UPCOMING EVENTS
Asylumfest
The last weekend of each October, inside Beechworth’s haunted 1800s asylum, AsylumFest brings horror, oddities, and the macabre to life. Whether you're a horror fanatic, a collector of the strange, or just seeking a weekend of eerie excitement, you’re in the right place.
REGISTER NOW: https://www.asylumfest.com.au/
National Australian Horror Convention
The National Australian Horror Convention (NAHC) is a celebration of the horror genre in all its many forms, focussing primarily upon literature, but also covering media, gaming, comics, and pop culture, with three days of scheduled events and activities such as panels, workshops, competitions, and guest presentations. There will also be a major focus upon Indigenous Australian and multicultural horror. This will be an event for fans, industry professionals and traders alike, and we hope to see you there!
Get your dismemberships (‘ticket's’) NOW: https://www.natozhorrorcon.com/
Writing Workshop with JJ Carpenter
Learn the craft of writing from a master planner.
✍️✨ Writing Workshop✨✍️
Learn the craft of writing with award-winning author JJ Carpenter in this practical and inspiring workshop designed to help you finally get that story out of your head and onto the page.
Together, we’ll explore how planning before you write can unlock stronger storytelling - covering plotting, structure, character development, and finding your voice, so you can write with clarity and confidence.
This workshop is perfect for anyone who already calls themselves a writer - or anyone who quietly daydreams of becoming one.
Bookings Essential: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/writing-workshop-with-jj-carpenter-tickets-1982642412828?aff=oddtdtcreator
About the presenter:
JJ Carpenter is an award-winning author of Australian historical and psychological horror. Her work explores memory, power, trauma, and the quiet ways terror lives inside ordinary places.
Pen & Print Book Club
Save the date. Time TBC. More details to come! Look forward to a gathering of authors and wordsmiths.
Supanova Adelaide
Supanova Comic Con & Gaming (also known simply as Supanova) is a fan convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy film and TV, comic books, anime, gaming, collectibles and literature. It is held annually in Adelaide at the Adelaide Showgrounds.
Asylumfest
ASYLUMFEST IS A THREE-DAY HORROR BOOK AND POP CULTURE FESTIVAL IN THE BUILDINGS OF MAYDAY HILLS, A FORMER 1800s PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY.
Conflux19
Australia’s annual speculative fiction convention is back! Program details coming soon…
Book Tour: Mt Gambier
Book here: https://mountgambier-events.bookable.net.au/#!/event-detail/jj-carpenter
Book Tour: Warrnambool
JJ in conversation with local legend and guru of Port Fairy ghost stories, Tracie Griffiths
Book Now: https://warrnambool.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=146244
Book Tour: Ballarat
JJ in conversation with thrilling author Paula Gleeson.
Booking details coming soon
Book Tour: Geelong
JJ Carpenter will be at Lara Library in Geelong, in conversation with local author Tory Favro.
Book now: https://www.grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on/jj-carpenter-haunting-kenmore-asylum
Firstival Author Market
More info and bookings here: https://firstival.com.au/event/author-market/
Book Tour: Canberra
Book here: https://events.humanitix.com/book-launch-the-haunting-of-kenmore-asylum-by-jj-carpenter
Book Tour: Sydney
JJ in conversation with ABC News Radio host Laura Tchilinguirian.
Book your tickets here: https://www.betterreadevents.com/events/the-haunting-of-kenmore-asylum-jj-carpenter-in-conversation-with-laura-tchilinguirian
Book Launch: The Haunting of Kenmore Asylum
JJ in conversation with author extraordinaire, Daniel O’Malley.
Bookings through Humanitix: https://events.humanitix.com/jj-carpenter?hxchl=mkt-sch
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