Brisbane Writers Festival

The Brisbane Writers Festival is on this weekend and I'm breaking out of my writing bower to attend. The weather promises to be glorious, and the program of speakers is enormous and rich and inspiring. You can see the full schedule here. I'll be taking part in the following two sessions:

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Saturday, 10 September 5:30-6:30pm 

Devil in the Detail: Writing Fiction

Venue: Auditorium 2, State Library of Queensland. 

Panellists: Kate Morton, Nick Earls, S.J. Watson,  

Chair: Nike Sulway

Description: Fiction has to be perfect in every detail. Kate Morton, The Distant Hours; Nick Earls, The Fix; and S.J. Watson Before I Go To Sleep discuss the art of detail. (I've read The Fix and Before I Go To Sleep, by the way, and they're both terrific. Can't wait to hear more about how they were written.)

Presented by the hoopla family

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Sunday, 11 September 1-2pm

Meet Kate Morton

Venue: The Studio, State Library of Queensland

Panellists: Kate Morton

Chair: Amanda Horswill

Presented by Brisbane City Council

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Comments

[Wendy]

Hi Kate I discovered your books while in Uk this April and could not put down the forgotten garden, I finished it and had to buy the other two I have never read such fabulous books, you are an amazing writer all three are a credit to you
I have never read books so quick I did not want to go to bed
and when I did could not wake up fast enough so I could finish

When are you bringing out another I need something good to read again
Wendy in France

[Kate Morton]

Hi Wendy,
Thanks so much for your lovely note. I'm busy working on the new one at the moment and it should be published late 2012. What you describe--disappearing inside the world of a book and not wanting to come out again--is my favourite way to feel when I'm reading, and the best part of being a writer. I'm delighted that my books made you feel that way.
Best wishes,
Kate

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I haven't read The Forgotten Garden yet but I think I should pay a visit to the closest bookstore we have here. Wendy got me so interested in reading the book. :)