Tricia Stringer - 'The Paradise Resort'
About This Event
Bookings required. To reserve your place, visit Eventbrite or call the library.Join bestselling author Tricia Stringer as she shares her latest novel, The Paradise Resort.Who doesn't love a luxurious holiday? But even paradise can have an off day... A funny, warm and wise insight into the joys and challenges of finding community in the most unlikely places, from the bestselling author of The Road Trip.Books will be available for purchase, or bring your copy from home to be signed.Presented as part of the Lord Mayor's Writers in Residence series.
Getting There
Carindale Library
Carindale Library, Westfield Carindale, 1151 Creek Road (near Millennium Boulevard), Carindale
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Tricia Stringer - 'The Paradise Resort'
Bookings required. To reserve your place, visit Eventbrite or call the library.Join bestselling author Tricia Stringer as she shares her latest novel, The Paradise Resort.Who doesn't love a luxurious holiday? But even paradise can have an off day... A funny, warm and wise insight into the joys and challenges of finding community in the most unlikely places, from the bestselling author of The Road Trip.Books will be available for purchase, or bring your copy from home to be signed.Presented as part of the Lord Mayor's Writers in Residence series.
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