Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion are visiting Stoneman’s Bookroom in Castlemaine and Aesop’s Attic Bookshop in Kyneton, on Saturday, March 30 as part of their Great Australian Book Tour.
From March to July, Simsion (author of the Rosie Project series) and Buist (celebrated crime novelist) aim to visit every bookshop (excluding second-hand and specialist) in Australia to meet booksellers and customers, sign books, give talks and run writing seminars. That’s 400 bookshops in four months!
Their latest novel, The Glass House, is set in an acute psychiatric ward – a medical drama with a psych twist, illuminated by Buist’s 35 years experience as a psychiatrist and Simsion’s deft handling of weighty topics.
The pair will be working with professional filmmakers to make a documentary of the tour, focusing on the contributions and challenges of bricks-and-mortar bookshops.
The tour is a way for the authors to thank booksellers for their contribution to their books’ success, and to promote the role of bookshops and mental health services in the community.
They will talk about The Glass House and the issues it raises, while also raising some money for mental health – all royalties from books sales at the events will be donated.
The pair will talk about their books, writing as a couple and their mission to visit every bookshop in Australia. And (almost) anything you want to ask them.
It’s a great way for writers, aspiring, emerging and established, to connect with two experienced authors and ask them all the questions.
Royalties from books sold at the events in Victoria will got to Schizy Inc, an organisation that makes space in the arts for people with diverse and complex mental health.
The visit to Stoneman’s Bookroom on Saturday, March 30, is at 11am – 101 Mostyn St, Castlemaine, and Aesop’s Attic Bookshop Kyneton at 3pm – 70 High Street, Kyneton.
