{"product_id":"event-shannon-kelly-white-casey-nott","title":"EVENT: Shannon Kelly-White \u0026 Casey Nott","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoin us for an evening with \u003cstrong\u003eShannon Kelly-White\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eCasey Nott\u003c\/strong\u003e as they discuss their new novels \u003cstrong\u003eBillie King\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eFive Stages of Grace\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen: \u003c\/strong\u003eFriday September 11th at 6.30pm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere: \u003c\/strong\u003eMeeniyan Town Hall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCost:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ticket Only $15\u003cbr\u003e         Ticket \u0026amp; Book $45 (Your choice of book above)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSupper and Tea\/Coffee provided with a chance to meet the authors and have your books signed following the event!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore about our visiting authors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fe-block fe-block-417c794e7782a59aac60\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-417c794e7782a59aac60\" data-website-component-id=\"417c794e7782a59aac60\" data-sqsp-block=\"text\" data-definition-name=\"website.components.html\" data-block-type=\"1337\" data-block-scripts='[\"https:\/\/definitions.sqspcdn.com\/website-component-definition\/static-assets\/website.components.html\/d92a980d-b660-49d1-a8a9-d817239fa29e_741\/website.components.html.visitor.js\"]' data-block-css='[\"https:\/\/definitions.sqspcdn.com\/website-component-definition\/static-assets\/website.components.html\/d92a980d-b660-49d1-a8a9-d817239fa29e_741\/website.components.html.styles.css\"]' class=\"sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-text-block-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\" class=\"sqs-html-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShannon Kelly-White\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe internet has plenty to answer for, and Shannon’s writing career is one of them.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eMany moons ago, during maternity leave, she created \u003cem\u003eShannon’s Kitchen\u003c\/em\u003e—a slightly unhinged corner of the internet that developed something of a cult following. Part food, part storytelling, part “did she really just say that?”, it laid the foundation for four non-fiction books and three Gourmand Awards, including Best Writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eBut fiction was always the dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eInspired by freedom, spirit, and women who push back, Shannon finally pulled her finger out and got on with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eHer debut novel, \u003cem\u003eBillie King\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by HarperCollins on 30 June 2026, with a second novel already in the works for 2028.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBillie King by Shannon Kelly-White\u003cbr\u003ePublished June 30, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA blisteringly fast, fresh, funny and hugely entertaining novel of mothers, daughters and one gutsy wild colonial girl who gets caught up in Australia's last female bushranger's quest for revenge. Think Leah Purcell's \u003cem\u003eThe Drover's Wife \u003c\/em\u003emeets Trent Dalton.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1918: Australia's last bushranger, Dulcie James, holds up Anna King's falling-down farmhouse. There's a scrawny unloved infant on the floor, Anna seems more furious than frightened, and it's the bushranger who's left shaken. And the next day, Anna disappears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwelve years later, Anna's daughter, Billie King, is a girl ready to explode. With a missing mother, the rent in arrears and her alcoholic father's gambling debts to cover, she has no time for school. But when child services threaten to remove Billie from her father, she must decide between continuing her search for her missing mother and keeping what's left of her family together. If she fails to hold onto her father, she'll be taken away and placed in a children's home, but if she doesn't find her missing mother, who will?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e- - - - -\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fe-block fe-block-da61de6cdc2ae33c3412\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block\" data-block-css='[\"https:\/\/definitions.sqspcdn.com\/website-component-definition\/static-assets\/website.components.html\/af96b8af-c73b-4ca4-a5bc-be7a98a665cc_742\/website.components.html.styles.css\"]' data-block-scripts='[\"https:\/\/definitions.sqspcdn.com\/website-component-definition\/static-assets\/website.components.html\/af96b8af-c73b-4ca4-a5bc-be7a98a665cc_742\/website.components.html.visitor.js\"]' data-block-type=\"1337\" data-definition-name=\"website.components.html\" data-sqsp-block=\"text\" data-website-component-id=\"da61de6cdc2ae33c3412\" id=\"block-da61de6cdc2ae33c3412\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-text-block-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\" data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCasey Nott \u003c\/strong\u003eis a contemporary fiction author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fe-block fe-block-93acf861053ccffbd0e9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block\" data-block-css='[\"https:\/\/definitions.sqspcdn.com\/website-component-definition\/static-assets\/website.components.html\/af96b8af-c73b-4ca4-a5bc-be7a98a665cc_742\/website.components.html.styles.css\"]' data-block-scripts='[\"https:\/\/definitions.sqspcdn.com\/website-component-definition\/static-assets\/website.components.html\/af96b8af-c73b-4ca4-a5bc-be7a98a665cc_742\/website.components.html.visitor.js\"]' data-block-type=\"1337\" data-definition-name=\"website.components.html\" data-sqsp-block=\"text\" data-website-component-id=\"93acf861053ccffbd0e9\" id=\"block-93acf861053ccffbd0e9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-text-block-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\" data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eHer stories celebrate women and explore the challenges they face in modern society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003eHer debut novel, \u003cem\u003eForgotten,\u003c\/em\u003e was long listed in the 2023 Hawkeye Manuscript Development Competition and was released in October 2024, with Hawkeye Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003eWhen she’s not writing (or reading) she enjoys keeping active by practicing yoga and playing pickle ball. She is happiest when she’s creating and making things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003eShe lives in Melbourne with her husband and three children, of whom she’s quite fond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFive Stages of Grace by Casey Nott\u003cbr\u003ePublished May 1, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data mt-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data mt-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat do you do when life almost gives you everything you've ever wanted - then threatens to take it all away?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data mt-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003eGrace Granger has one dream: to become a mother. 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