Anita Heiss author talk

Anita Heiss is coming to Goulburn! She has written over twenty books across several genres. Her latest novel, The Paradise Pact, is a laugh-out-loud contemporary women’s novel that packs a punch. The story follows three best friends and their escape to Hawaii for a girl's trip. The novel focuses on the strength of "tiddas" (sisters/best friends), navigating menopause and mid-life dating, cultural connection, and finding joy in life's second act.

Includes drinks, nibbles, book sales and author signing.

TICKETS WILL OPEN FOR BOOKING ON 6 JUNE.

MEET ANITA

Dr Anita Heiss is an internationally published, award-winning author of over 20 books; non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women’s fiction and children’s novels. She is a proud member of the Wiradyuri Nation of central New South Wales, an Ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and the GO Foundation, and Professor of Communications at the University of Queensland. Anita is also the Publisher at Large of Bundyi, an imprint of Simon & Schuster cultivating First Nations talent. As an artist in residence at La Boite Theatre, she adapted her novel Tiddas for the stage. It premiered at the 2022 Brisbane Festival and was produced by Belvoir St for the Sydney Festival in 2024. Her novel, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray, about the Great Flood of Gundagai, won the 2022 NSW Premier’s Indigenous Writers' Prize and was shortlisted for the 2021 ARA Historical Novel Prize and the 2022 ABIA Awards. Anita’s first children’s picture book is Bidhi Galing (Big Rain), also about the Great Flood of Gundagai. Anita released Dirrayawadha (Rise Up) in about the frontier war in Bathurst in 2024. Her most recent novel is The Paradise Pact.