UK rights to Paris Savages sold
Ventura Press has sold UK rights to Paris Savages to Allison and Busby. https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/01/15/143803/ventura-sells-uk-rights-to-paris-savages/
Perth Festival
I’m thrilled to be taking part in Perth Festival’s Literature and Ideas Program this weekend. I’ll be in conversation with author Alice Nelson (The Children’s House) about my latest novel, Paris Savages, and will talk with Tony Birch about his deeply affecting novel The White Girl. There will also be…
2019 Highlights from Better Reading
Delighted to see Paris Savages on this list of 2019 Highlights – books loved by the team at @BetterReadingau. Very grateful.
Better Read than Dead event
This was such a fabulous night – I felt very honoured to be interviewed about Paris Savages by the wonderful poet Evelyn Araluen. Fabulous questions, fabulous audience. Thanks to all those who came along and joined in the discussion.
Book tour, Paris Savages – events list
I’m so looking forward to discussing Paris Savages with readers in Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Geelong (Word for Word Festival), Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Hervey Bay. Please come along and say hello. The full list to date is at https://www.venturapress.com.au/events.
@Abbey’s on York St – introducing Paris Savages (release date Oct 1)
Paris Savages video
Cover reveal, Paris Savages
Paris Savages due out Oct 1 (Ventura Press, sales and distrib Simon and Schuster). Design: Alissa Dinallo.
Bookshop visits
It’s about time I compiled a few images from bookshop visits and events around the country over the last six months. Thank you so much for supporting local authors and for the warm welcome. A special shout out to the wonderful Fullers, Petrarch’s, Riverbend, Abbey’s, the Bookshop at Queenscliff, State…
Matryoshka
Matryoshka by Katherine Johnson Ventura Press 2018 When Sara Rose returns to live in her recently deceased grandmother’s Tasmanian cottage, her past and that of her mother and grandmother is ever-present. Sara’s grandmother, Nina Barsova, a Russian post-war immigrant, lovingly raised Sara in the cottage at the foot of Mt…