Events

Upcoming events:

PORT MACQUARIE
Saturday March 8, 2:30–4:00 pm
Port Macquarie Library
Rom Com Celebration: Author panel with Karina May and Melanie Saward
Book here (free)

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Past events:

TOOWOOMBA
Tuesday 2 August 2022, 6.00-7.00pm
Toowoomba City Golf Club (hosted by The Book Tree)
Book here ($10.00)

ST GEORGE
Friday 5 August 2022, 5.30-7.30pm
In conversation at St George Library
Book here (free)

TWEED HEADS
Monday 8 August 2022, 10.00am-12.00pm
Tweed Heads Library
Book here (free)

SYDNEY
Thursday 18 August 2022, 6.30–7.30 pm
In conversation at Haberfield Centre and Library
Book here (free)

Saturday 20 August 2022, 3.00-4.30pm
Afternoon tea at Better Read Than Dead, Newtown
Book here ($10)

PORT MACQUARIE
Saturday 3 September 2022, 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Port Macquarie Library
Book here (free)

BRISBANE
Thursday 15 September 2022, 6.30– 7.30pm
Avid Reader Bookshop, West End
Book here (In store $15.00 / Zoom $5.00)

SYDNEY
Wednesday 21 September 2022, 6.00-7.30pm
Scout Pilates, St Peters
Book here (free)

NORTHERN BEACHES READERS FESTIVAL
Sunday 25 September 2022, 10.00am
‘Matters of the Heart’ – panel discussion with Penelope Janu, Annie Seaton and Pamela Cook
Avalon Recreation Centre
Book here ($25)

MUDGEE
Saturday 3 December 2022, 4.00pm
The Book Nest
Book here ($15)

WINDSOR, NSW
Tuesday 14 February 2023, 10:00–11:00am
Hawkesbury Central Library, Windsor
Book here (free)

STORYFEST
Sunday 18 June 2023, 9:30-10:30am
‘The Antidote To Our Times‘ – romance panel
Ulladulla Civic Centre
Book here ($20/$18)

WAGGA WAGGA
Saturday 15 July, 2023, 6.30pm
A Romantic Evening of Books: Panel discussion with Karina May, Emma Grey, Brooke Hill and Mel Fattore
Book here ($35)

PERFECT-ISH SYDNEY BOOK LAUNCH
Tuesday 15 August, 2023, 6.00pm
Soul Trap Bar
Book here (free)

BRISBANE LOVE MATCH LAUNCH
Wednesday 30 August, 2023, 6.30pm
Avid Reader
With Kimberley Allsopp
Book here ($15)

BALLINA
Thursday 31 August, 2023, 11.00am
Ballina Library
Book here (free)

TWEED HEADS
Friday 1 September, 2023, 11.00am
Tweed Heads Library
Book here (free)

SYDNEY
Books In Bars
Tuesday 19 September, 2023, 6.30pm
Soultrap Bar
With Josh Hortinela
Book here ($35)

Afternoon Tea
Saturday 23 September, 2023, 3.00pm
Better Read Than Dead
With Amber Jakeman
Book here ($5/$35 with book)

BALLARAT
Thursday 5 October, 2023, 6.30pm
Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute
Book here ($10)

MELBOURNE
Friday 6 October, 2023, 6.30pm
Robinsons Bookshop, The Glen
With Katherine Collette
Book here (free)

SYDNEY
Tuesday 14 November, 2023, 6.45pm
The Listening Station  @ ArtBau, Brookvale
Book here ($30/$60 with book, includes refreshments)

ST GEORGE
Friday 8 December, 2023, 4.30pm
St George Library
Book here (free)

TOOWOOMBA
Wednesday 13 December, 2023, 6.00pm
Harry & Kit
Book here (FREE)

PERTH
Thursday 14 March, 2024, 6.30-8.30pm
Open Book (in conversation with Katharine Pollock)
Book here ($15.00)

MUDGEE
Saturday 23 March, 2024, 6.00pm
Writing Commercial Fiction (a Mudgee Readers’ Festival satellite event) with Summer Land, Amy Lovat (Mistakes & Other Lovers), Ashley Kalagian-Blunt (Dark Mode) and Clare Fletcher (Love Match).
Book here

NEWCASTLE WRITERS FESTIVAL
Saturday April 6, 2024, 11.30am – 12.30pm
Panel: The Rise of Rom-Com with Clare Fletcher, Jonathon Shannon and Saman Shad, hosted by Melanie Saward
Book here ($30)

SYDNEY
Wednesday July 24 2024, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Amy Barry book launch & screening of Calamity Jane
Dendy Cinemas Newtown
Book here (from $12)

Saturday August 24, 2024, 6.00-8.00pm
In Conversation with Melanie Saward, Karina May and Clare Fletcher
Berkelouw Books, Leichhardt
Book here (free)

Thursday August 29, 2024, 6.00-7.00pm
Enough Trope? A Panel of Romantics (with Karina May, Penelope Janu, Amy Hutton and Claudine Tinellis).
Double Bay Library
Book here ($10)

Saturday September 28, 2024, 9.45-10.45am
Northern Beaches Readers Festival
Stories that Don’t Play by the Rules: Panel Discussion (with Abra Pressler, Justin Smith and Cassie Hamer)
Avalon Recreation Centre
Book here ($25) / Full festival program

TAMAR VALLEY WRITERS FESTIVAL
Saturday October 10, 2024, 9.30am
What The Heart Wants: Why We Love Romance with Minnie Darke and Amal Awad
Launceston, Tasmania
Book here ($25)

Thursday November 7, 2024
Talking Writing: Rom Coms @ Writing NSW
With Saman Shad, Penelope Janu and Katharine Pollock
Book here ($5 for Writing NSW members/$12)

Tuesday February 11, 2025
The Dunkirk Hotel, Pyrmont
Dymocks Books In Bars: Rom Com Queens with Saman Shad, Karina May, Penelope Janu and Amy Hutton
Book here ($30 includes a drink and shared platters)

Friday February 14, 2025
Goulburn Mulwaree Library
Library Lovers Day: In conversation with Karina May
Book here ($5)