Speaker Series: The Lyrebird Lake Ladies Choir- Sandie Docker

Bestselling author Sandie Docker in conversation with Claudine Tinellis talking about her new book The Lyrebird Lake Ladies Choir. Set between 1973 and present-day Sandie interweaves the stories of three woman in an empowering and hopeful look at how sometimes owning up to secrets we tell ourselves helps us to find our way back home.

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SANDIE DOCKER grew up in Coffs Harbour, and first fell in love with reading when her father introduced her to fantasy books as a teenager. Her love of fiction began when she first read Jane Austen for the HSC, but it wasn't until she was taking a translation course at university and her Mandarin lecturer suggested she might have a knack for writing (yes, she writes everything the old-fashioned way before hitting a keyboard). Sandie first decided to put pen to paper when living in London. Sandi is now back in Sydney with her husband and daughter, she writes every day. The Lyrebird Lake Ladies Choir is Sandie's sixth book. Sandie is also the founder and director of The Northern Beaches Readers Festival.

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CLAUDINE TINELLIS is a Sydney-based author, podcaster and presenter/moderator. A former corporate lawyer, Claudine ventured into the world of publishing in 2014 as the editor of Coastal Chef: Culinary Art of Seaweed & Algae in the 21st Century. In the years since, Claudine has dedicated herself to writing fiction and finding varying ways to support the world of Australian literature. She is an executive founding member of the Northern Beaches Readers Festival and has moderated for many book launches and other festivals. With more than 270 different authors interviewed to date, Claudine’s podcast Talking Aussie Books is a popular program bringing readers and writers of Australian fiction together.

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