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Watercolours shortlisted for 2012 Indie awards
Watercolours has been shortlisted for the Indie debut book of the year award from the Australian Independent Booksellers. More information here.

Adrienne featured in Madison
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Madison is also running an excerpt from Watercolours here.

Courier Mail reviews Watercolours
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More praise for Watercolours
Marie Claire describes Watercolours as, ‘A lusciously colourful debut mystery from a new Australian author.’ Read the review below.

Byron Bay Writers Festival
5-7 August, 2011

Sessions:

WRITING LOCAL LANDSCAPE
Adrienne Ferreira, Edwin Wilson, Maris Morton
Chair: Moya Costello
Chatroom A
2.00pm - 3.00pm (Friday, August 5) — Included in festival pass

WHY TRAVEL BROADENS THE MIND — AND CREATIVITY
Julietta Jameson, Adrienne Ferreira, Kim Wildman
Chair: Michael Pelusey
Sponsored by Byron Bay Accom
Red Marquee
4.00pm - 5.00pm (Friday, August 5) — Included in festival pass
More information here.

Wheeler Centre, Melbourne
Debut Monday Night
22 August 2011
More information here.

Watercolours chosen among Top Picks,
BOOKSELLER & PUBLISHER for May-June 2011
4½ stars out of 5

Watercolours Sydney Launch
Shearer’s Bookshop
Norton Street Leichhard
Tuesday 3 May 2011, 6pm
Photos of the launch now online

Watercolours Central Coast Launch
Adrienne signing books at her Central Coast launch
Dymocks Bookshop
Erina Fair
Sunday 15 May 2011, 3.30pm

Read Adrienne’s interview with Central Coast local Jodi Wilson on her blog Che & Fidel here.

Photos by the talented Daniel Grey

My Central Coast peeps, cleaning out the bookshelves of Dymocks, Erina!

Little Sacha Bramham with proud dad, Marcus; Gemma Miskell, Mish Martin and me.

What the … ?

Prouille School, Wahroonga
New Library Opening
25 May 2011

Canberra, Electric Shadows Bookshop
Author reading and signing
Saturday June 18 at 2pm
Shop 2, 40 Mort Street
Braddon, ACT, 2612

Reviews

‘All Novi wants is to be an average 11 year old, but in reality, he’s the reluctant member of the quirkiest family in his small NSW town. He’s also an artist, capturing the personalities of those around him and, with the help of his teacher, Mr Best, Novi unwittingly begins using his art to explore the turbulent history of his Italian family, including the unsolved murder of his grandfather. A lusciously colourful debut mystery from a new Australian author.’
— Marie Claire

Click here to read Greg Barron’s review.

Read the Bookseller & Publisher review here.

A huge crowd celebrates the launch of Watercolours

Rob Carlton launches the Adrienne Ferreira novel, Watercolours

Rob Carlton, most recently seen as Kerry Packer in Paper Giants launched his wife, Adrienne Ferreira’s debut novel on Tuesday night at Shearer’s Bookshop Leichhardt. Rob spoke eloquently about Adrienne’s dedication to the creative process despite many setbacks and difficulties along the way.

In keeping with the Italian theme of the novel, an accordion player entertained the celebrity crowd who enjoyed delicious wine infused with mulberry syrup. Mulberry trees feature in Watercolours, which is set in a fictional Northern NSW town where the short-lived Australian silk industry had a brief flowering.

Watercolours hit the bookshops this week with strong early sales and lavish praise including this from Malcolm Knox:

‘A stunner. It’s note-perfect and the control of the shifting points of view is incredibly skillful. The descriptions of Novi’s painting and his way of seeing the world are gut-wrenching. It’s a really fine novel.’