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Girl on the Page - The Ins and Outs of the Australian Publishing Industry

Monday 8 October 2018
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
In store at Avid Reader Bookshop
Tickets $7.50
Tickets available until 08 October 2018 6:00 PM

This event commences at 6.30pm. Printed tickets are not issued and your booking will be on a door list under your surname.
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John Purcell's The Girl on the Page is a novel which celebrates the book industry in London. The Queensland Writers Centre's (QWC) and Avid Reader are celebrating John Purcell's new book with a panel about the publishing industry in Australia and its place in the global publishing scene. Join QWC's Jackie Ryan and industry experts John Purcell and Madonna Duffy (publisher at UQP) as they discuss all the ins and outs of the book trade. 
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Author Talk: John Purcell
State Library of New South Wales
Saturday, 6 October 2018 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
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Metcalfe Auditorium, Ground Floor, Sydney, NSW, 2000
​Admission: Free 

He’s one of the country’s most top booksellers but John Purcell has also led a double life, surprising the publishing world when he was unmasked as the author of erotic fiction he’d written under a female pseudonym. Now in his hotly anticipated new novel, The Girl On the Page,  he’s written a  provocative contemporary fable of betrayal, ambition and lust set in the world of publishing, laced with insider intel. Will it ever forgive him? 

This Author Talk is part of Open Day at the State Library of New South Wales. Be the first to visit our new galleries and learning centre on Saturday 6th October. 
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Melbourne Tour

John will be in Melbourne in October (dates TBC), touring bookshops in support of The Girl on the Page.
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Brisbane Tour

John will be in Brisbane on the 8th and 9th October, touring bookshops in support of The Girl on the Page.
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Adelaide Tour

John will be in Adelaide in October (dates TBC), touring bookshops in support of The Girl on the Page.​

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