OUR EVENTS
Matilda Bookshop hosts a range of exciting author events, book launches and talks throughout the year. All of our upcoming events are usually listed here, but have concluded for 2025. Stay tuned for further exciting announcements in 2026.
You will find information about past events listed below.
IN CONVERSATION
Revisit our conversations here with some of Australia’s favourite authors.
JUDITH LUCY May 2021
STAN GRANT April 2021
OUR PAST EVENTS
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2025
Trent Dalton November 26
Sofie Laguna November 12
Bob Brown October 23
Heather RoseOctober 22
Craig SilveyOctober 2
Lainie Anderson October 1
Gavin McCormack August 12
Jessica Townsend June 10
Grantlee KiezaApril 30
Hannah Kent April 28
Penguin Noir Adelaide March 26
2024
Helen Garner December 3
Rebecca Starling & Christine McCabeNovember 7
Tim Winton October 25 - Listen here
Zoe Foster-Blake October 17
Gina ChickOctober 16
Robbie ArnottOctober 14
Markus ZusakSeptember 23
Lainie Anderson September 2
Anita Heiss August 19
Catherine McKinnon May 30
Shankari ChandranMay 14
Garry DisherApril 11
Louise Milligan March 25
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2023
Charlotte Wood October 10
Kate Mildenhall August 23
Anna Funder July 18
Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien May 23
Pip Williams March 28
2022
Don Watson November 15
Richard Fidler November 2
Diana Reid October 26 (watch here)
Craig Silvey October 6
Shaun Micallef October 4
Robbie Arnott September 29 (watch here)
Victoria Hannan September 14 (watch here)
Geraldine Brooks July 28
Chloe Hooper June 1
Christine Manfield May 27
Ellis Gunn May 18
Kylie Moore-Gilbert April 6
2021
Christos Tsiolkas November 24
Charlotte Wood November 9 (watch here)
Hannah Kent October 26
Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist June 15
Judith Lucy May 5 (watch here)
Stan Grant April 21 (watch here)
Barry Divola March 24
2020
Bruce Pascoe & Vicky Shukuroglou December 8 (watch here)
Helen Garner November 3 (watch here ♡)
Trent Dalton October 19 (watch here)
Danielle Clode October 14 (watch here)
Jane Harper October 6 (watch here)
Adelaide Hills Garden Book September 27
Richard Fidler September 2 (watch here)
Kate Grenville August 12 (watch here)
Katherine Tamiko Arguile June 16 (watch here)
Patrick Allington: June 9 (watch here )
Nicole Stewart: February 16
2019
Christos Tsiolkas: November 11
Matthew Evans: November 7
Charlotte Wood: October 31
Favel Parret: October 13
Heather Rose: October 10
Thomas Mayor: October 2
Shaun Micallef: September 18
Lucy Treloar: September 10
Rob Morrison - Curosity Show: September 2
Angela Woollacott: August 19
Adele Ferguson: August 14
Dominic Smith: August 7th
Matthew Evans: July 9th
Nikki Savva: July 8th
Mark Awerbuch: June 30
Damien Coulthard & Rebecca Sullivan: May 16th
Derval McTiernan: April 9th
Lolo Houbein & Toni Arbon: March 25th
Peggy Frew: March 12th
Jane Caro: Feb 26th
Graeme Simsion: Feb 20th
Molly Murn: Feb 6th
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2018
Behrouz Boochani: November 18th
Minette Walters: November 14th
Clementine Ford: September 26th
Liane Moriarty: September 23rd
Kon Karapanagiotidis: July 29th
Tim Winton: March 26th
Sophie Thomson: March 19th
2017
Richard Fidler & Karí Gíslason: October 25th
Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist : October 9th
Gina Inverarity & Greg Holfeld: May 7th
Rebekah Clarkson: February 5th
2016
Jinny & Cooper book launch: February 21
Bear Make Den book launch: February 14
2015
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2014
2013
Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki: November 9
2012
2011
George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan: November 10
Luke Nguyen and Adrian Zumbo: November 2
2010
Andy Griffiths: 20 September
Andrew Govanstone: 8 July
Milton Moon: 1 April
Sophie Thomson: 11 March
2009
Ursula Dubosarsky/ Andrew Joyner: 18th May
Malalai Joya: 7 July
Bookey Peek: 26th May
