Overcoming Self-Doubt Workshop & Other Events
Plus books/TV to read/avoid!
I have a post percolating but it will have to wait as I am about to jet off to Bali to celebrate my 50th birthday with my BFF, Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo and Miranda July’s All Fours. Is two novels enough for 3 days? Pray for me they will last the trip!
In the meantime, some super exciting news—To Whom It May Concern: Complaint Letters Live! is going to be a Fringe Festival show! Woot! I am putting together my dream team of performers for January 2025 so watch this space for updates. If you are jonesing for some more Complaint Letters Live before then, my next show will be at The Bird, Northbridge, on Wednesday, November 13th. Save the date; details to follow.
Annabel x
PS Check out this rad video of the Beaufort Street Books human conveyer belt, starring yours truly.
Overcoming Self-Doubt & Procrastination Workshop
Clarkson Library | Saturday October 19th 1.30 - 4.30pm
This workshop is so dear to my heart! We do some deep sharing about the things that hold us back from living our creative potential. It is wonderfully collegiate and supportive and always gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling to see people having breakthroughs. Come and join us for your own creative breakthrough!
Tickets are FREE (libraries are amazing!) but bookings are required.
Beaufort Street Books Inaugural Book Nerds Quiz Night
Last Friday evening I had the privilege of MCing the inaugural Beaufort Street Books quiz night and it was a hoot! St Albans Hall was packed with readers, publisher’s reps, librarians… and that one guy whose wife told him it was a sports quiz!
Local authors Brooke Dunnell, Emma Young and Julia Lawrinson were mystery guests, moving from table to table to help teams out. The winning team, who got to choose from a gorgeous selection of books, was the Dewey Decimators (killer name) starring author Emily Paull and her librarian gang. Librarians really are the best!
If you missed out, never fear; it was such a success it is going to be an annual event so watch this space.
Other things that have intrigued or entertained me lately
Book All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker. I absolutely loved this! I read it in one day. It’s such a page-turner but also a wonderful coming-of-age story.
Book Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange. Longlisted for the Booker prize, this functions as both a prequel and a sequel to his debut There, There, illuminating both the trauma and resilience of contemporary Native Americans. He is a wonderful storyteller, but sometimes I wish he would stay longer with one character, rather than creating ensemble stories.
TV The Perfect Couple Rich white people nonsense. I was going to rant about it but then I saw someone describe it as ‘Temu White Lotus’ and that is all I need to say
TV No One Wants This Even more rich white people nonsense; a tale of horrible people behaving badly in which obnoxiousness is confused with wit. Rabbi guy is hot though.
Blogpost My First Novel Was a New York Times Bestseller. I’m Self-Publishing My Third Novel Today by Cynthia Swanson. Great article about how the publishing journey is not always a smooth upwards trajectory.
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I agree with you about The Perfect Couple - it's depressing they make stuff like this and expect us to love it!