Jane Harper in Conversation 2025

Join Byron Writers Festival for a special evening with event with international bestselling crime author Jane Harper in conversation with Leila McKinnon to discuss her highly anticipated new book, Last One Out.

Books will be available for purchase and signing, presented by The Book Room.

THE DAZZLING NEW NOVEL FROM THE MASTER OF CRIME JANE HARPER

He had been here, that was clear from the marks in the dust. And he had been alone.

In a dying town, Ro Crowley waits for her son on the evening of his 21st birthday.

But Sam never comes home. His footprints in the dust of three abandoned houses offer the only clue to his final movements. One set in. One set out.

Five long years later, Ro returns to Carralon Ridge for the annual memorial of Sam's disappearance. The skeletal community is now an echo of itself, having fractured under the pressure of the coal mine operating on its outskirts.

But Ro still wants answers. Only a few people remain. If the truth is to be found in that town, does it lie among them?

About Jane Harper

Jane Harper is the author of the international bestsellers The Dry, Force of Nature, The Lost Man, The Survivors and Exiles. Her books are published in forty territories worldwide, and The Dry and Force of Nature have been adapted into major motion pictures starring Eric Bana. The Survivors has been adapted into a Netflix TV series.

Jane has won numerous top awards including the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year, the Australian Indie Awards Book of the Year, the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel, and the British Book Awards Crime and Thriller Book of the Year. Jane worked as a print journalist for thirteen years both in Australia and the UK, and now lives in Melbourne with her husband, two children, and two cats.

When: Wednesday 22 October, 6:30pm

Where: A&I Hall, Station St Bangalow