BWF | Kate Grenville - Redcliffe

Next date: Sunday, 11 October 2026 | 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM

Join us for an exclusive Beyond Brisbane event presented in partnership with Brisbane Writers Festival.

A locked-room mystery. A colonial cold case. A family feud. And a cache of 88 letters that pose a series of tantalising questions.

Celebrated writer Kate Grenville’s new book is a mesmerising reconstruction of a 100-year-old true story she discovered in the archives. Was New South Wales schoolteacher Joseph Connor an abusive villain or the victim of a small-town witch hunt?

Grenville is at her masterful best in The country schoolmaster, piecing together the facts as she ruminates on the pleasures and pitfalls of storytelling.

Free. Bookings required. For adults. Kate appears courtesy of Brisbane Writers Festival and Black Inc and will sign copies of her book before and after the event. Book sales courtesy of QBD The Bookshop North Lakes. Arrive 12:15 PM for a 12:30 PM start. Light refreshments provided.

About Kate

Kate Grenville is one of Australia's most celebrated writers. Her international bestseller The Secret River was awarded local and overseas prizes and is now a much-loved classic. Grenville's other novels include The Lieutenant, Lilian's Story, the Orange Prize–winner The Idea of Perfection and A Room Made of Leaves.

Her works of non-fiction include One Life: My Mother's Story, Elizabeth Macarthur's Letters and, most recently, Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place.