Rachael Johns @ Canberra Writers Festival
What Do Women Want Panel
Saturday 25 October 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Pleasure should be a simple thing but a lot of the time – it isn’t! Perhaps the plot of sweet romance and erotic fiction books contain part of the answer? Cue the handsome prince, male best friend, girl next door, or something else altogether... whatever you fancy!
Join Rachael Johns (Queen of Aussie Romance), Linda Jaivin (Erotic novelist from the get-go) and superstar locals, Alyx Gorman (All Women Want) and Freya Marske (author of queer romantic fantasy) as they talk romance, fantasy and sex! This is going to be fun... Moderated by Books+Publishing’s Kate Cuthbert.
Alyx Gorman is a journalist, editor and author. Born in Canberra, she has worked in fashion and culture media in Melbourne, Sydney, New York and London, and is now lifestyle editor of Guardian Australia. Her debut non-fiction book All Women Want is an intimate, deeply reported exploration of heterosexuality, the pleasure gap and the growth of the sexual wellness industry.
Linda Jaivin is a prolific essayist, cultural commentator, literary translator from Chinese specialising in film subtitling, and the internationally published author of thirteen longform publications. These include seven novels, the Quarterly Essay Found in Translation and several works of history. Her Shortest History of China has been translated into two dozen languages. Her latest book, just out this year, is Bombard the Headquarters! The Cultural Revolution in China. She is currently working on The Shortest History of Madrid. She lives in Sydney.
Rachael Johns was once (briefly) an English teacher, before turning her attention to writing—and never looking back. She now writes award-winning romance and women’s fiction. Her novel The Patterson Girls won the 2016 ABIA for General Fiction, and she’s a two-time winner of the Romance Writers of Australia RUBY Award. Rachael is the co-host of two podcasts: Reading Between Deadlines and Dear Rach & Soph and runs the vibrant Rachael Johns Book Club on Facebook. She lives in the Swan Valley with her husband and two of her three sons.
Freya Marske's debut novel A Marvellous Light was an international bestseller and won the Fantasy Romantic Novel award. She has been nominated for two Hugo awards, and in 2020 won the Ditmar Award for Best New Talent. Her hobbies include figure skating and discovering new art galleries, and she is on a quest to try all the gin in the world.
Cost: $15