RECENT EVENTS
Tess was a guest on ABC Radio talking Stage Page and Screen with Ellen Fanning on Drive – Friday 28th Nov 2025. If you missed the chat you can catch up on the ABC Listen app.
Love Your Book Store Day Sat 11th October. Tess spent the morning chatting with readers at Wimberley & Co Books at Goomeri and the delightful team.
Red Dirt Blue Lights was a Finalist at the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards held at the Brisbane State Library on 26th Sept. 
Eumundi Writers Festival ‘Meet the Author’ session at Berkelouw Books Saturday 23rd August 2025.
CHERBOURG LAUNCH RED DIRT BLUE LIGHTS DURING NAIDOC WEEK JULY 2025
Cherbourg Launch Red Dirt Blue Lights – hosted by The Ration Shed Museum as part of NAIDOC week celebrations – Tuesday 8th July.
GUEST SPEAKER
SISTERS IN CRIME LUNCH – JUNE 2025
Book Signing at Rosetta Books Maleny Saturday 31st May
RED DIRT BLUE LIGHTS LAUNCH AT AVID READER West End: 24 May 2025
Tess Merlin – Red Dirt Blue Lights – Avid Reader 
Tess and Uncle Eric Law AM speaking with Poppy Gee
A percentage of all sales of Red Dirt Blue Lights goes to the Ration Shed Museum at Cherbourg.
Tess Merlin – Guest Speakers at Sunshine Coast Hinterland Writers Festival 
3rd to 5th May 2025 
Mapleton Book Lovers on Valentines Day – 14th Feb 2025 at Mapleton Library
Helensvale Writers Group Guest Speaker 16th January 2025
Sisters in Crime Queenslan
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Hugely successful and enjoyable Dinner and Panel conversation with Megan Norris, Nicole Madigan, Nicole Morris and Tess Merlin with sellout attendance.
Wednesday 18th Sept 2024
Gold Coast Writers Pop-up Bookstore at Runaway Bay Shopping Centre
Saturday 1st June from 11am – 1pm
Author Reading of RANK at GenreCon at State Library of Queensland
10.30am 
Sunday 25th February 2024
ROSETTA BOOKS – 30 Maple St Maleny
SIGNING & CHAT TO AUTHOR
6th January 2024 – 10am to 2pm
A New Book for the New Year!
PADDINGTON CHRISTMAS MARKET – Book Signing Friday 1st December.
LOCAL AUTHOR EXPO – Presenting Author at North Lakes Library November 2nd 2023 5.30pm – 7pm
BETHANIA BOOKFEST – Saturday November 4th 2023 9am – 2pm 
Sign & Chat at Annies Books Peregian – Sunday 3rd Sept 2023 10 – 12
RANK Book Launch at Avid Reader (West End) 6.30pm Tues 15th August 2023
In conversation with Karen Farrell. Author of Stella’s Next Act * AUSLAN INTERPRETED BY DEAF CONNECT*
Cooroy Library – Meet the Author & Discussion 18th July 2023 – 1.30pm
Noosa Library – Meet the Author & Discussion 20th July 2023 – 10.30am
9th June 2023 – Panelist Logan Writers Festival
3rd April 2023 – Panelist at Moreton Bay We Rise Network Authors Event
1st April 2023 – Author Reading and Signing of RANK with Q & A Baffies Oan
