Book Chat: Barbie Robinson with Catherine McCullagh
- Historical Fiction
6pm Wednesday 1 February
Join the Book Cow team for an engaging discussion of historical fiction with Barbie Robinson and local author Catherine McCullagh in an event that also marks the re-release of her first novel, Dancing with Deception.
Light refreshments and the chance to ask your own questions and pose your favourite theories will feature in an evening of insightful analysis.
Catherine McCullagh is a highly respected editor and author. She has worked as an editor and advisor on numerous military and Australian history books and has two published works to her name, Willingly into the Fray, a narrative history of the first 100 years of Australian Army nursing, and War Child, the true story of a woman who grew up in pre-war Germany, which she ghost-wrote for Annette Janic. Dancing with Deception was her first historical fiction novel, followed by Secrets and Showgirls and Love and Retribution. She completed a Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies) at the Australian National University before joining the Army as a teacher and linguist. After a 20-year career she left the military to follow her other passion – military history.
Barbie Robinson is co-founder and a content creator for Living Arts Canberra, a not for profit media outfit supporting arts and community in the Canberra region and books worldwide through its website, podcast interviews and a 24/7 internet radio station, at www.livingartscanberra.com.au.
Venue
The Book Cow Bookshop
Lava Espresso Bar, Eyre Street Markets
34 Eyre Street
Kingston, ACT 2604