I will be on two panels at this excellent festival, including one I'll be chairing (eep!). It's a fantastic event and if you can make it, you should. The quality and depth of the discussions on matters scientific and speculative make it one of the best events on the literary calendar.
The full program will be released soon.
I am beyond thrilled that I will be appearing at Adelaide Writers Week, as part of 2019’s Adelaide Festival. At this point I don’t know what the date(s) will be, but will post them here when I do.
My first experience of Adelaide Writers Week was in the 1980s. Wandering between the marquis in Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden, I was overwhelmed by the scale of the event and the magnificent authors present. That one day I would be there as a novelist seemed too great a dream.
You can read about the other authors appearing here and follow the event on Twitter here.
A reading and conversation about The Second Cure.
A reading and conversation about The Second Cure.
Quantum Words is a one-day festival that maps moments where science and writing converge.
Details from Writing NSW here.
Friends of the University of Newcastle invites you to join Margaret Morgan at their literary lunch. Details and bookings coming soon.
Join Margaret discussing her book at Manly Library.
“Join us to hear this fascinating author speak of her most thought provoking of novels. $15 per person includes a glass of wine.”
Click here to book.
As part of my rural Victorian mini-tour, I'll be discussing The Second Cure at Wangaratta Library.
A book reading, talk and signing. Free admission.
A reading and book signing at Ballarat Library. Free admission.
"These three new Australian novels each chart a rupture – personal, political, psychical – and an unexpected encounter with danger. Join their three authors for readings that plumb the unease of our era."
The inaugural Heroines Festival is about to happen! I will be appearing on a panel looking at imagined futures for women, with fellow author Claire Corbett and participating chair and festival director, Sarah Nicholson.
With a focus on speculative and historical storytelling, the Heroines festival’s inaugural theme is “Finding our past and imagining our future"; thus, the festival brings together women writers who have the dived into our historical record and brought back the lost stories of women, and those who are imagining the world for women in the future.
Details here: https://www.theneoperennialpress.com/heroinesfestival/
Join Margaret Morgan discussing her novel at Hornsby Library. Signed copies will be available.
Join Margaret Morgan and Professor Michael Gillings from the Biology Department at Macquarie Uni, talking about the ideas behind the novel: evolution, parasites, symbiosis and the strange things our brains get up to.
Sunday Salon at Beachside Bookshop, Avalon
TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE from BETTER READ THAN DEAD!
The Sydney launch will be hosted by the fabulous Newtown bookshop, Better Read than Dead, and held at Leadbelly Bar on King Street. I'm delighted that special guest, the author and critic Kerryn Goldsworthy, will be launching the book, and singer Jasmine Khan will be performing.
Margaret will be discussing the science behind The Second Cure, and signing copies of the novel.