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Book Launch: Model Minority Gone Rogue
Mar
26
Book Launch

Book Launch: Model Minority Gone Rogue

 

Model Minority Gone Rogue - Book Launch

Thursday 26 March, 5pm
National Library of Australia Bookshop
Parkes Place, Canberra ACT

Canberra local Qin Qin (formerly Lisa Qin) is excited to invite you to the inaugural book launch for her debut memoir Model Minority Gone Rogue (Hachette) at the National Library bookshop on Tuesday, March 26. It's about how an unfulfilled daughter of a tiger mother went way off script, through career pivots, #Asianfail and unlearning. 

RSVP Booking site (free tickets).
Where: National Library of Australia bookshop
When: March 26, 5pm signings for 5:30pm sharp start

Book signing session before/after the launch

Attendees are warmly encouraged to wear pink or green to match the book cover 

Venue

Parkes Place
National Library of Australia Bookshop

 
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Book Launch: Petronella McGovern
Sep
13
Book Launch

Book Launch: Petronella McGovern

Book launch

Petronella McGovern will be In Conversation with Karen Viggers on her latest book The Liars

When - 6pm to 7pm, Tuesday 13 September
Where - 153-11 University Avenue
Australian National University, Canberra
Presented by Harry Hartog Booksellers.

About the Novel

From the bestselling author of Six Minutes and The Good Teacher comes a compelling family drama of marital secrets and family tensions set within an investigation of sinister unsolved killings.

A wife burning with resentment. A husband hiding the past. Their teenage daughter crusading for the truth. Who can we trust? The close-knit community of Kinton Bay is shocked when fifteen-year-old Siena Britton makes a grisly discovery near a cave in the national park. Siena believes it's a skull from the town's violent colonial past and posts a video which hits the news headlines. But her parents, Meri and Rollo, think the skull is related to their teenage parties in the Killing Cave back in the 1990s. And a school mate who went missing then. None of them foresees the dangers that the discovery will create for their family. The dangers of past deceits, silences and lies that have never been resolved.

'One of my favourite Australian writers! Petronella McGovern consistently delivers smart, twisty page-turners guaranteed to keep her readers coming back for more!' - Liane Moriarty

'Compelling, contemporary crime fiction at its best. McGovern fully captures the soul of an Australian small town overdue a reckoning.' - RWR McDonald, author of the bestselling Nancy Business

About Petronella McGovern

Petronella McGovern's books have been described as domestic noir and psychological suspense. With strong characters and gripping storylines, her novels will keep you reading - and guessing - late into the night. Petronella grew up on in a large family on a farm in the Central West region of New South Wales. After travelling and working in Canberra for a number of years, she now lives on Sydney's northern beaches with her husband and their two teenagers. Petronella's bestselling debut novel, Six Minutes, was shortlisted for the Australian Crime Writers' Association's Ned Kelly Awards and longlisted for the Australian Independent Bookseller's Indie Book Awards. Her second novel, The Good Teacher, was longlisted for the Davitt Awards. The Liars is her third novel.

About Karen Viggers

Born in Melbourne and raised in the Dandenong Ranges riding horses and writing stories, Karen went on to study veterinary science at Melbourne University before working in practice for several years. She completed a PhD in wildlife health, and since then she has worked on a wide range of Australian native animals, including kangaroos. Karen loves landscapes, wild places, people and animals. She is the author of three novels: The Stranding (2008) and the bestselling, The Lightkeeper's Wife (2011) and The Grass Castle. She lives in Canberra with her husband and two children.

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