Find out how to start a book club that is truly inclusive, genre happy, open-minded, joyful and encourages the reading of ALL kinds of books. You will also get hints on how to pick your next read when your TBR (to-be-read) pile is overflowing and everyone is telling you to read a certain kind of book. And navigate your way through the emergence of #booktok and how this has not only influenced bestseller lists but also how it’s given lovers of fantasy and romance a safe place to shout their love from the rooftops.

Saturday 11 February 10-11am, Wynnum Library
Saturday 18 February 10am-11am, Chermside Library
Saturday 18 February 2-3pm, Garden City Library
Saturday 25 February 10-11am, Indooroopilly Library
Saturday 25 February 2-3pm, Ashgrove Library

Book your spot here: free tickets.


​CAPRICORN COAST WRITER'S FESTIVAL

Capricorn Coast Writers Festival 2023 will be held
in Yeppoon on  2nd-4th June. 

For more, head here.

RECENT APPEARANCES at...

the Queensland Writers Centre
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​​Keen to have Ally speak at your book store, conference,
work place, library, book club,
or host a workshop on ​writing, editing, author branding, cover design etc.
 
email ally@allyblake.com

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THE GREAT AUSSIE BOOK CLUB

​A fast-paced, one-off gushing exploration of the current, glorious Australian fiction scene.

Covering general fiction, literary fiction, award-winning novels and up-and-comers, perennial reader favourites and debut authors, women's lit, romance, thrillers, book-to-tv/movie tie-ins, authors with gloriously deep backlists and new names to look out for.

If you're on the look out for a new local author to support and enjoy, then invite Ally to present at your organisation and join the The Great Aussie Book Club!

ROMANCE BOOK CLUB
with Brisbane City Council Libraries​

Bestselling romance author Ally Blake chats about her favourite romance novels. Looking at historical romance, fantasy, contemporary, young adult, Australian authors and more, Ally gives attendees the chance to share, engage and find new and emerging romance writers to enjoy.
 
"How to Write a Romance Novel"
An interactive workshop highlighting the ingredients
it takes to make a winning romance novel


"The Making of a Romance Author"
The top 10 questions Ally is always asked
when people discover she is a romance author


"Working with an Editor"
Ready to send your manuscript off into the big wide world,
learn the lingo, the cues, the expectations when working well with an editor.

 
"Author Online/Author Branding"
 How to create your author brand and integrate
across website, social media, book covers
 
 
"Cover Love"
 What it takes to make a great book cover -
covering branding, "the blink test" genre conventions and more...
 
 
"Writing is Rewriting"
 How to revise your own work as well as working with
critique partners, agents and editors
 
 
"The Organised Writer"
Organisational hacks and habits of
highly productive writers.
  
 AUSTRALIAN ROMANCE READERS
ROMANTIC RENDEZVOUS (LOCK DOWN) EVENT 

a READING 
from HIRED BY THE MYSTERIOUS MILLIONAIRE
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Charlotte Nash's BOOK CLUB
"First Experiences Reading Romance"
with Charlotte Nash, Amy Andrews and Bernadette Rowley
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