The best thing about being a chair at a writers festival is that free books arrive in the post. That, and the opportunity to talk to some wonderful writers about their craft, and participate in one of the friendliest writers festivals in Australia.

In the last week, the following lovely books have arrived in my inbox, and I’m busily reading them all and taking notes in preparation for the panel in the early evening of Saturday, 10 September.

Kate Morton The Distant Hours

Nick Earls The Fix

S J Watson Before I Go To Sleep