I’ll be joining a star-studded lineup at the Northern Beaches Readers Festival on September 27-29, and oh how I’d love to meet you! These events are such a joy to connect with readers – and the organisers of the NBRF know it, and have positioned readers front and centre, in the festival’s name and in its focus. Because readers complete the circle of bringing a book to life!
I’m participating in two events:
PAST LIVES & PRESENT CHALLENGES
I will join authors Julie Bennett and Sandie Docker in a panel discussion (facilitated by author Kaneana May) about long-buried secrets, their impact on the present and how they make for powerful storytelling.
WRITING WOMEN BACK INTO HISTORY
I will facilitate this session between authors Tea Cooper, Julie Janson and Alli Parker about their novels and how their female characters offer a different perspective on historical events.
EXCITED? Yes yes yes!
This is going to be an absolutely BRILLIANT festival. There are some massive names in the mix (additional to those I’ve already named!), including Michael Robotham, Candice Fox, Joanna Nell, Amanda Hampson, JP Pomare, Shankari Chandran… and many more! Check out the full program HERE.
If there’s the smallest chance you can come along, even just for a session or two, do yourself a favour and at least check out the full lineup. It’s impressive. And you can also meet me! That’s got to count for something!!
It’s festival season in Claireland, because the NBRF isn’t my only gig on the horizon. I’ll also be joining the lineup at the Tamar Valley Writers Festival here in my beautiful home city, Launceston. Stay tuned for more about that!
I hope winter is treating you kindly. Vicious frosty mornings, and blue-sky, sunny days here in Tas. The magnolia is starting to bloom, doggo spends most of the day lounging on the deck, and I’m entering a busy season of work having picked up some hours at my kids’ school. I’m looking forward to mixing with humans in my day-to-day. A writer’s life can be rather solitary!
Sending smiles from my desk,
Claire
xxx
Claire van Ryn 