This Summer readers, aspiring writers and more will have the chance to meet one of the best Australian YA authors around, award-wining author Will Kostakis!

Meet the author, learn from the best and catch up with friends. A FREE COPY of Will's book We Could Be Something is provided with registration.

Meet and Greet Author Talk - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Writing Workshop - 1:30pm - 2.30pm

Each event requires a separate ticket at check out (come to one or come to both). There is a 30 min break between the events.

FREE meet and greet, workshop, book, transport and workshop catering funded by the NSW Government (Regional Youth Holiday Break Program), targeted at young people aged 14 - 24 years. Registrations are essential, spaces are limited.

Transport to and from the event can be arranged on request but is on a needs basis and limited. Details provided on booking.

About the author

Will Kostakis is an award-winning author for young adults. His first novel, Loathing Lola, was published when he was just nineteen. After a brief break to dabble in celebrity journalism and reconstruct his shattered dream he returned to writing and has won Prime Ministers Literary Awards, CBCA and Indie Bookseller awards since.

Book Club Read - We Could Be Something (Contains Mature Content)

Part coming-out story.

Part falling-in-love story.

Part falling-apart story.

Harvey's dads are splitting up. It's been on the cards for a while, but it's still sudden. Woken-by-his-father-to-catch-a-red-eye sudden. Now he's restarting his life in a new city, living above a cafe with the extended Greek family he barely knows.

Sotiris is a rising star. At seventeen, he's already achieved his dream of publishing a novel. When his career falters, a cute, wise-cracking bookseller named Jem upends his world. Harvey and Sotiris's stories converge on the same street in Darlinghurst, in this beautifully heartfelt novel about how our dreams shape us, and what they cost us.

Longlisted, Best Young Adult Book, Indie Book Awards, 2024, AUShortlisted, Writing for Young Adults, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, 2024, AU Notable Book, Book of the Year: Older Readers, CBCA Awards, 2024, AU Shortlisted, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature, NSW Premier's Literary Awards, 2024, AU Shortlisted, Young Adult Book Award, Queensland Literary Awards, 2024, AU Winner, Young Adult Literature Prize, Prime Minister's Literary Awards, 2024, AU

Other books by Will include Sidekicks, Rebel Gods and Monuments.

Youth Holiday Program - Behind the Books | Will Kostakis Meet and Greet and Writing Workshop. Ages 14+

Choose your tickets

Meet and Greet Youth Ticket 12pm-1pm | 14 - 24 years ticket

Writing Workshop Youth Ticket 1.30pm - 2.30pm | 14 - 24 years ticket