# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Local Author Speed Dating
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 20 Jun, 2026 at 08:00 am – Sat, 20 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am (+10:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for an evening of fun and finding your book-match.
We'll have six local authors each giving a six-minute chat about their book.
Then you can join the author of your choice to chat more and get a copy of their book.
Tickets are $13 and includes light snacks and a glass of wine.
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Meet the authors:
-Andy Curtis:
‘My name is Andy Curtis, and I’m a sparkly new author. I’m a 61-year-old Brit whose career has taken a few interesting turns — from working for the late Queen’s godson in the UK, to owning and running cocktail bars in Sydney and London. Along the way, I’ve dabbled in acting, worked in the high rollers room at The Star Sydney, and now enjoy the very fulfilling role of a marriage celebrant on the Central Coast. After being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2024, my world changed, and I felt compelled to write my first book in the hope of helping others. It's a personal, brutally honest and rather silly account of my experience.’

-Sally Jane Smith:
Sally Jane Smith has lived on five continents and visited thirty-five countries, but she gives credit to Greece for turning her into a writer. Her debut, Unpacking for Greece, was named a ‘Reading Greece Book of the Month’ by Greek government website Greek News Agenda and won first prize in the Greek-Australian Cultural League’s 2024 Book Award for Prose in English. The sequel, Repacking for Greece, was shortlisted for a Society of Women Writers NSW book award in 2024.

-Simon Leith:
Simon Leith is an author from the Central Coast of NSW, Australia. A train driver by night, a writer in his spare time, he writes fantasy novels with epic storylines and adventure at heart. Author of the YA Arcura Series, as well as Children’s Chapter Books – Tales of Tempestria, his writing and world-building are heavily influenced by games such as World of Warcraft.

-Peter Fisher:
Peter Fisher is a retired teacher who has lived on the Central Coast for almost 40 years. He migrated from Canada in 1985, and he and his Sydney-born wife have two grown children. His keen interest in native gardening led to the publication of his first book which was about the history and heritage of the many rainforest pockets found on the Central Coast. His latest book is called 'Wish You Were Here: A History of Tourism on the NSW Central Coast'. He is presently working on his third book, a history of Wondabyne, Woy Woy tunnel and Mullet Creek.

-Ingrid J. Adams:
Ingrid J. Adams writes epic contemporary fantasy where magic collides with destiny, and true love shapes who we become. Her debut series, Descended, has earned multiple award nominations.
With degrees spanning business tourism, journalism, kinesiology and nutrition, and a professional background in media, psychotherapy, and energetic healing, her journey to authorship was gloriously unconventional. This richly varied background has infused her storytelling with grounded realism and spiritual depth in ways she never could have imagined.
Ingrid lives by the beach in beautiful Manly in a house full of boys – four sons, one husband, and a cavoodle pup. A lover of travel, yoga, meditation, farmers’ markets, ocean swims, snowy mountain skiing, cooking up feasts, and stories in all their forms, Ingrid believes magic exists – sometimes you just have to write it into the world.

-Donna M Cameron:
Eco-fiction novelist, Donna M Cameron, has a background in acting, playwrighting, radio-drama and scriptwriting. Her novels include ‘Beneath the Mother Tree’ (2018), selected for the Screen QLD’s Adaptable Program, ‘The Rewilding’ (2024) shortlisted for the 2025 Davitt Awards, and ‘Bloomfield,’ (coming in 2027 with Transit Lounge Publishing).
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/umina-beach/local-author-speed-dating/200029987452030
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Theatre, health-wellness, performances, Sports, trips-adventures, Entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Umina Beach
- **state**: NS
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: 294 West St, Umina Beach NSW 2257, Australia
- **lat**: -33.52171
- **long**: 151.31914
- **full address**: 294 West St, Umina Beach NSW 2257, Australia, 294 West St, Umina Beach NSW 2257, Australia, Umina Beach

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Local Author Speed Dating being held?
  - **A:** Local Author Speed Dating takes place on Sat, 20 Jun, 2026 at 08:00 am to Sat, 20 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am at 294 West St, Umina Beach NSW 2257, Australia, 294 West St, Umina Beach NSW 2257, Australia, Umina Beach.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Local Author Speed Dating?
  - **A:** Local Author Speed Dating is organized by Umina Beach Book Nook.

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