Alison Goodman is a Melbourne based writer of crime, fantasy and historical fiction. She is the author of nine novels including The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin, the second book in the Ill-Mannered Ladies series which was released in May 2025. The first book in the series, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies, won the 2024 Readers’ Choice Davitt Award and was a Washington Post and an Amazon Best Mystery Book of 2023. Her novels also include the award-winning Lady Helen trilogy, and EON and EONA, a New York Times bestselling fantasy duology. Alison holds a PhD focusing on creative writing, historical research and the Regency era and is currently working on the third novel in the Ill-Mannered Ladies series. She is fuelled by strong coffee and air-fried chips, and will travel a long way for a good high tea.
Sunday 19 October
2.45pm (bar from 2)
It is a truth universally acknowledged that 2025 is the 250th year since the birth of Jane Austen! Contemporary regency authors Kelly Gardiner, Sharmini Kumar and Alison Goodman will explore Austen’s wide appeal and ongoing relevance and explain why they love to write novels set in the regency era. Afternoon tea and champagne will be served, regency costumes will be on display, and we’ll learn a simple regency dance! With Elizabeth McCarthy.
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