Are you tired of watching online author talks by yourself? Want to meet with other book lovers? Why not get out of the house and join us at Parramatta Library to watch the live stream of the author talk on our big screen as part of the Sydney Writers Festival. Enjoy our complimentary water, popcorn and Tim Tams while watching a best selling Australian author talk about her latest book.

Described by The Sydney Morning Herald as "One of Australia’s finest new gen crime writers", Candice Fox (Hades, Eden) talks about her latest novel, The Chase. An electrifying cat-and-mouse thriller, The Chase is set in the Nevada Desert after a prison breakout lets loose more than 600 of the country’s most dangerous prisoners. Don’t miss this New York Times bestselling author and master of suspense as she discusses murder, man-hunts and chasing justice.

Hades, Candice Fox’s first novel, won the Ned Kelly Award for best debut in 2014 from the Australian Crime Writers Association. The sequel, Eden, won the Ned Kelly Award for best crime novel in 2015, making Candice only the second author to win these accolades back to back. Her subsequent novels – Fall, Crimson Lake, Redemption Point and Gone by Midnight – were all shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award.In 2015 Candice began collaborating with James Patterson. Their first novel together, Never Never, set in the vast Australian outback, was a huge bestseller in Australia and went straight to number one on the New York Times bestseller list in the US, and also to the top of the charts in the UK. Their later novels – Fifty Fifty, Liar Liar, Hush Hush and The Inn – have all been massive bestsellers across the world.

This year, in partnership with the State Library of NSW, Sydney Writers’ Festival presents a reimagined digital iteration of the Festival’s beloved Suburban and Regional Library Program. Enter the minds behind our most borrowed books in these events live-streamed from the State Library of NSW.

There are three options:

1. To attend the event onsite at the State Library of NSW as an audience member – book here

2 .Watch at home via Zoom - to watch the webinar, online from home/out and about, book here

3. Watch at Parramatta Library – to attend the webinar on the big screen at Parramatta Library, click on 'Register' above. Social distancing restrictions apply. Light refreshments will be served.