Perfect Backdrop - Exploring Settings in Fiction

Lee, Natalie and Karen will discuss the role settings play in creating a strong narrative, and how familiar settings shapes readers’ experiences.

Books available for purchase and signing.

Part of the Write Here Festival 2024. Full program details here

Gold coin donation on entry

Lee Christine is the author of nine previous novels, the most recent three are her bestselling Snowy Mountains mystery series, Charlotte Pass, Crackenback (both finalists for the coveted RWA Ruby Award) and Dead Horse Gap. Lee's most recent crime novel, Glenrock, is set amid the legal and police worlds of the NSW coast. A former corporate trainer, Lee has two grown children and lives in Newcastle with her husband, Damian, and Honey, her soft-coated Irish Wheaten terrier.

Natalie Murray is an Australian author who writes romance with all the feels and swoons. Love, Just In, is her debut adult contemporary romance. Natalie is also the author of the time travel romance series Emmie and the Tudor King, which is currently in development for television by Ambience Entertainment. She also co-writes contemporary romance with US fantasy romance author Jenny Hickman, writing as Jenny Fyfe. Before becoming an author, Natalie was an entertainment reporter for Sky News, where she interviewed such high-profile celebrities as Elton John, Angelina Jolie, Sylvester Stallone, Dustin Hoffman, Matt Damon, Cameron Diaz, and Jerry Seinfeld. Natalie grew up in Sydney, Australia, and is the daughter of cookbook author Eva Stovern and the late Australian football icon Les Murray.

Karen Viggers is a novelist, wildlife and domestic animal veterinarian, and podcaster who loves nature, bushwalking, and animals. She is the author of The Stranding, The Lightkeeper’s Wife, The Grass Castle, and The Orchardist’s Daughter. Her work explores contentious issues, such as dying with dignity, displacement of First Peoples, wildlife conservation, clear-felling of native forests, and now, junior sport. She is co-host of the Secrets from the Green Room podcast in which she interviews writers and other book industry colleagues about books and writing. She lives on Ngunnawal and Ngambri land in Canberra with her ecologist husband. Her books have been translated into several languages and have enjoyed great success in France where she is a bestselling author and has won a literary award. Sidelines is her fifth novel.

Parking and Venue information

Toronto Library, located on the corner of Brighton Ave & Pemell St, has a public carpark adjacent to the building with accessible parking available that provides access via a ramp to the library. The venue has accessible toilets outside the facility. The library can be accessed by public buses.