Saturday, 20 September 2025, 10 – 11am EAST

Join us at Cleveland Library for a special event bringing together two of Australia’s most respected journalists and authors as they share insights into their writing and engage in a lively discussion. 

Whether you love thoughtful journalism, Australian crime thrillers or compelling storytelling, this event promises inspiration! 

This event is part of our Star-Studded Spring line-up! 

Free event. Bookings required.
Reserve your copies: bit.ly…

About the author:
Michael Brissenden was a journalist and foreign correspondent with the ABC for 35 years. He was posted to Moscow, Brussels and Washington, and worked in Canberra for many years in various roles, including as the political editor for ABC-TV’s 7.30 and as a reporter with the ABC’s investigative television documentary program Four Corners. Michael has published four previous books including his highly successful 2024 release, Smoke.

Paul Daley:
About the book:
From the acclaimed author of Jesustown comes The Leap – a white-knuckle ride into a nightmarish outback setting, where a man searching for mercy encounters a town baying for violent vengeance. A pulse-pounding literary thriller filled with humour, horror, blistering historical truths, indelible characters and a final twist that will take your breath away.

About the author:
Paul Daley is an author, journalist, essayist and short story writer. His books have been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s History Prize and ACT Book of the Year. He has won two Walkley Awards and the National Press Club Award for Excellence in Press Gallery Journalism. His essays have appeared in Meanjin and Griffith Review, and he writes ‘Postcolonial’, a column for The Guardian about Australian national identity, history and Indigenous culture. His literary novel Jesustown was published to great acclaim in 2022.