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Acclaimed writer to talk about her book, an LGBTQI romance set in Brisbane

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An award-winning author, who rose to prominence with her LGBTQI romance book, is set to talk at a special literary event in Palmwoods.

Community members can enjoy an evening with young adult writer Rhiannon Wilde at the Little Book Nook from 5.30pm, Wednesday, September 1.

This event is part of a Sunshine Coast Libraries author events series, hosted at locations across the region.

Rhiannon will talk about her debut fiction release Henry Hamlet’s Heart, a sparkling LGBTQI romance set in Brisbane with characters impossible to forget.

The story revolves around Henry in his last semester of high school and his sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking journey to love.

Rhiannon has been a journalist and an English high school teacher, before devoting herself to writing full time.

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Her short story You Deserve Nothing was long-listed for the Queensland Young Writer’s Award and in 2019, Henry Hamlet’s Heart, won the Queensland Literary Awards Glendower Award for emerging Queensland Writer.

Rhiannon’s book will be available to purchase at the venue and there will be a book signing session.

She will be joined by special guest journalist and writer, Roxanne McCarty-O’Kane. 

Tickets are $10 per person and includes soup, focaccia and one drink. The event opens at 5.30pm for 6pm start.

Bookings are essential via council’s library website: library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

 

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