AUTHOR PROFILES AUTHOR PROFILES
TOWN HALL AND PETANQUE STAGES TOWN HALL AND PETANQUE STAGES
LIBBY ANGEL is an Australian
poet whose work has appeared
in several journals. The Trapeze
Act is her first novel. ‘An expertly
layered, lyrical rumination on
family and identity… Angel has
a vivid imagination and poetic
skill with language. Her prose is
evocative, her strikingly original
characters as bright and colourful
as they are intense. The Trapeze
Act is a compelling portrait of a
highly dysfunctional but delightful
family.’ THE HON TIM FISCHER AC
was born at Lockhart on 3 May
1946, and was educated at
Xavier College in Melbourne,
was conscripted into the Australian
Army in 1966 and served in The
Vietnam War. He entered politics
in 1971 and became Deputy Prime
Minister in 1996, Ambassador to
the Holy See in 2008 and is now
a successful book author. His
other interests are notably family,
farming, charity work and biking
and bushwalking in Bhutan.
KATE GRENVILLE is one of
Australia’s most celebrated
writers. Her most recent book, The
Case Against Fragrance (2017),
is an accessible and personal
investigation into the science
of scent and the power o