Discover this upcoming series of five brilliant events with Australian women writers at our Hawthorn shop.

Join Jane Caro and contributors for the launch of Unbreakable, a collection of powerful pieces by successful Australian women who share the challenges they’ve overcome, including sexual assault, racism, miscarriage, depression and loss. Contributors include Kathy Lette, Tracey Spicer and Jacinda Woodhead, with a foreword by Tanya Plibersek.

When: 6.30pm on Monday 24 July
Where: Readings Hawthorn, 701 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn
RSVP: Free, but please book here.

Law lecturer Hannah Robert, eight months pregnant, was driving her partner and step-kids home from a picnic when their car was crushed by a four-wheel-drive. Her baby didn’t survive. Join us for the launch of Robert’s powerful new memoir about this heartbreaking experience, Baby Lost.

When: 6.30pm on Tuesday 1 August
Where: Readings Hawthorn, 701 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn
RSVP: Free, no booking required

Gail Kelly, a former CEO of Westpac and mother of four, will chat with Mary Crooks, the Director of the Victorian Women’s Trust, about her new book, Live Lead Learn. Both Kelly and Crooks have managed parenting, leadership and innovation with grace and determination. This is a rare opportunity to hear a fascinating conversation with two inspiring Australian women.

When: 6.30pm on Wednesday 9 August
Where: Readings Hawthorn, 701 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn
RSVP: Entry is $35 per person and includes a signed first edition of Live Lead Learn. Please book here.

Christine Nixon, former chief commissioner of Victoria Police, is now deputy chancellor of Monash University. Amanda Sinclair is an author, researcher, consultant and teacher in leadership, change, gender and diversity. Come and hear the two women discuss their new book, Women Leading, in which they smash tired prescriptions that women should lead like men, highlighting a long history of innovative female leadership by drawing on their own experience and that of thousands of others.

When: 6.30pm on Monday 21 August
Where: Readings Hawthorn, 701 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn
RSVP: Free, but please book here.

Three of Australia’s leading YA authors – all of them award-winning and internationally published – have come together to create Take Three Girls – one honest, raw and funny novel of friendship, feminism, identity and belonging. Join Cath Crowley, Simmone Howell and Fiona Wood to launch their brilliant new book.

When: 3pm on Sunday 27 August
Where: Readings Hawthorn, 701 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn
RSVP: Free, no booking required.