Book Launch: Michelle Prak | Barren Cape
Wednesday 30 April from 6pm to 7pm
Free for SMSA members. $10 for friends
Barren Cape book launch – brace yourself! Join us for a night of serious book chat as we celebrate the launch of Barren Cape – a taut, terrifying, and timely thriller from the queen of adrenaline-fueled fiction, Michelle Prak.
This gut-churning, edge-of-your-seat ride will have you double-checking your locks and sleeping with the lights on.
Michelle Prak will be in conversation with BAD Sydney’s Catherine du Peloux Menagé, pulling apart the twists, turns, and terror lurking inside Barren Cape.
Date: Wednesday 30 April at 6pm
Location: Henry Carmichael Theatre, Level 1, 280 Pitt Street
Tickets: Free for SMSA members, $10 for Friends and Non-Members
If you love fast-paced fiction that grabs you by the throat and won’t let go, this event is for you!
About the book
From the bestselling author of The Rush comes a spine-chilling thriller about what happens when people are pushed to the edge and forced to make unthinkable choices.
An abandoned resort seems the perfect place to hide, but is Barren Cape a refuge or a trap?
Former housemates Mac and Erika are homeless.
Well, Erika is fine, she just has to live with her parents until she can find another rental. Mac's situation is much worse – family isn't an option and she's surfing the couches of her increasingly exasperated friends.
Driving around one lonely afternoon, Mac discovers Barren Cape. Once destined to be a luxury escape, now it's just wire fence and grey cement.
It's stark, but quiet. There's no harm in staying a little while…
About the author
Michelle Prak is a professional communicator with a thirty-year career in PR, social media, politics and journalism. Her short stories have been shortlisted in several competitions, and she was runner-up in the Furphy Literary Award 2021.
Her debut thriller, The Rush, was published in 2023. Michelle lives in Adelaide and teaches communication subjects at the University of South Australia.