Join author Ivy Bazley to celebrate the launch of her debut fantasy novel, Born of Fire — a tale of dragons, love, mystery, and political intrigue!

About the Event:

Date: Sunday, September 28 2025
RSVP by: September 24 2025
Venue: KSP Writers' Centre
Doors Open: 4:00pm
Entry: Free
Nibbles Provided

📚 Signed copies of Born of Fire will be available for purchase on the day for $25.

Opening Address by Soraya Acosta Sanchez, a romantasy writer from Venezuela who is currently completing a Master of Creative Writing at Curtin University, with aspirations to pursue a PhD. She is a member of the KSP Literary Committee and represents FAWWA within WA Writers United. Soraya was selected for the 2024–2025 Emerging Writers Program sponsored by Writing WA, and served as a judge for the 2025 Premier’s Book Awards in the Young Adult and Emerging Writer categories. She has previously co-directed the Latin American Writers Academy (LAWA) in Australia and facilitated the Novel Writers Collective at KSP Writers’ Centre.

About the Book:

A desperate princess creates a mystery. An accidental dragon creates a crisis. It is left to a gentle book-loving priest with a dangerous past to solve the mystery. But who can solve the crisis?

Born of Fire is a fantasy novel with a love story at its heart. It features a bullied king, a prince who has bitten off more than he can chew, and an unmarriageable girl who wins his heart. And who is the impossibly beautiful but dangerous girl who comes into their lives and disrupts the realm?

Written in lyrical, quasi-medieval language, this story evokes the tone of Ursula Le Guin, with characters reminiscent of Dune and a style of political intrigue akin to Game of Thrones, but without the gratuitous violence. Aimed at adult fantasy readers, this is a must-read for fans of dragonshifter tales, high-stakes romance, and swordplay.

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About the Author

Ivy Bazley holds a BA in Writing from ECU and is the author of the upcoming fantasy series The Burned King Legacy. She has published poems and short stories in two editions of the Thursday Night Group Anthology and was selected for the 2021–2022 Emerging Writers Program through the Peter Cowan Writers Centre. Ivy is passionate about supporting emerging Australian writers and believes in nurturing local voices to reflect and grow Australia’s cultural landscape.