# Event Details - **Event Name**: Author Talk: Melissa Manning - Mornington Library - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 am – Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm (+10:00) - **Event Description**: Join award‑winning author Melissa Manning, in conversation with Rebecca Fraser, as they discuss her deeply moving new novel, Frogsong.About this EventJoin award‑winning author Melissa Manning, in conversation with local author Rebecca Fraser, as they discuss her deeply moving new novel, Frogsong.Following her acclaimed debut collection Smokehouse, winner of the 2022 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction, Manning returns with a lyrical and devastating story of love, addiction, loyalty, and the ghosts that bind us.Frogsong traces the lives of Caro and Danny, who grew up side by side at the waterhole in southern Tasmania. Bound by love, loss and a promise Caro made to Danny’s mother, their lives become entwined. But as Danny spirals into addiction and self-destruction, Caro is caught between loyalty and the need to save herself. When Danny disappears without a trace, her search for answers carries her from Tasmania’s rugged landscape to the winding streets of Lisbon, before a final reckoning at the waterhole forces her to confront what it means to let go.Melissa Manning is an Australian writer whose short fiction and narrative nonfiction have been widely recognised and published in Overland, Meanjin, Southerly, The Big Issue, Award Winning Australian Writing, To Carry Her Home (UK), and Best Small Fictions (USA). Her debut, Smokehouse, was praised for its strong imagery, emotional resonance, and evocative sense of place.Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Farrells Bookshop.Free, bookings essential.Tickets - Tickets are required for everyone attending this event.Branch Information - If you require further information regarding this event or require assistance booking your tickets, please phone Mornington Peninsula Shire Library on (03) 5950 1820.__________________________________________Further Information -If you need to cancel your booking, please log into your Eventbrite account, or contact your library branch. We have limited spaces available at some of our events. If you are no longer able to attend an event you have booked a ticket for, please let us know so that others don’t miss out.Our Library will notify registered attendees via email of any changes made to this event via email.Visit our website for more information: ourlibrary.mornpen.vic.gov.au - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/mornington/author-talk-melissa-manning-mornington-library/100001984597465443 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Mornington - **state**: VI - **country**: Australia - **location**: Mornington Library - **lat**: -38.217585 - **long**: 145.03646200000003 - **full address**: Mornington Library, Vancouver Street, Mornington, Australia ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Author Talk: Melissa Manning - Mornington Library - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/cea31bbf0a6e5dfe39d1be8bafbe9c41d664b718cdd2cc2a90034d61e7d2813e-rimg-w1200-h600-dc1f3d3b-gmir.jpg?v=1776134112 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Author Talk: Melissa Manning - Mornington Library being held? - **A:** Author Talk: Melissa Manning - Mornington Library takes place on Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 am to Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm at Mornington Library, Vancouver Street, Mornington, Australia. - **Q**: Who is organizing Author Talk: Melissa Manning - Mornington Library? - **A:** Author Talk: Melissa Manning - Mornington Library is organized by Mornington Peninsula Libraries. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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