Welcome back!

The school holidays are over and we're back!  I hope the past weeks have been good ones for you.

There's a lot happening over the next couple of months. On 21 and 22 October, it's time for the 2023 HNSA Conference (Historical Novel Society Australasia). To my delight, I'll be interviewing the inimitable Tom Keneally after taking part in the session Capturing Imaginations: writing engaging historical fiction for children and young adults with Alison Stegert and Susanne Gervay.  You can find all the details here.

This year's BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival is bigger than ever with five days and four nights of in-conversation events, panels, literary crime walks and trivia competitions. I'll be interviewing Nikki Mottram, Darcy Tindale and Rhys Gard and will also be on a panel with Michael Robotham, Tim Ayliffe and Sue Turnbull.  You can find the program here.

Happily, I have giveaways to sessions at BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival. To be in the running, simply reply to this email with your book recommendation.

In November, I'll be on tour in both NSW and Victoria. You can find all the details here.  

Finally, I'm excited to let you know that my middle-grade novel, Running with Ivan, has been shortlisted for the ARA Historical Novel Prize, along with Waiting for the Storks by Katrina Nannestad and The Bookseller’s Apprentice by Amelia Mellor. It's lovely to be in such company.

I'll look forward to seeing you tomorrow night and catching up on your holiday reads.