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Isobelle Carmody and Kate Forsyth are multi award-winning, bestselling, and beloved names within the Australian fantasy genre. They are joined by A.L. Tait to discuss writing fantasy, mythology, and their latest novels, Comes the Night and Psykhe.

Isobelle Carmody’s latest book, Comes the Night, is set in the near future of a dystopian Canberra. Helena Fox’s award-winning second novel, The Quiet and the Loud, explores coming of age against the backdrop of the 2019 bushfires. They sit down with Dr Christine Howe to talk about writing YA fiction in an uncertain climate future.

Join renowned author Isobelle Carmody in a Fantasy workshop that will guide you through the process of building a world from the character out, creating settings that serve to advance their story, rather than merely decorating it. Isobelle Carmody spends much of her time travelling. Although she has been writing fantasy set in other worlds and times and places, since she wrote her first book at 14, her writing always...

The South Coast Readers & Writers Festival returns to Thirroul over the weekend of 5–6 July 2025 with a vibrant lineup of literary talent, from rising stars to international bestsellers. With headlining authors CHARLOTTE McCONAGHY (Wild Dark Shore), ISOBELLE CARMODY (Comes the Night), PIP WILLIAMS (The Bookbinder of Jericho), KATE FORSYTH (Psykhe), NIKKI GEMMELL (Wing), NARDI SIMPSON (the belburd), OMAR SAKR (The Nightmare Sequence), JESSIE TU (The Honeyeater), and AMY...

Speculative fiction, magic realism, fantasy and imaginary worlds in fiction. Room Two, Sorrento Masonic Centre 3385 Point Nepean Road, Sorrento Isobelle Carmody, Finegan Kruckemeyer and Marion Taffe with Seth Robinson Moderator: Seth Robinson Speakers: Isobelle Carmody, Finegan Kruckemeyer, Marion Taffe (covered by your festival fee)