Resources for event publicity

Author Talk: Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion

Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion are both novelists: Graeme’s Rosie Project series has sold over six million copies in forty languages and won ABIA book of the year. Anne’s five crime novels have been published in Australia and overseas, and their first joint effort, Two Steps Forward, a story of walking and renewal, was an international bestseller, sold to fourteen countries with movie rights optioned in the US.

Their latest novel is The Glass House, set in an acute psychiatric ward: your favourite medical drama with a psych twist, illuminated by Anne’s 35 years experience as a psychiatrist and Graeme’s deft handling of weighty topics.

They’ll 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.

See more at www.greataustralianbookshoptour.com.au

Writing Seminars and Chats

Graeme Simsion is a bestselling novelist, popular seminar leader and author of The Novel Project: A Step by Step Guide to your Novel, Memoir or Biography, with a track record of ‘getting it done’.

In his seminars, Graeme will cover the end-to-end process of writing, from premise to proofreading, as described in The Novel Project.

Participants will learn:

  • How to plan the writing process, so they start every day knowing what to do it and how to do it, with confidence that they’re making progress towards a completed manuscript
  • How to take control of their creativity
  • How to create credible, complex characters
  • How to structure their novel using proven storytelling principles
  • How to deal with crises and problems, including writer’s block
  • How to work with beta readers and editors

 

Graeme will also convene a series of (usually one hour) informal seminars / chats ‘Getting out of the Blocks’ focusing on ‘getting unstuck’, moving forward, getting the book done.

Download a hi-res image of The Glass House cover here.

A hi-res image of The Novel Project here

A hi-res image of Anne here photo credit Lachlan Woods

A hi-res image of Graeme here photo credit Darren James

 

Click on image to download printable PDF poster
Click on image to download printable PDF poster
Click on image to download printable PDF poster
Graeme Simsion wearing a dark turtle-neck shirt
Photo credit Max Deliopoulos
Anne Buist wearing a blue-and-white-striped blazer and scarf over a blue top
Photo credit Max Deliopoulos
Portrait of Anne and Graeme
Photo credit Max Deliopoulos
Graeme holding a pencil in soft light in front of a large book-shelf
Photo credit: Darren James
Graeme writing at a desk
Photo credit: Darren James
Graeme and Anne writing on laptops while sitting on lounge chairs in front of a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf
Photo Credit: Julian Tynan
Anne wearing a red top under a dark jacket embroidered with gold dragons
Photo credit: Lachlan Woods