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Mark Smith - Three Boys Gone

A Local Word Writers Festival Pop-Up Event

2025-02-25 18:00:00 2025-02-25 19:00:00 Australia/Melbourne Mark Smith - Three Boys Gone Mark Smith presents the ultimate moral dilemma in a breathtaking psychological thriller. Would you try to save them? Belmont Library -

Tuesday, February 25
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-02-25 18:00:00 2025-02-25 19:00:00 Australia/Melbourne Mark Smith - Three Boys Gone Mark Smith presents the ultimate moral dilemma in a breathtaking psychological thriller. Would you try to save them? Belmont Library -

Mark Smith presents the ultimate moral dilemma in a breathtaking psychological thriller. Would you try to save them?

Mark Smith presents the ultimate moral dilemma in a breathtaking psychological thriller. Would you try to save them? 

'First rule of rescue: don't create another casualty.' Grace Disher is about to face every teacher's worst nightmare. Three of her students are going to die. On a high school camping trip, three boys slip away for an ocean swim. By the time Grace catches up, the perilous surf conditions are overwhelming the teenagers. If she goes in, she will die trying to save them. Should she have given her life? The question haunts Grace as investigations begin and her decision not to attempt a rescue comes under scrutiny. Hounded by conflicted staff, grieving parents and relentless media - all dissecting her actions, all looking for someone to blame - Grace's safety is compromised and she must be careful who she trusts. And she's not the only one with a secret. 

Three Boys Gone is a heart-in-mouth psychological thriller by award-winning author Mark Smith - a twisty, unflinching and pacey page-turner about an impossible choice and how tragedy tests and defines us. 

Mark will be in conversation with fellow local author, Charlotte Guest.

About the author:

Mark Smith is the author of five novels: Three Boys Gone, The Road To Winter, Wilder Country, Land Of Fences and If Not Us. He is also an award-winning writer of short fiction. His work has appeared in Best Australian Stories, Great Ocean Quarterly, The Big Issue, Island, The Saturday Paper, The Victorian Writer and The Australian. He is also the co-curator of Minds Went Walking, Paul Kelly’s Songs Reimagined and Into Your Arms, Nick Cave’s Songs Reimagined.

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Book sales and author signings will be offered at this event, proudly supported by The Book Bird, Geelong West.

If you require any assistance with attending this event, please notify us of your access requirements via events@grlc.vic.gov.au or 4201 0600 at least two weeks prior to the event date. 

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Author Talks |

TAGS: | recommended |

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About the Library

Library services first began in Belmont in 1885. Our current library was officially opened on 28 October 1982 by the Hon FN Wilkes MP, Minister for Local Government and his Worship the Mayor, Cr PF Ward JP. The building was renovated in 2010 making it a modern, pleasing and community-centric library environment. The renovated library was officially opened by the Hon Richard Wynne MP, Minister for Local Government. Belmont Library is a large and busy hub within easy reach of the High Street commercial precinct.

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