Please note: This is an online event.

We are over the moon to have the current Australian Children’s Laureate Ursula Dubosarsky chatting with much loved, much awarded author Alison Lester.

This event honours Alison Lester recently reaching one million sales with Allen & Unwin - in Australia and worldwide. Alison will be reading the beloved The Quicksand Pony and discussing the joy of illustrating and writing.

This event is online and ticket entry is $5 per person, which is redeemable off purchase of The Quicksand Pony when purchasing in store or online from the Readings website. Attendees will be sent a promo code to claim $5 off the price of the book when they book their ticket. This code will be valid until 24 hours after the event has ended. when purchasing in store, simply mention the discount code or show your digital counter to receive the discount.

Please book here.

How to ‘attend’ a virtual event at Readings

This event commences online at 11.00am using the video conferencing platform Zoom.

To book for this event, you must provide your email address.

To ensure the Zoom event stays private, participants will be emailed a unique zoom link and a password 30 minutes before the event begins on the day of the event. Please check your email.

All bookings for online events will be closed one hour before the event begins.

You do not need to have a Zoom account to join a meeting, but mobile users will need to download the Zoom app for their device. Desktop and laptop users can either download the Zoom application or access the event via their web browser.