Meet the Author: Judy Nunn - North Lakes

Next date: Tuesday, 04 November 2025 | 06:30 PM to 07:45 PM

Literary icon Judy Nunn returns with a stunning tale of loyalty and survival from Australia's wild northwest.

Don't miss out on this chance to hear the master storyteller as she shares the story behind Pilbara, her latest gripping historical saga.

Set in the late 1800s, in the frontier country of Western Australia’s northwest, Pilbara transports readers to a time and place where the rules are few and the dangers many. This is the wild west of Australia – a lawless, violent region where treachery is a way of life and the meek will not last. 

Into this harsh world arrives widower Charles Burton and his three young children. Having journeyed from the lush hills of Yorkshire, he is determined to restore the fortunes of their family’s sheep and cattle station. But the challenges are immense – and none more so than those posed by Charles’s daughter Victoria. 

As the Burtons struggle to survive, they are drawn into a battle for power and land, set against a backdrop of greed and violence. Indigenous communities are dispossessed, and the newcomers fight for control of the territory’s riches – grazing lands, pearls, and gold.

In this oldest of landscapes, the fight to endure is relentless. From Yorkshire to the outpost of Cossack, from London to the islands of Tahiti, Pilbara is the sweeping tale of a family’s fight to reclaim honour, survive adversity, and forge a future in a brutal and beautiful land.

Free. Bookings required. For adults. Judy will be available to sign copies of her book at our event. Book sales courtesy of QBD North Lakes.  Arrive 6:00 PM for a 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM event.

About the author

Judy Nunn AM is an Australian literary icon and master storyteller. With more than 20 books published in 30 years, and over a million copies sold in Australia alone, readers everywhere are passionate about her stories of her country and its people. They are told with Judy's trademark authenticity and filled with unforgettable characters who live on long after the final page. From the stage to the screen and the page, Judy has always been a storyteller. Her significant service to the performing arts and to literature was recognised in 2015 when she was made a Member of the Order of Australia.

Image credit: David Hahn.

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North Lakes Library, 10 The Corso, North Lakes, 4509, View map