There’s always more than meets the eye lurking just beneath the surface, especially on home turf.

Set in Bondi, Sophie Stern’s What Is Left For Us is a beautifully rendered portrait of sisterhood driven by a gripping mystery. Katie Hoskins’s When the Party’s Over is a tense family drama about what happens when a seemingly ordinary family celebration in the Eastern suburbs takes a shocking turn.

In conversation with fellow author Jessy Wu (Good Intentions), Sophie and Katie spill the tea on the complicated characters and riveting plots behind their page-turning debut novels – both deliciously set in our own backyard.

Age Suitability: Recommended for audiences 16+

Warning Details: Adult themes and Drug themes