Umina Library hosts Amanda Hampson on the final day of Library and Information Week celebrations. Amanda's latest release is 'Sixty Summers'. This 'sliding-door' novel is the story of three friends about to turn sixty embarking on a journey to retrace their footprints by backpacking around Europe.
Amanda Hampson grew up in rural New Zealand. She spent her early twenties travelling, finally settling in Australia in 1979 where she now lives in Sydney's Northern Beaches. Writing professionally for more than 20 years, she is the author of two non-fiction books, numerous articles and novels The Olive Sisters, Two for the Road, The French Perfumer and The Yellow Villa.
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Disenchanted with their lives, three old friends set off on a journey through Europe retracing the steps of a backpacking trip forty years earlier. What could possibly go wrong?
22 Apr
2026
Ringwood, VIC
Amanda Hampson at Realm Library, Ringwood
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23 Apr
2026
Fitzroy North, VIC
The Model Murder Book Launch
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29 Apr
2026
Victor Harbor, SA
Amanda Hampson at Victor Harbor Library
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06 May
2026
Melville, WA
Amanda Hampson at AH Bracks Library
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11 May
2026
Joondalup, WA
Amanda Hampson in Conversation with Tess Woods at Dymocks Joondalup
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23 June
2026
North Lakes, QLD
Amanda Hampson at North Lakes Library
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