I always look forward to Bendigo Writers Festival. But not this year.
We are writers. What we do is express ideas freely.
Any attempt to prevent us doing that is censorship, and a dangerous precedent in the arts community.
I have withdrawn and I stand in solidarity with others who have withdrawn.

Here she is. It's publication day in the US and Canada for Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator, co-written with Sharmini Kumar, thanks to @harpercollins.bsky.social.

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Not long now! Your new favourite summer read, Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator, is out in the USA and Canada on July 8, thanks to @harpercollins.bsky.social.
We hope you enjoy it.
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Loved Dark Mofo and the Hobart community coming together to celebrate.

Here she is! The North American cover for Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator, in all her glory. The novel is due out in the US and Canada on July 8, published by HarperVia.

Election day, Australia. You know what to do. Support the arts, support writing.

It's been a big week of book news here, and in the middle of it this stonking great volume arrived. I have a chapter in it, co-written with my colleague Catherine Padmore, on some recent biofictions of settler wives. Congrats to the editors and all my biofiction studies colleagues.

Don't say you weren't warned. The newest (and yet kinda the oldest) sleuth on the block is here: Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective. Out in NZ and Aust this week, UK next week (US in July).

Just a few more days and our new Regency cosy crime, Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective hits stores and bookish outlets in the UK, Aus and NZ. You know what to do.

Alice Pung, Demet Divaroren and Kate Whitfield at the launch of Demet's fabulous new YA novel, Blood Moon Bride.

Sydney/NSW friends! Join us to launch Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective. Sharmini Kumar and I will be in conversation with Pamela Hart on Regency crime, historical fiction, and of course Jane Austen.
7 April, Better Read Than Dead in Newtown.
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That thing where your book's going to print, and you're:
a) excited because people will read it
b) feel sick because people might read it
c) worried about whether you fixed that word on page 173
d) delighted really
e) it looks fabulous
f) and ... arrggh.

A sea of scarlet as we celebrate @sistersincrimeaust.bsky.social Scarlet Stiletto Awards. Sarah Bailey interviews Candice Fox about her life in crime.

Here she is! MISS CAROLINE BINGLEY, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, co-written with Sharmini Kumar, is out in April 2025 and we can't wait for you to be re/acquainted. The book is now available for pre-order in the UK, NZ and Aus (US readers, she'll be with you shortly). linktr.ee/MissCaroline...

A little something I have brewing for next year: my first writing retreat, for writers working on a fiction project. Genre and YA writers particularly welcome.
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The cat has discovered our bird calendar. It's as close to a bird as he ever gets, we hope.