Em Rusciano: Blood, Sweat and Glitter

Join writer, singer, comedian and podcaster Em Rusciano to celebrate the release of her brand new book, Blood, Sweat and Glitter, at Paddington Uniting Church. Moderator TBA.

WHEN: Tuesday, 28th of October 2025, at Paddington Uniting Church.

TICKETS: 

Admission: $20.00 (excluding external fees), this ticket includes admission for one into the event, and a glass of wine upon arrival.

Book + Admission: $50.00 (excluding external fees), this ticket includes admission for one person into the event, a glass of wine upon arrival, and a copy of Em Rusciano's Blood, Sweat and Glitter (RRP $36.99). Your book will be available for pick-up at the event, where you will have the opportunity to have it personally signed by Em Rusciano.

RUNTIME: The planned schedule of events:

6:30pm, doors open.

7:00pm, prompt start.

8:00pm, book signing.

8:30pm, finish.

Em Rusciano's laugh-out-loud, self-searching memoir about life with the 'diagnostic trifecta': ADHD, Autism and perimenopause.

About the Book:

She meant to write something fun. Light. Maybe erotic. Instead, she bled onto the page.

Blood, Sweat and Glitter charts the wild, messy, life-altering five years that changed everything, from sold-out national tours to a historic National Press Club address, a Senate Inquiry and surviving Melbourne’s lockdowns.

This book contains everything Em couldn’t say at the time: the undiagnosed neurodivergence, the hormonal hellscape, the grief, the rage and the all-consuming, gut-punch realisation that she’d built her life by someone else’s rules.

This is a reckoning. A recalibration. A renaissance. Like Eat, Pray, Love, but the perimenopause remix: Bleed. Scream. Snap.

Em Rusciano – singer, stand-up comedian and podcast maven – didn't mean to write a memoir.

About the Author:

Em Rusciano is a writer, singer, keynote speaker, comic and podcaster. Her podcast Emsolation was Australia's first ever Spotify Exclusive, and her 15-date Outgrown comedy tour took Australia by storm in 2024. Em's 2016 bestselling book Try Hard was released to acclaim, and her self-narrated audiobook was nominated for ABIA Audiobook of the Year. Em has a fierce, loud and passionately loyal social media community, with a combined following on Facebook and Instagram of more than half a million.

About Gertrude & Alice Cafe Bookstore:

Rated as one of the top 10 bookstores in the world by National Geographic, Gertrude & Alice Cafe Bookstore is an oasis for writers, readers, and coffee lovers. Books overflow from the shelves of their store, featuring a mix of new, second-hand, antiquarian and rare books. Stay a while & enjoy some homemade chai, and amazing coffee, and unearth a book treasure or two. Read more about the bookstore's story here, and about the real Gertrude & Alice here.

Hilarious and candid, Blood, Sweat and Glitter is for anyone pretending they’re fine while quietly falling apart. Strap in – it’s a hell of a ride.