

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Author Talk - Meet Sam Guthrie with Central Coast Reads
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 10 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 am (+10:00)
- **Event Description**: As part of Words on the Waves Writers Festival we have introduced Central Coast Reads, a community-wide reading program consisting of book clubs and author talks. The aim is to not only encourage reading and social and human connections through a love of books, but also to establish the Central Coast region as a region of ‘readers’ on the cultural map of Australia.  

The Peak is a nailbiting and unputdownable read, a powerfully taut, gripping and fast-moving international thriller that weaves a story of friendship, love and betrayal together with the ruthless geopolitics of China’s rise, set in the last 24 hours of the world as we know it.

Sam Guthrie had a twenty-five-year career in international relations serving as a trade envoy to China, an Asia Pacific corporate affairs adviser and political lobbyist and a senior government official. He has worked extensively across Europe, the US and Asia, and has spent close to a decade living and working in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Prague. He has a master’s degree in international relations. He splits his time between Canberra and Sydney.

Books will be available for sale at the event with Book Face Erina joining us for the morning.  A morning tea will be available after the event, with thanks to Brentwood Village. 

Tickets are FREE thanks to the partnership between Words on the Waves and Keyton/Brentwood Village, as well as our wonderful team of volunteers who help with these events.  The cafe will be open prior to the event if you want to buy a coffee to bring in with you.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/avoca-beach/author-talk-meet-sam-guthrie-with-central-coast-reads/200029765824502
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://wordsonthewaves.com.au/central-coast-reads/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=avoca+beach-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Avoca Beach
- **state**: NS
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Brentwood Village, 1 Scaysbrook Dr, Kincumber NSW 2251
- **lat**: -33.47226
- **long**: 151.40456
- **full address**: Brentwood Village, 1 Scaysbrook Dr, Kincumber NSW 2251, Aurrum Kincumber, 1 Scaysbrook Dr, Kincumber NSW 2251, Australia, Avoca Beach

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Words on the Waves Writers Festival (https://allevents.in/org/words-on-the-waves-writers-festival/18534681)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 10 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 am (+10:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Brentwood Village, 1 Scaysbrook Dr, Kincumber NSW 2251, Aurrum Kincumber, 1 Scaysbrook Dr, Kincumber NSW 2251, Australia, Avoca Beach
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Words on the Waves Writers Festival
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, festivals
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Author Talk - Meet Sam Guthrie with Central Coast Reads ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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