Nicole Abadee writes about books for Good Weekend and Australian Book Review. Following a twenty-year career in law, Nicole is now a moderator at writers’ festivals including at Sydney, Byron Bay and Adelaide Festivals, as well as at literary events where she has interviewed many well-known Australian and international writers. Nicole has a books podcast, Books, Books, Books in which she talks to international and Australian writers about their latest books. She has recently partnered with Griffith Review to produce the Books, Books, Books Griffith Review Series . She was also a judge for the 2021 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, for the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction.

Nicole Abadee writes about books for Good Weekend and Australian Book Review. Following a twenty-year career in law, Nicole is now a moderator at writers’ festivals including at Sydney, Byron Bay and Adelaide Festivals, as well as at literary events where she has interviewed many well-known Australian and international writers. Nicole has a books podcast, Books, Books, Books in which she talks to international and Australian writers about their latest books. She has recently partnered with Griffith Review to produce the Books, Books, Books Griffith Review Series . She was also a judge for the 2021 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, for the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction.

In her debut novel, The Dressmaker, Rosalie Ham introduced the world to the outback town Dungatar with its eccentric residents, petty politics and haute couture through the wonderful character, Tilly Dunnage. It became an international bestseller and its reputation cemented with the release of the film of the same name. But what happened to Tilly after she left town remained an unanswered question. That is, until last year with the release of The Dressmaker's Secret. Find out why Rosalie Ham wrote a sequel to her famous book, what challenges that posed and why she thinks these characters have lived on in readers’ memories.