BWF | Monica McInerny - North Lakes

Next date: Thursday, 08 October 2026 | 06:30 PM to 07:30 PM

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

A new Monica McInerney novel is reason enough to celebrate – but how about a new Monica McInerney novel that unites two of her most beloved characters?

In this gorgeous stand-alone story titled When Sullivan met Lola, 12-year-old Melburnian Sullivan Farrington feels as though he’s hit rock bottom – until he finds an unexpected friend in 86-year-old Lola Quinlan, who’s come to the Victorian capital on a very specific and unusual mission. When the two join forces, they’ve got no idea of the trouble they’re about to cause – but thank goodness they’ve got each other...

Free. Bookings required. For adults. Monica appears courtesy of Brisbane Writers Festival and Penguin Random House and will sign copies of her book before and after the event. Book sales courtesy of QBD The Bookshop North Lakes. Arrive 6:00 PM for a 6:30 PM start. Light refreshments provided.

About Monica

One of the stars of Australian fiction, Monica is the author of 13 internationally bestselling books for adults, including most recently The Godmothers, shortlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year, and her first children's book, Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat.

Monica grew up in a family of seven children in the Clare Valley of South Australia. She and her Irish husband have been living between Australia and Ireland for 30 years. They currently live in Dublin.