Join us for an exciting evening at Harry Hartog Penrith, as we celebrate the release of The Long Night by Christian White. The Long Night is a bold and vivid novel with heart-pounding intensity sure to keep you on the edge of your seat! Christian will be discussing the book, and there will be a chance to get a copy signed.

About the Book:

Em has lived a quiet life with her complicated mother and is now looking for love and a potential escape from her small hometown. When a masked man kidnaps her in the dark of night, though, she is drawn into a terrifying world.

Jodie has been trying to forget a troubling time in her life, pouring her trauma into her work and out of her mind. Until one night her daughter is kidnapped and Jodie is dragged back into the violence.

As Em and Jodie race into the darkness, the agony of the past rushes up to meet them. It will take all their devotion and courage to escape this night alive.

Bold, vivid and heart-racingly intense, The Long Night is the darkest and most exhilarating novel yet from bestselling author Christian White.

About the Author:

Christian White is an Australian author and screenwriter whose credits include feature film Relic, Netflix series Clickbait and Paramount’s Apartment 7A. His debut novel, The Nowhere Child (2018), was one of Australia’s bestselling debut novels ever, with rights sold in 17 international territories and a major screen deal. Christian’s second book, The Wife and the Widow (2019), and third, Wild Place (2021), were instant bestsellers. The Ledge (2024) was named QBD Book of the Year and shortlisted for the ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year Award. His next book, The Long Night, will be released in November 2025. Christian wrote the Audible Original Second Skin (2020) and co-authored three more with Summer DeRoche: Still House (2021), The Call (2023), and Unfollowed (2025). Christian also wrote for the Amazon series Deadloch (2023) and the Netflix/TAP series The Survivors (2025).