Appearances
Where You'll Find Michael
Michael appears regularly at writers festivals all round the world.
BYRON BAY WRITERS FESTIVAL
Friday 6 August -
9.30 -10.30am
BYRON BAY FESTIVAL EVENT: Adding the extra to ordinary: creating characters with heart.
Venue: MACQUARIE MARQUEE
Saturday 7 August -
10.15 - 11.15am
BYRON BAY FESTIVAL EVENT: Fragmented identities: fractures, flaws and fears
Venue: SCU Marquee
Sunday 8 August -
2.45 -3.45pm
BYRON BAY FESTIVAL EVENT: Love and other bruises: unravelling the intricacies of love.
Venue: SCU Marquee
SYDNEY EVENTS
Thursday 12 August -
6.15 for 6.30pm
EVENT: Writers and Readers
Panel discussion with Malla Nunn, Miranda Darling and Michael Robotham chaired by Geordie Williamson (TBC)
Venue: Woollahra Council, 536 New South Head Rd, Double Bay
Organiser: Janet de Bres at Woollahra Council (02) 9391 7958
Tuesday 31 August -
6 for 6.30pm
EVENT: Gleebooks, Val McDermid in conversation with Michael Robotham
Venue: upstairs in the event space at Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Rd
Tickets $10/7
Bookings via www.gleebooks.com.au or 02 9660 2333.
MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL
Friday 27th August - 5.30pm
MELBOURNE FESTIVAL EVENT: The Perils of the Ghostwriter
Venue: ACMI 1, Federation Square
Panelists: Michael Robotham
Topic: Join three ghost-writers for a tour around the graveyard.
Saturday 28 August - 11.30am
MELBOURNE FESTIVAL EVENT: In the Mind of Crime Venue: BMW Edge, Federation Square
Panelists: Val McDermid, Michael Robotham
Topic: Detectives and readers try to get inside the criminal mind; hence some of the deepest, darkest thrillers feature psychologists as investigators. Val McDermid and Michael Robotham discuss how the most important crime scene is all in the mind.
BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL
Thursday 2 September - 2pm
BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL EVENT: Creating Criminal Characters: Michael Robotham
Workshop
Venue: Meeting Room 1.B
Ticketed Event
Saturday 4 September - 4pm
BWF EVENT: Crafting Crime
Val McDermid, Michael Robotham, Garry Disher, J J Cooper
Venue: The Studio
Ticketed Event
Sunday 5 September - 10am
BWF EVENT: Psychologists Make Great Detectives: Criminal Profiling in Fiction
Val McDermid, Michael Robotham
Ticketed Event
NEW ZEALAND TOUR
Friday 10 September - 7pm
Christchurch New Zealand
A Night of Crime with Simon Kernick, Neil Cross, Vanda Symon and Graham Beattie as chair.
James Hay Theatre, Christchurch Town Hall.
Saturday 11 September - 2pm
Coffee & Crime
With Paul Thomas
Mezzanine, Christchurch Town Hall.
GET READING TOUR 2010
Meet and hear Malla Nunn & Michael Robotham at the following literary events:
VICTORIA
Wednesday 15 September - 10.30am
Venue: Williamstown Library, 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown
Cost: Free
Bookings: 03 9397 7784
Wednesday 15 September - 6pm for 6.30pm
Venue: Toorak Library, 340 Toorak Rd, South Yarra
Cost: Free (cheese & wine)
Bookings: 03 8290 8000
Thursday 16 September - 7pm to 8.30pm
Venue: Eltham Library Foyer, Panther Place, Eltham
Cost: Free
Bookings: 03 9439 8700
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Friday 17 September - 12.30pm
Venue: Clarkson Library, 27 Ocean Keys Blvd, Clarkson
Cost: Free
Bookings contact: Kym Andrews or Jenny Kenny Tel: 08 9407 1600 or email: kym.andrews@wanneroo.wa.gov.au
Friday 17 September - 6pm
Venue: The Grove, 1 Leake St, Peppermint Grove
Cost: Free, Wine & Cheese
Bookings: 08 9286 8686
Contact: Alison Mudgway Tel: 08 9385 3233 or email: amudgway@thegrovelibrary.com
Saturday 18 September - 10.30am
Venue: Lyle Richardson Hall, The Agonis
Cost: Free morning tea
2232D Albany Hwy, Gosnells
Bookings: 08 9398 2551
Contact: Lizanne Fernandez Tel: 08 9398 2551 or email: lfernandez@gosnells.wa.gov.au
NEW SOUTH WALES
Sunday 17 September - 12pm
Venue: The Boathouse Restaurant, Brisbane Water Dr, Koolewong
Cost: $50 (2 course lunch)
Bookings: 02 4342 2482 or 02 4323 3849
Contact: Mandi McIntosh Tel: 02 43 422482 or email: enquiries@bookbazaar.biz
QUEENSLAND
Monday 20 September - 6pm
Venue: Laguna Jacks Cellar & Bar
Cost: $30 cocktail & platters
Cnr Hastings St & Noosa Dr, Noosa Heads
Bookings: 07 5448 2053
Contact: Annie Grossman or Deb Tel: 07 5448 2053 or email: anniesbooks@bigpond.com
Bookseller: Annie's Books Peregian
Tuesday 21 September - 12.30pm
Venue: Garden City Library, Westfield Garden City,
Cnr Logan & Kessells Rd, Mt Gravatt
Bookings: 07 3403 8888
Contact: Sharon Moy Tel: 3403 7594 or email: sharon.moy@brisbane.qld.gov.au
Tues 21 September - 6pm
Venue: The Irish Club, Elizabeth St, Brisbane
Cost: $15 / $10 (Dymocks Booklovers)
Bookings: 07 3007 2800
Contact: Kimberley Tel: 07 3007 2800 or email: brisbaneadmin@dymocks.com.au
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Wednesday 22 September - 6.30pm
Venue: Mt Barker Library. 5 Dumas St, Mt Barker
Cost: $20 (music,food, wine & crime)
Bookings No: 08 8391 7312 or email: adelaide.customers@dymocks.com.au
Contact: Mandy Dymocks Tel: 08 8223 5380 or email: mandy.macky@dymocks.com.au or Ian Heldebrand Tel: 08 8391 7316 or email: ihildebrand@dcmtbarker.sa.gov.au
Thursday 23 September - 6.30pm
Venue: Yorketown Community Library, Stansbury Rd, Yorketown
Cost: $25 (inc Gourmet BBQ)
Bookings: 08 8852 1647
Contact: Shirley Thompson Tel: 08 8852 1647 or 0439 826 205 or email: womp@internode.on.net
TASMANIA
Friday 24 September
Time: TBA
Venue: Fullers Bookshop, 131 Collins St, Hobart
Cost: TBA
Bookings: 03 6234 3800
Contact: Ben Walter Tel: 03 6234 3800 or email: ben@fullersbookshop.com.au
Bookseller: Fullers Bookshop, Hobart