Date: Thursday 12 June 2025
Time: 4.30pm for 5.00pm
Cost: $5.00 pp
Location: Rosetta Books Event Space (at the rear of Rosetta Books, accessed via IGA/Rosetta Books carpark)
In partnership with Harper Collins and Rosetta Books, Sunshine Coast Hinterland Writers Festival brings you a captivating evening with Angie Faye Martin, winner of the HQ/Flinders First Nations Fiction Fellowship and author of the gripping debut novel Melaleuca. Melaleuca follows Aboriginal policewoman Renee Taylor as she confronts a murder and the ghosts of her past in a small outback town.
Angie will be in conversation with our SCHWF Author Ambassador Georgia Harper, delving into her gripping debut novel and the creative journey that brought Melaleuca to life, inspired by the Queensland country town where Angie grew up.
This is a chance to hear from a powerful new voice in Australian fiction. Proudly identifying as a Kooma-Kamilaroi woman, Angie Faye Martin draws on deep personal and cultural roots to tell a story that resonates long after the final page.
Come early at 4.30pm for complimentary glass of wine and cheese, and settle in for a thought-provoking conversation starting at 5.00pm.
Books will be available for purchase and signing after the event.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Angie Faye Martin is a writer and editor of Kooma, Kamilaroi and European heritage. With a Bachelor of Public Health from the Queensland University of Technology and a Masters of Anthropology from the Australian National University, Angie spent many years working in policy roles in state and federal government before launching Versed Writings in 2019. Her work has been published in Meanjin, Garland, The Saltbush Review and The Rocks Remain. She is a member of the First Nations Australia Writers Network and accredited with the Institute of Professional Editors. Melaleuca is her debut novel.
Georgia Harper is a crime writer and psychologist who has worked with both serious violent offenders and victim-survivors of crime. Her career spans correctional, forensic mental health, mental health and rural psychology roles. Her second novel is due for publication in March 2026.
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