Text) will be released in August. He is travelling to...
On tour: Liz Pichon
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
UK writer and illustrator Liz Pichon is the author of the ‘Tom Gates’ books for young readers, including the forthcoming Super Good Skills (Almost) (Scholastic, June). Pichon will visit the...
On tour: Ben Aaronovitch
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
British author Ben Aaronovitch is best know for the ‘Rivers of London’ series, which follows a young officer in the magical and supernatural branch of the Metropolitan Police. His latest...
On tour: Maria V Snyder
Monday, 21 March 2016
US fantasy author Maria V Snyder is best known for her YA-crossover ‘Study’ series. Her latest book is Night Study (Harlequin). She will be travelling to the Gold Coast, Sydney...
On tour: Jon Klassen
Thursday, 3 March 2016
Canadian author Jon Klassen’s We Found a Hat, the third book in his picture-book trilogy (Candlewick Press) that includes I Want My Hat Back and This is Not My Hat,...
On tour: Patrick deWitt
Thursday, 25 February 2016
Canadian author Patrick deWitt’s latest novel Undermajordomo Minor (Granta) is a black comedy of manners. He will be visiting the Perth Writers Festival and Adelaide Writers’ Week in February. What...
On tour: Muriel Barbery
Thursday, 25 February 2016
French author Muriel Barbery’s latest novel The Life of Elves (Text) is the story of two children whose amazing abilities ‘bring them into contact with magical worlds’. She will travel...
On tour: Patrick Gale
Thursday, 25 February 2016
British writer Patrick Gale’s latest book, A Place Called Winter (Tinder Press), follows the life of Edwardian gentleman Harry Cane as he is forced to relocate to the newly colonised...
On tour: Joanna Walsh
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
British writer Joanna Walsh has been published in Granta, the London Review of Books, and the Guardian. Her latest book Hotel (Bloomsbury) is a cultural study of hotels that is...
On tour: Lucy Cousins
Thursday, 4 February 2016
English writer and illustrator Lucy Cousins is the creator of the ‘Maisy’ books. She will be travelling to the Perth Writers Festival and Adelaide Writers’ Week in February/March and appearing...
On tour: Katherine Rundell
Thursday, 4 February 2016
Katherine Rundell is the author of children’s books The Wolf Wilder (Bloomsbury) and Rooftoppers (Faber). She will be appearing at the Perth Writers Festival in February. What would you put...
On tour: Lauren Groff
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Lauren Groff is the author of Fates and Furies (William Heinemann), a portrait of a marriage told from two points-of-view. She is appearing at Perth Writers Festival and Adelaide Writers’...
On tour: Lisa Genova
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Lisa Genova is the author of Still Alice and Inside the O’Briens (S&S), which examines the effect Huntington’s disease on an Irish-Catholic family in the US. She is travelling to...
On tour: Jasper Fforde
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Jasper Fforde is the author of the ‘Thursday Next’ literary detective series and the ‘Last Dragonslayer’ fantasy series. His latest book in the latter series is The Eye of Zoltar...
