2025 PROGRAM
Special Event: Book Launch of 'The Bunny Club'
DATE:
Friday 28th March
LOCATION:
Manly Spirits Distillery, Brookvale
COST:
$55
Join us for the thrilling launch of Blanche d’Alpuget’s latest novel, The Bunny Club.
Step into the gripping world of Evelyn Sinclair, the beloved morning television host whose glamorous life takes a dark turn. Adored by the public but on the brink of losing her career behind the scenes, Evelyn escapes to her Southern Highlands retreat for what she hopes will be a weekend of romance. Instead, she is found dead under mysterious and chilling circumstances.
As detectives unravel a web of secrets, the shocking truth behind her death emerges. Why did her station boss visit that weekend? Who sent her a bouquet of yellow roses wearing PPE gear? And what connects her fate to a peculiar group of individuals with pink plush bunnies on their backpacks?
Blanche d’Alpuget’s latest novel is a racy and thrilling tale of crime, intrigue, and redemption, where nothing is as it seems, and the truth will leave you breathless.
Join us at Manly Spirits Distillery for a complimentary themed cocktail on arrival, an antipasto platter, and your very own pink bunny for this special opening night event.
Host: Jeremy Fernandez
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
The Manly Writers' Festival acknowledges and thanks the original storytellers on the lands on which our events take place, the Gameraygal people of the Eora Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing connection and culture, and we pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present, as well as emerging leaders.