Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Get Reading: Dual Walkley Award winning journalist Caroline Overington discusses the move to fiction

In her career as a journalist Caroline Overington won two Walkley Awards for Investigative Journalism and the Keith Murdoch Award for Journalistic Excellence.

She is the author two nonfiction books Only in New York and Kickback which won the Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature.

In 2009 Caroline wrote her first work of fiction Ghost Child and followed it in 2010 with I Came to Say Goodbye. Both books were critically acclaimed. Matilda is Missing, Caroline’s third novel, will be published in October 2011.

Caroline comes to us today as part of Get Reading, a federal government sponsored initiative. Please join us for a most interesting lunch.

In the meantime follow Caroline on Twitter - @overingtonc

When: Thursday 20th October 12:30pm
Where: Lilydale Library, Anderson Street, Lilydale
Cost: $10 includes lunch
Bookings essential phone 92943120 or book online - Caroline Overington

Cheers, Maryanne

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