Launches at the Library
Event status:
Do you love historical crime fiction? Top-shelf literary fiction? Cold-blooded killers, grief-stricken widows, famous artists, independent women with sharp minds and large fortunes and a cap doffed to Jane Austen’s 250th birthday.
- Date:
- Tuesday 29 April 2025 12:30 pm until Tuesday 29 April 2025 01:30 pm (Add to calendar)
- Contact:
- University Events
events@latrobe.edu.au - Presented by:
- Launches at La Trobe
- Type of Event:
- Community Event
- Cost:
- Free
Cold-blooded killers, grief-stricken widows, famous artists, independent women with sharp minds and large fortunes and a cap doffed to Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. Do you love historical crime fiction? Top-shelf literary fiction?
The first Launches at the Library for 2025 has it all!
Come hear the authors of Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective, Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar, along with the author of Diving, Falling, Kylie Mirmohamadi, as we celebrate the publication of these outstanding books, in conversation with Stella Prize winning novelist, Carrie Tiffany.
Launches at the Library are curated and hosted by Prof Clare Wright, Professor of Public Engagement, and supported by the Office of the Vice-Chancellor.
Light refreshments available.
Catch up on previous Launches @ the Library via the Literary La Trobe podcast (wherever you get your podcasts from)

Introduction: Prof Clare Wright
Professor of History and Public Engagement

Host: Dr Carrie Tiffany
Lecturer English and Creative Writing, La Trobe University

Speaker: Dr Kelly Gardiner
Adjunct and Writer, La Trobe University

Speaker: Dr Sharmini Kumar
Writer & Author

Speaker: Dr Kylie Mirmohamadi
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, English and Creative Writing
La Trobe University, Bundoora Campus | Library Seminar Room 1.34
La Trobe University Bundoora Library
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