Hachette Australia, with The Realm, presents Enter the Fantasy Realm! Join Tigest Girma, Louisa Carmody and Christy Anne Jones in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne to talk all things fantasy this August!
BRISBANE
Tuesday 25 August, 6pm for a 6.30pm start
Hosted by Avid Reader at Loft West End, West End
SYDNEY
Wednesday 26 August, 6.30pm
Hosted by The Rose Read Bookshop at The Living Room Theatre, Marrickville
MELBOURNE
Thursday 27 August, 6.30pm
Hosted by The Sun Bookshop at The Sun Theatre, Yarraville
Tigest Girma is the New York Times bestselling author of The Immortal Dark Series. The third instalment is out on January 2027. Come along to receive exclusive sneak peaks into the grand finale!
Christy Anne Jones, youtuber, illustrator and author of the debut novel Theodora’s Tea Shop, gives us a look behind the curtain into her publishing experience, and how she created Theodora’s magical world.
Joining them is debut author Louisa Carmody who wrote her first manuscript at 19 years old and rewrote it at 26 all the while juggling full-time work. The Shadows that Listen, is the first novel in the Angel Ruin series.
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Immortal Dark Trilogy: Book 1
A lost heiress must infiltrate an arcane society and live with the vampire she suspects killed her family and kidnapped her sister in this deliciously dark, dangerously romantic first instalment in the bestselling Immortal Dark trilogy.
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The Shadows that Listen
The Shadows that Listen is an unputdownable dystopian romantasy with a delicious slow burn romance, from debut author Louisa Carmody. Perfect for fans of Crescent City and Shadowhunters.
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Theodora's Tea Shop
Nothing is more dangerous than a witch with secrets . . . Theodora's Tea Shop is a dark and dazzling fantasy novel from the wondrous new Australian novelist, Christy Anne Jones.
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