This event is presented in partnership with the Australian Cultural & Economic Development Association Incorporated.

Join Keshe Chow for an enchanting evening celebrating Strange Familiars, her adult debut: a whimsical dark academia fantasy brimming with rival scholars, magical conspiracies, feral familiars, and irresistible chemistry. Set at the prestigious Seamere College of Magical Veterinary Sciences, the novel follows ambitious student Gwendolynne Chan and her academic rival Harrisford Briggs as dangerous magical surges threaten both their futures and the magical world itself. Keshe Chow is a #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of fantasy, romance, and speculative fiction. She has won multiple awards for short and long form fiction, including the 2022 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript. The event will also include an audience Q&A.