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.
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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…
Australian Booksellers Association tradeshow and cover reveal
I was fortunate to attend the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) tradeshow in Canberra recently to talk with booksellers about my upcoming novel, Matryoshka – a story of secrets, refuge and loves lost and found, set in Tasmania. The novel follows three generations of women of Russian heritage – hence the…
Tasmanian caves in the spotlight
Very happy to see ‘Wild Medicine‘ in the Sydney Morning Herald this morning, putting Tassie caves and adventure in the spotlight. My second novel, The Better Son, based in the vast northern Tasmanian cave described in the article, is out today after six years of research, writing, and just a…