IWD Reading Retreat at Thirroul Library (Ages 18+)

Celebrate International Women’s Day with good stories, great laughs, and in the company of excellent women.

At our Reading Retreat, you'll hear from inspiring authors, experience a welcoming yarning circle, partake in lively book conversations, and explore your creative side with a little book-themed craft.

Bring your friends and a great book or find both on the day.

For more information, contact Thirroul Library.

Featured guest speakers

Alejandra Martinez

Alejandra Martinez is an Australian-Uruguayan writer based in the Blue Mountains, NSW with her debut novel, Salsa in the Suburbs, telling the story of one Latin-American family's migration to Australia and their exploration of what it means to measure belonging across cultures and time.

Alice Crawley

Alice Crawley is a speaker, author and film producer with her 2022 novel, On the Way to Wonderland, chronicling her grapple with debilitating drug, exercise and spending addictions which drove her into $185,000 credit card debt, as she battled mental health issues, overdoses and anorexia.

Emma Darragh

Emma Darragh is a writer and academic published in Cordite, TEXT and Westerly, and her book Thanks for Having Me is a sharp, intimate family portrait about women boxed in by domestic roles, the ache of maternal absence, and the ways one act of leaving reverberates through generations.

Judi Morison

Judi Morison is a Gamilaroi writer living on Gumbaynggirr Country whose debut novel Secrets follows three generations of women forced to confront a decades-old truth to heal a fractured family and keep their homestead, Cora, in the family.

Kate Rowe

Kate Rowe is a Sydney-based LGBTQIA+ rights activist and 1978 Mardi Gras marcher whose debut memoir How the F*ck Would I Know? traces her journey from survival and addiction recovery to political awakening and a life rebuilt through community and endurance sport.

This event is one of the many reasons to have a library card. Don't have one? It's free and easy to join online!