

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: BOOK LAUNCH - The Hobart Hotel by Mary-Lou Stephens
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 09:00 pm (+10:00)
- **Event Description**: Join Mary-Lou Stephens in-conversation with Claire Van Ryn at Launceston Library as we launch, The Hobart Hotel.

Glamour, intrigue and two women who will gamble their lives to survive ... the compelling new Tasmanian historical fiction from a bestselling Australian author.

December 1939: The grand opening of Australia's most glamorous and talked about hotel, the Wrest Point Riviera.

The equally glamorous Sabine Winters, recently arrived in Hobart from the Continent, anticipates a safe port from the storm that rages in Europe along with a few select items of jewellery to add to her (stolen) collection. What she doesn't expect is to be blackmailed into becoming a spy, torn from the safety of Tasmania and taken to the viper's nest of intrigue and plots that is South America during the rise of Nazi power. Her instincts and charms will only get her so far ...

February 1973: The grand opening of Australia's most glamorous, talked about and controversial hotel, the Wrest Point Hotel Casino.

Jenny Davies anticipates a night surrounded by dizzying decor and thrilling action. What she doesn't expect is an invitation to become a Ladybird, one of the casino's croupiers. But Jenny's choice to pursue this exclusive career creates a devastating chain of events that could destroy her life as she knows it. Can a mysterious letter and the gift of a key from a relative Jenny has never heard of somehow be the answer to all of her problems?

All are welcome. Free ticket provides general admission to the talk.

Book sales available at the event by Petrarch's Bookshop.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/launceston/book-launch-the-hobart-hotel-by-mary-lou-stephens/200029675873220
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 88

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.trybooking.com/DJQAR?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=launceston-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Launceston
- **state**: TS
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Launceston Library
- **lat**: -41.436015045089
- **long**: 147.13720025231
- **full address**: Launceston Library, 71 Civic Sq, Launceston TAS 7250, Australia, Launceston

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Petrarch's Bookshop (https://allevents.in/org/petrarchs-bookshop/13858982)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (+10:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Launceston Library, 71 Civic Sq, Launceston TAS 7250, Australia, Launceston
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Petrarch's Bookshop
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about BOOK LAUNCH - The Hobart Hotel by Mary-Lou Stephens ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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