north east regional extra | July 31 - August 6, 2024
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July 31 - August 6, 2024
Margaret relishes her writing life By SIMONE KERWIN
EMBARKING on a tour across the nation to promote her latest book, local author Margaret Hickey said she was conscious of the need to soak up the experience. “Sometimes when I’m flying away to these things and staying in lovely hotels, I think I should stop and think how amazing this all is; it’s beyond what I imagined,” she said. “It can also be quite tiring, but I do love meeting people - booksellers, readers and other crime writers. “It’s always lovely; every person who contacts me or come up at events, I wish I had more time with them to say thank you.” Margaret’s tour began on July 29 in NSW, and will take the Beechworth-based writer to Queensland, the ACT and Western Australia before she returns to Victoria for a series of events including author talks at the Wangaratta and Beechworth libraries on August 13 and 15 respectively. She will wind down her tour as part of a panel of crime authors at the Bendigo Writers Festival on August 17. The focus of it all is her latest novel, ‘The Creeper’, a chilling mystery set in the small mountain town of Edenville in Victoria’s High Country, which has been haunted for 10 years by the horrific murders of five hikers.
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◆ DRAWING ON LANDSCAPE: Beechworth author Margaret Hickey is on tour with her latest novel, ‘The Creeper’, which is set in a fictional town in Victoria’s High Country. She will speak about the release in Wangaratta on August 13 and Beechworth on August 15. PHOTO: Kurt Hickling
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