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.**