Readers - Books and Conversation with Benjamin Stevenson

Join us at Petersham Bowling Club for a captivating evening with Benjamin Stevenson, award-winning comedian and USA Today bestselling author of the hit Ernest Cunningham Mysteries. Known for Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone, currently being adapted for HBO, Benjamin returns with his latest novel, Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret, a festive whodunit where holiday cheer meets high-stakes mystery.

This time, Ernest Cunningham finds himself backstage at a world-famous magician’s show, unraveling a murder among tricksters. With suspects ranging from a hypnotist to a twin and a murder mystery advent calendar, it’s a holiday season like no other.

Don’t miss this chance to hear Benjamin dive into his creative process and inspirations behind the Ernest Cunningham series and more.

Celebrating books and readers, this is a monthly series of in-depth and relaxed conversations with authors about their latest work, and their body of work, their writing process and the ideas that inspire them.

Michaela Kalowski is an interviewer, moderator and curator for writers and ideas festivals. Highlight interviews include Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell, Michelle de Kretser, Amos Oz, Stan Grant, Holly Ringland & Etgar Keret. She's the curator of ABC RN’s on-air writers festival, Big Weekend of Books, now in its 4th year. In 2022 she was curator of International Author events for Brisbane Writers Festival. Michaela has conducted radio interviews for ABC RN’s The Music Show, Big Ideas & The Bookshelf, ABC Classic and has presented programs across ABC radio.

Acknowledging the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, on whose land we gather.