Join \;Bridie Blake\, author of \;The Boyfriend Clause\, and Olivia Tolich \, author of \;Side Character Energy\, as they share their path to publication and advice for aspiring writers. As the popular ity of romance continues to grow\, Tolich and Blake reflect on the value o f the genre and its evolving cultural influence.
\nOlivia and Bridie will be in conversation with fellow romance writer\, Holly Brunnb auer\, author of What Did I Miss.
\nAbout the books
\nThe Boyfriend Clause
\nSabrina&r squo\;s new Melbourne cafe\, her lifelong dream\, is struggling. And time is running out on the boyfriend clause in the loan agreement she has with her parents: she must be in a committed relationship in a matter of months or pay back the loan in its entirety.
\nWhat could be worse? Making up a fake boyfriend\, and accidentally giving him the name of the rude an d brooding famous writer in her apartment block\, the one she inadvertentl y insulted when he moved in&mdash\;that&rsquo\;s what!
\nAnd when th at leads to the rude and brooding writer joining her rambunctious family o n a trip to England and a charade of perfect romance\, Sabrina finds herse lf navigating a whirlwind of contradictory emotions. It&rsquo\;s surely on ly a matter of time before the boundary between what&rsquo\;s all show for her family and what might be a real romance starts to blur. That is\, unt il Sabrina discovers what the man of her desires is writing about in his n ew novel.
\nSide Character Energy
\nAfter a series of Mr Wrongs\, Bee has finally found her Mr Right. Attractive\, mature&mdash \;William is everything she&rsquo\;s been looking for.
\nGertrude is Bee&rsquo\;s best friend since forever. She&rsquo\;s happy for Bee&mdash\ ;just as she&rsquo\;s been sad for Bee during those romantic missteps\, an d supportive of Bee in everything else. Actually\, now she thinks about it \, Gertrude isn&rsquo\;t sure there even is a Gertrude that isn&rsquo\;t d etermined by what Bee wants or thinks or feels.
\nPanicked to realis e she&rsquo\;s not the main character in her own life\, she turns to Willi am&rsquo\;s best friend\, Arthur. Arthur&rsquo\;s mission is to find out w hether there&rsquo\;s more to Gertrude than she thinks\, and if so\, what it is. The problem is\, that might throw up some hard questions&mdash\;abo ut her life\, her choices and above all\, her friendship with Bee.
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