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#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
When a young couple let strangers stay in their lake house for some extra cash, it starts a chain of events that exposes secrets and intimate moments. Join J.P. Pomare as he discusses his most recent thriller, The Last Guest.
J.P. Pomare in conversation with Martine Kropkowski

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#Artists
J.P. Pomare
J.P. Pomare is an award-winning writer whose work has been widely published. His debut novel, Call Me Evie, was critically acclaimed and won the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel. Pomare's novels In The Clearing and The Last Guests were critically acclaimed bestsellers, while his novel Tell Me Lies was a #1 Audible bestseller and was shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel and the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction. The Wrong Woman is his fifth book.
He was born in New Zealand and resides in Melbourne with his wife and daughter.
Martine Kropkowski
Martine Kropkowski is a writer and researcher, whose essays on literature and culture appear across literary journals, magazines and anthologies. Previously a soldier and a journalist, Martine now teaches professional and creative writing at The University of Queensland where she is also completing a PhD. Her novel Everywhere We Look was released in October 2024 with Ultimo Press.
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