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Watch out, Sydney and Melbourne: The Bigfoots and Yetis are coming

   March 29, 2025
   10.30am—11.30am
   Glebe, NSW & Carlton, VIC

Award-winning author/illustrator extraordinaire James Foley is headed east to Sydney and Melbourne to celebrate the launch of his new picture book, Bigfoot vs Yeti, as well the release of the new all-colour edition of Dungzilla. Here’s where you can catch him: Saturday Morning Story Time and Book LaunchDate: Saturday 29 March (10:30 am)Location: Gleebooks, Glebe […]

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Book launch: The Montegiallo School of Swearing by Andrew HC McDonald is uncensored this April

   April 24, 2025
   6.00pm—7.00pm
   State Library of Western Australia

Come along to the launch of the hilarious and heart-warming The Montegiallo School of Swearing by Andrew HC McDonald. Held at the State Library of Western Australia on Thursday 24 April, Andrew will be in-conversation with Australian-Italian writer and journalist Chenée Marrapodi. Go behind the scenes into the book’s creation and be transported to the […]

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Book launch: Jay Martin reveals debut fiction novel, Boom Town Snap

   May 8, 2025
   7.00pm—8.00pm
   Walyalup Civic Centre, Fremantle

Join Fremantle Press and the City of Fremantle for the Great Big Book Club to launch Boom Town Snap, the new novel by 2016 Hungerford Award winner, Jay Martin. Set in Canadian oilfields and Australian mining towns, the book explores themes of love, career, and sacrifice. Hear from Jay as she discusses the novel with […]

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Jay Martin is heading east to celebrate the release of her latest novel Boom Town Snap

   May 18, 2025
   3.00pm—4.30pm
   Better Read Than Dead

Jay Martin will be in conversation with author Ashley Kalagian Blunt on Sunday 18 May at Better Read Than Dead in Newtown, Sydney. Boom Town Snap follows Georgie, who leaves behind all she knows and loves in Australia to take on a high-stakes job in Canada. But she quickly learns how challenging it can be […]