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We're delighted to invite you to join us at our Hawthorn shop on Saturday 29 August for the inaugural Reading(s) Romance celebration! Hear romance authors and experts talking all about love, mingle with fellow romance readers, and feel all the feels. Tickets cost just $55, including a glass of sparkling, a show bag and your chance to win door prizes.
We begin the afternoon with acclaimed writer Anita Heiss as she talks about love and why she writes about it.
Then, Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus, Darcy Green, and Steph Vizard discuss the 'meet cute' with Kate Cuthbert.
And finally, Olivia Tolich, Jodi McAlister, and Nina Kenwood are in conversation with Victoria Brownlee about why mismatched lovers make sense in romance.
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# Recommended fiction
## ... a beautifully written, deeply moving novel about memory, history and the way the past refuses to disappear. ### Nicole Vasilev Land is the highly-anticipated new novel from Maggie O'Farrell, author of the award-winning novel Hamnet. Set in 19th century Ireland, Land is a spellbinding novel about a family making a new home in the aftermath of tragedy.
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## Reading this novel was an utterly delightful experience. ### Chris Gordon From the acclaimed writer Ann Patchett, Whistler is a luminous and big-hearted story about a woman who is unexpectedly reunited with her beloved former stepfather and the profound impact of the choices that split their family apart.
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## ... a rare find amid a mid-year bumper crop of new fiction, both intimate in scope and unsettling in its broader prescience. ### Gene Pinter A thought-provoking novel about an expert driller who is called to take charge of a high-stakes oil rig operation, At Sea is an exhilarating story about the clash of ambition, principle and prejudice, and the unexpected consequences of our choices.
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