About the author:
Blanche d’Alpuget is the acclaimed author of biographies, novels and essays, whose books have won a host of literary prizes. Her work, Robert J. Hawke: A Biography, is considered one of Australia's finest examples of political biography. Before that, she wrote Mediator, A Biography of Sir Richard Kirby.
She also wrote essays On Lust and On Longing, and a series on King Henry II of England and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Her previous novels include Monkeys in the Dark, Turtle Beach, Winter in Jerusalem, and White Eye.
Her latest novel is The Bunny Club, released in March, and is her first foray into crime fiction.
About the moderator:
For over 20 years, Scott Whitmont proudly owned and operated the independent Lindfield Bookshop and Children's Bookshop, hosting many literary and author conversation programs until its closure at the end of 2019. He then served as Booktopia’s Manager of Special Sales for five years before accepting a job outside the industry as Community Engagement Manager for Qtopia Sydney, the world’s biggest museum and centre for Queer History and Culture.
A long-term member of the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival Organising Committee, he is also a Past President of the Australian Booksellers Association (NSW) and served on its National Board.
Passionate about books, history and genealogy, though no longer working full-time in the book industry, Scott still regularly moderates author events for festivals, libraries and restaurant literary dinner programs. He also keeps busy in his ‘spare time’, hosting trivia evenings, working as a city tour guide and lecturing to groups on various history topics.
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