Club writers - Book Talk

Friday 2 July 2010 at 1:00PM

Presented by: Featuring Jarad Henry and Cate Kennedy with Host, Elly Varrenti.
Rating: All levels
Type: Event
Additional dates: 6 August, 1 October & 5 November

Join Elly Varrenti and special guests who will be reviewing topical books hot off the press and fresh on the market throughout the Club writers - Book Talk series. Be prepared for lively debate with an opportunity for audience members to join in the discussion. This month features guest reviewers Jarad Henry and Cate Kennedy. Stay tuned to the VWC website closer to June as we reveal our featured book of the month.

Jarad Henry has worked in the criminal justice system for the past ten years and is a currently a strategic advisor for Victoria Police. He has a degree in Criminology, is a proficient public speaker and is a regular presenter at many conferences, forums and seminars on crime trends. Head Shot, a murder mystery inspired by Melbourne’s gangland killings, was short listed in the 2006 Ned Kelly Awards for Best First Crime Novel. Blood Sunset is his second book and focuses on the street sex trade in St Kilda. It was short listed in the 2006 Australian Vogel Awards and in the same year won the Fellowship of Australian Writers Jim Hamilton Award. More recently it was runner up in the 2008-09 Summer Read Program. He lives in Melbourne and is currently working on his third novel, Pink Tide.

Cate Kennedy has won several awards for her short fiction and her 2006 collection Dark Roots was shortlisted for the Australian Literature Gold Medal and the Queensland Premier's Awards. Her stories have appeared in publications as diverse as The Big Issue and The New Yorker. Her most recent work is a novel, The World Beneath, published by Scribe in September 2009. She is an experienced workshop leader who has also worked as a fiction judge, writer-in-residence, mentor and editor.

Elly Varrenti is an author, actress, teacher and broadcaster. Her most recent book – This is NOT my Beautiful Life - is published by Penguin and she is a regular columnist for ABC Radio National’s Life Matters program.

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