Authors Talk and Book Lunches in Adelaide - May 2024

Authors Talk and Book Lunches in Adelaide - May 2024

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Posted 2024-04-28 by Mindo Koerberfollow

Sat 04 May 2024 - Sun 26 May 2024

Victoria Purman - The Radio Hour

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From the bestselling author of The Nurses' War comes this charming, funny, pointed look at the golden years of radio broadcasting in post-war Australia, celebrating the extraordinary unseen women who wrote the radio plays that held a nation captive.

Find out if Victoria Purman would bring Martha Berry, a character in The Radio Hour to remain in the shadows as invisible women in 1956 Sydney, or to finally step into the spotlight, at this FREE Author Talk events on :

Saturday, 4 May 2024, starting from 11 am to 12 pm, at Ngutungka West Lakes, 9 Charles Street, West Lakes. Bookings are essential and can be made here .

Thursday, 9 May 2024, starting from 7 pm to 8 pm at The Mawson Centre, 2-8 Main Street, Mawson Lakes. Bookings are essential and can be made here .

Cheryl Adnams - - Heart of the River

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Join Cheryl Adnams on Thursday, 9 May 2024, starting from 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm, at Seaford Library, Grand Boulevard, Seaford, for an exciting in-person event to discuss her new book, Heart of the River.

Heart of the River is a historical romance set in the 1950s in Northern Victoria. Described as a Romeo and Juliet love story, this unputdownable new novel from Cheryl is a fabulous insight into the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity - revolving around one of the worst floods in Australia's history.

Bookings are essential and can be made here to attend this FREE community event.


Rosemary Cadden - McDouall Stuart Hitches a Ride

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Journalist and adventurer Rosemary Cadden will discuss how her solo road trip to follow the tracks of fellow Scot, explorer John McDouall Stuart, evolved into a book McDouall Stuart hitches a ride. Her stories will take you up through the centre of Australia as her conversations with people along the way and her research reveal how land and lifestyles have changed over the past 150 years.

Join Rosemary Cadden as she discusses her new novel at :

Civic (Woodville) Library, 72 Woodville Road, Woodville, Friday, 10 May 2024, starting from 11 am to 12 pm. Book here .

Brighton Library - City of Holdfast Bay, 20 Jetty Road, Brighton, on Friday, 10 May 2024, starting from 6 pm to 7.30 pm. Book here .

Find out more about Rosemary Cadden through her blog: Along those lines . Her book will be available for purchase, which Rosemary is happy to sign.


Melinda Ham - The Lucky Ones

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Join award-winning journalist Melinda Ham as she talks about her new book The Lucky Ones - Stories of Australian Refugee Journeys at Aldinga Library, 11 Central Way, Aldinga Beach, on Saturday, 18 May 2024, starting from 10.30 am to 11.30 am.

The Lucky One is a moving and meticulously researched book of refugee stories from award-winning journalist and former foreign correspondent Melinda Ham. Though they are from different generations, countries and cultures, the families in this book all share one thing in common: they have escaped persecution in their homelands to find safety in Australia. Spanning 70 years, and tracking journeys from Iraq, Afghanistan, Poland, Tibet, Vietnam and Zaire, The Lucky Ones offers a window into the complex history of Australian refugee experiences.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase and be signed by the author. Book here .


Heather Morris - Sisters Under the Rising Sun

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Sisters Under the Rising Sun is claimed as a phenomenal novel of resilience and survival by the bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris.

Sisters Under the Rising Sun is a story full of beauty and hope and is based on years of interviews author Heather Morris conducted with real-life Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov. It is heart-wrenching, illuminating, and unforgettable. Join Heather Morris at these FREE author talks events that will be held at:

Woodcroft Library, 175 Bains Road, Morphett Vale, on Wednesday, 22 May 2024, starting at 6 pm to 7.30 pm. Book here .

Ngutungka West Lakes, 9 Charles Street, West Lakes, on Friday, 24 May 2024, starting from 11 am to 12 pm. Book here .

Civic Centre Library, Playford Boulevard, Elizabeth, on Sunday, 26 May 2024, starting from 2 pm to 4 pm. Book here .


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