Scott Frost, screenwriter and author of the Alex Delillo thriller series, will visit Australia for the first time in July 2009 to discuss his new book, Don't Look Back. You can catch Scott at the Crime & Justice Festival in Melbourne on 18 & 19 July. Check it out at www.crimeandjusticefestival.com.

In July, a WORLD FIRST: the next big name in crime fiction, Linwood Barclay, hits our shores in July to talk about his new thriller, Fear the Worst, published here before anywhere else in the world! This is Linwood's first visit and he will be appearing at Melbourne's second annual Crime & Justice Festival (www.crimeandjusticefestival.com), plus on radio and in newspapers around the country.

Mark Seal's Wildflower is the incredible true story of naturalist and filmmaker Joan Root, one of the world's first nature documentary makers and lifelong conservationist. As well as a wonderful insight into the life of a truly remarkable woman up until her still-unsolved murder in 2006, Wildflower gives a vivid picture of the Kenyan wildlife and landscape that Joan fought so hard to protect. It's also an interesting look at the birth of one of the most popular genres in film and TV today – the nature documentary. Find out more in Mark's interview with The Courier-Mail (www.news.com.au/couriermail) and nationally on ABC Radio National's Breakfast with Fran Kelly (www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast) on Friday 3 July.

In light of the Institute of Health and Welfare's A Picture of Australian Children 2009 report in June, which found that an alarming number of Australian kids are overweight or obese and spend too much time in front of TV and computer screens, child education expert Sue Palmer looks at some of the unique challenges to parenting boys in our technology-saturated modern world. Sue will be talking to Richard Aedy on ABC Radio National's Life Matters program (www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters) and to The Courier-Mail (www.news.com.au/couriermail) about 21st Century Boys, her manifesto for change in the way we are raising the next generation of men.

‘I can imagine you at forty,’ she said, a hint of malice in her voice. ‘I can picture it right now.’ He smiled without opening his eyes. ‘Go on then.’15th July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways. So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year after that? And every year that follows? Twenty years, two people, ONE DAY. From the author of the massive bestseller STARTER FOR TEN.

Check out our website for ONE DAY - www.oneday-twopeople.com - where you can view instalments of our web film. David Nicholls has just teamed up with The Independent's online newspaper to create a blog, which is currently attracting over 400,000 readers every day - http://david-nicholls.livejournal.com/.

‘A book about friendships - and more - that will strike a chord with many’ –GRAZIA

Got Twilight fever? Check out the trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon, click here.

7:30pm 2 July - ‘Spirit Sisters’ author talk by Karina Machado. If you're interested in the paranormal, this spooky evening is for you. Sydney journalist Karina Machado interviewed Australian women of all ages who shared with her their encounters with the supernatural. Address: Henry Afrika's restaurant, Manly, NSW. Cost: $50, includes two-course meal and glass of wine. Bookings: 02 9977 0513.

Australian science fiction writer Marianne de Pierres will be at the Supanova Perth gaming expo 3 – 5 July. Marianne is the author of the Parrish Plessis cyber-punk novels and her latest space opera series The Sentients of Orion. Visit www.supanova.com.au