Ben's Book Club: April
Ben’s Book Club
Tuesday 22 April | 7:30 pm onwards | Online via zoom
Join Ben Hobson in conversation with author Riley James discussing her book "The Chilling"
Hosted by best-selling author Ben Hobson, each monthly event features a virtual interview with an author about their selected book.
Library card holders can borrow the book chosen for Ben's Book Club, with no waiting or holds on the Libby reading app. Users with a library card can download the selected title on any device 24/7 on the Libby app.
Read the title and then join Ben online each month to meet the authors and discuss their books. For each event, a Zoom link will be posted here for guests to join the discussion instantly.
Ben also has a Facebook group where readers can post comments and interact with Ben before each Ben's Book Club event.
About the book
"The Chilling" is a spellbinding thriller set in the darkness of an Antarctic winter that has left its characters with nowhere to run, but so much to hide.
Fleeing the wreckage of her marriage, Hobart-based scientist Kit Bitterfeld accepts a coveted winter research position in Antarctica.
After hearing a
distress call Kit and her fellow researchers find a ship completely on fire and a vanished crew. A lone survivor is found, but he cannot remember who he is or what happened to him.
Is the real threat lurking out on the ice or is it closer than they think?
About the author
Riley James lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her partner and two children. She was born and raised in north-west Tasmania and has been writing since the age of six. She trained briefly as a journalist before completing a PhD and becoming an academic. The Chilling is her first novel.
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About Ben Hobson
Ben lives in Brisbane with his wife and their two small boys. He currently teaches English and Music at a Brisbane High School.
In 2014 his novella, If the Saddle Breaks My Spine, was shortlisted for the Viva La Novella prize, run by Seizure online. To Become a Whale, his first novel, published in 2017, was longlisted for the ABIA Debut Fiction award, and the Courier Mail’s People Choice Award. His second novel, Snake Island, was released in 2019.
You can watch all of the previous Ben's Book Club episodes via the link below.
