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History Repeats: 2019 Historical Novel Society Australasia Conference

October 26, 2019 @ 9:00 am - October 27, 2019 @ 5:00 pm

$147 – $295

A major event celebrating writers and readers of historical fiction will be take place on 25-27 October 2019 at the historic Parramatta campus of Western Sydney University.

The weekend of interviews, panels, discussions and historical weapons re-enactments will be a celebration of all forms of the genre.

Historical crime writers, Janet Lee, Catherine Jinks, Pip Smith, Tessa Lunney, Katherine Kovacic, Malla Nunn and Meg Keneally, author of the popular Monsarrat murder mysteries, will be included in the impressive line-up of over sixty panellists and speakers. Other internationally renowned authors include   Jackie French, who among her many publications, is also the author of the Miss Lily’s Lovely Ladies novels of wartime espionage and intrigue, Kate Forsyth, Sophie Masson, Alison Goodman, Paula Morris, Lucy Treloar and Juliet Marillier.

Conference participants will be eligible to apply for the inaugural HNSA Colleen McCullough Residency.

More information about the conference can be found at https://hnsa.org.au/conferences-events/2019-conference/2019-conference-program/