Wed 25 Nov · 5:30pm
The Bookshop Bowral · Bowral
drinks and canapes after hours with James O'Loghlin and his new thriller
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After-hours at the bookshop with James O'Loghlin
25 November 2026 from 5.30pm
The Bookshop Bowral
Meet comedian and writer James O’Loghlin after-hours in the bookshop to hear about his new thriller, The Writers’ Room - set right here in the Southern Highlands!
The twisty, suspenseful and darkly funny crime novel centres on a writers’ retreat, where old friends get together to realise a heartfelt project. Enter charming amateur detective Barb Young, who has the world's most disarming interrogation technique.
Tickets include drinks and canapés, author talk and time to enjoy the bookshop after-hours.
About The Writers' Room
Seven writers. One murder. Whose story do you believe?
Clara Newsome was 22 when she died. A prodigiously talented writer, she'd seemed destined to take the literary world by storm.
Twenty years later, her four best friends have done rather well for themselves. Now successful screenwriters and producers, they've finally decided to adapt Clara's only novel into a TV series. A creative retreat in a remote mansion in the Southern Highlands to brainstorm… what could possibly go wrong?
Quite a lot, as it turns out. Because housekeeper Barb Young has just found a body at the bottom of a nearby cliff.
The police are happy to call it an accident, but Barb is not the sort of woman who settles for a convenient explanation. The real story of Clara's death might not be the one the writers have all been telling.
Quick answers
When is After-hours at the bookshop with James O'Loghlin?
Wed 25 Nov 2026, 5:30pm.
Where is it?
The Bookshop Bowral, Bowral, NSW.
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