Following a sold-out first launch event, and due to popular demand, please join us for night two of the book launch. We invite you to join Lucinda Price (aka Froomes) to celebrate the launch day of her debut book All I Ever Wanted Was To Be Hot - a hilarious and insightful deep dive into self image, desirability, pop-culture and power.

WHEN: Wednesday, 4th September, 2024, at Paddington United Church. Doors open at 6:30pm, with unallocated seating, for a prompt 7 pm start. Parking can be difficult so please leave enough time. There is also a parking facility close by.

TICKETS:

Admission: $25.00 (excluding external fees), includes a glass of wine upon arrival.

Admission + Book Bundle; $50.00 (excluding external fees), includes a glass of wine upon arrival and a signed copy of Lucinda Price's All I Ever Wanted To Be Was Hot. (RRP: $34.95)

2 Tickets + 1 Book Bundle; $75.00 (excluding external fees), includes a glass of wine upon arrival and admission for 2 attendees, plus one signed copy of Lucinda Price's All I Ever Wanted To Be Was Hot. (RRP: $34.95)

‘I have always known that a woman’s greatest power is her looks. For most of my life, I just took it as the way things were, a fact not worth interrogating since it was so obviously true.’

About All I Ever Wanted Was To Be Hot

For her entire life, Lucinda’s mission was to look as hot as possible. She nipped, tucked, bleached, cut, plucked, plumped, shaved, lasered, tanned, crunched, squatted and starved. Then, she broke.

All I Ever Wanted Was To Be Hot is a funny, provocative retrospective on the last thirty years of Western beauty standards. From Victoria’s Secret to Extreme Makeover, Playboy Bunnies to the Australian media’s fascination with Lara Bingle, Lucinda unfurls the tentacles of a culture hellbent on making women feel like happiness is always just five kilos away.

With her offbeat humour and incisive cultural commentary, Lucinda tells the unfiltered story of someone overcoming an eating disorder and rebuilding, illuminating our enduring obsession with appearance by holding a bedazzled mirror up to her own beliefs.

A hilarious, insightful deep dive into self image, desirability, pop-culture and power.

About the Author

Lucinda Price (aka Froomes) is a writer, presenter, comedian, podcaster and radio host.

She's one half of award-winning popculture radio duo Flex & Froomes on CADA and iHeartRadio. Her writing work has appeared in the Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, ABC and Pedestrian, alongside her weekly newsletter with over 10,000 subscribers. Her sold-out debut show at the 2023 Melbourne International Comedy Festival was rated five stars from The Age.

She's also the CEO of FROOMESWORLD, an international one-woman business specialising in scripting, producing, presenting and editing original content. She has amassed a cult following online and earned an AACTA nomination for Best Digital Creator of 2022.

Lucinda's TV credits include ABC's At Home Alone Together, in a sketch she wrote and edited, Amazon original The Moth Effect, Australia Now and Then, a host on MTV Australia, a presenter on ABC's Art Works and the red carpet host of the 2022 ARIA Awards. She has also written for the 2021 ARIA Awards and ABC's Question Everything.

With a passion for taking the piss across multi-platform media, Froomes is a one-of-a-kind creative powerhouse.

Host TBC

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.