On tour: Meet the author Eimear McBride
Irish-British author Eimear McBride’s debut novel is A Girl is a Half-formed Thing (Text). She is visiting Australia and New Zealand in May.What would you put on a shelf-talker for...
On tour: Meet the author Dav Pilkey
US author and illustrator Dav Pilkey has written numerous children’s books, including the ‘Captain Underpants’ series for young readers (Scholastic). He is visiting Australia in May.What are you reading right...
On tour: Meet the author Laura Bates
UK writer Laura Bates, who founded the Everyday Sexism Project, is the author of Everyday Sexism (S&S, April). She is visiting Australia in May. What would you put on a shelf-talker...
On tour: Meet the author Tan Twan Eng
Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng is visiting Australia in March for the Adelaide Writers’ Week. Twan Eng is the author of novels including The Garden of Evening Mists (A&U), which...
On tour: Meet the author Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert is touring Australia and New Zealand in March as a guest of Adelaide Writers’ Week, visiting Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Wellington. Her latest novel, The Signature of All...
On tour: Meet the author Margaret Drabble
UK author Margaret Drabble is touring Australia in March, appearing at the Perth and Adelaide writers festivals. Her 17th novel, The Pure Gold Baby (Text), was published in 2013. What...
On tour: Meet the author D W Wilson
Canadian author D W Wilson is visiting Australia in March for the Adelaide Writers’ Week. Wilson is the author of the short-story collection Once You Break a Knuckle and his...
On tour: Meet the author Cathy Kelly
Irish author Cathy Kelly is visiting Australia in March, to coincide with the release of her newest novel A Woman’s Heart (HarperFiction, March). What is the silliest question you’ve ever...
On tour: Meet the author Alexander McCall Smith
UK author Alexander McCall Smith is touring Australia in March, stopping in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Ballarat. His most recent novel is The Forever Girl (Polygon). What would you put on a...
On tour: Meet the author Mireille Guiliano
French-American author Mireille Guiliano is visiting Australia in February. Her latest book is French Women Don’t Get Facelifts (Doubleday). What would you put on a shelf-talker for your book?Attitude is the new...
On tour: Meet the author Rabih Alameddine
Lebanese-American author Rabih Alameddine is visiting Australia in March to promote his third novel, An Unnecessary Woman (Text).What would you put on a shelf-talker for your book? A naked Colin...
On tour: Meet the author Helen Dunmore
What would you put on a shelf-talker for your book? If I had abandoned all claim to modesty, I might put: ‘The Lie is an enthralling, deeply moving story about three childhood...
On tour: Meet the author Liz Pichon
What would you put on a shelf-talker for your book? Want to get your kids reading? Try these books (they’re funny too).What are you reading right now?Difficult Men by Brett Martin...
On tour: Meet the author Samantha Shannon
UK author Samantha Shannon is visiting Australia in November for the Supanova pop culture expo. Shannon’s debut novel The Bone Season (Bloomsbury) is the first book in a seven-part series....
On tour: Meet the author André Leslie
André Leslie, an expat Australian who moved to Germany in 2005, is visiting Australia in December. His first book Batting for Berlin: How One Aussie Expat Took on the German...
On tour: Meet the author Gary Greenberg
Psychotherapist, author and editor Gary Greenberg is visiting Australia in October. His latest book, The Book of Woe (Scribe), challenges many facets of established psychiatric practice. What would you put...
On tour: Meet the author John Connolly
John Connolly is visiting Australia in October. Conquest: The Chronicle of the Invaders (Headline) is the first book in a new YA science-fiction series, co-written with Connolly’s partner Jennifer Ridyard....
On tour: Meet the author Stuart MacBride
Scottish crime author Stuart MacBride is visiting Australia in September. His latest book is Close to the Bone (HarperCollins) from the ‘Logan McRae’ series. What would you put on a...
On tour: Meet the author Elizabeth Wein
US historical YA fiction author Elizabeth Wein is visiting Australia in September. Wein is the author of six historical YA novels including Code Name Verity (Egmont Books) and its follow-up book...
On tour: Meet the author Jackie Collins
Superstar author Jackie Collins is visiting Australia in October. Her new book Confessions of a Wild Child (Simon & Schuster) is the eighth book about Lucky Santangelo, and takes the heroine...