Lovers of atmospheric Australian fiction will delight in meeting author Sophie Green at the Noosa launch of her latest novel Bellbird River Country Choir this month.
On Thursday 18 August from noon, The River Read will host a beautiful two course lunch at Noosaville’s 250 Grammi restaurant, where Sophie will be joined by special guest host, 92.7 Mix FMs’ Caroline Hutchinson.
Bellbird River Country Choir is a warm hearted story of fresh beginnings, unexpected friendships and the sustaining power of love and community, from the Top Ten bestselling author of The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle and Thursdays at Orange Blossom House.
Bellbird River, 1998: Teacher and single mum Alex is newly arrived in the small NSW country town of Bellbird River after escaping the city in search of a change of pace and the chance to reconnect with her young daughter. Across town, well known matriarch Victoria and her globe trotting, opera singing cousin Gabrielle find themselves at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives, while local baker Janine and newcomer to the district, Debbie are each secretly dealing with the consequences of painful pasts. With its dusty streets, lone pub and iron-lace verandahs, Bellbird River could just be a pit stop on the road to somewhere else. But their town holds some secrets and surprises – and it has a heart: the Bellbird River choir.
Amid the melodies and camaraderie of the choir, each of the women will find the courage to leave the past behind. And together, they’ll discover that friends are much closer to home than they’d ever realised.
Sophie Green is an author and publisher who lives in Sydney. She has written several fiction and non fiction books, some under other names. In her spare time, she writes about country music on her blog, Sunburnt Country Music. She has been practising yoga since 1993 and teaching since 2002. Sophie’s debut novel, The inaugural meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club, was a Top Ten bestseller and was shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards for General Fiction Book of the Year 2018, and longlisted for both the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year 2018 and the Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction 2018. There Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle and Thursdays at Orange Blossom House were also Top Ten bestsellers.
Tickets to this event are $75 each and include a delicious two course lunch and a glass of wine.
For bookings phone The River Read on 5473 0483.
