A few snaps from last night’s launch of Trail of Deceit at Concord bowlo, Sydney.Ken Enderby and Lex Marinosauthor signingNick Stathopoulos
canberra weekend
Spent the weekend freezing my toes off in Canberra — almost literally! Took a couple of hours to get circulation back in the little buggers after leaving Donna’s place this morning. Donna’s house is warm and toasty on the inside but her front yard is practically Antarctic! Anyway, we went down yesterday for a birthday lunch with Kaaron and her family, then off to a gorgeous boutique bookshop in Manuka called Paperchain for the launch of Nicole Murphy’s debut novel Secret Ones.Nicole Murphy, Donna Hanson & Maxine MacarthurCSFG members whose names I really ought to know by nowKaaron Warren & Matthew FarrerThen we went back to Nicole’s place to eat stuff and gossipMatt, Donna & JamesGillian Pollack, listening to Rob’s stories with great suspicionI saw something in Paperchain that afternoon that was so utterly awesome, my heart almost stopped beating. I couldn’t stop thinking about it all night so the…
X6 launched!
Richard Harland did the honours and officially launched Couer de Lion’s novellanthology X6 at Berkelow’s bookshop in Sydney last night A good time was had by all — but then, when isn’t it at one of these events? Cat and Margo The authors: Margo Lanagan, Cat Sparks, Trent Jamieson, Paul Haines, Louise Katz and Terry Dowling. More photos here. Angie, Fiona & Nick
A Book of Endings
Here are some photos from yesterday afternoon’s hugely fun launch of Deborah Biancotti’s A Book of Endings, honours performed by Margo Lanagan, collection published by Twelfth Planet Press. Entire Flickr set here. Adrienne, Deb and KatrinaRob Hood, Pamela Freeman, Iain Triffitt & Louise KatzYou can never have too many copies of this bookSteven Dunbar & Margo Lanagan
Fivefold
Fivefold, ‘a mystic thriller based on the rich tradition of the Kabbalah’ by Nathan Burrage will be launched by Margo Lanagan this coming Thursday 17 January at Galaxy bookshop [143 York Street, Sydney]. 6-7.30pm, drinks and nibbles provided. RSVP for catering purposes to Author.Fivefold at gmail.com If you’re local and have no other plans, why not come along? Book launches are too few and far between these days. And I really dig the cover.