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In Conversation with Anna Romer

August 20 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

$10

The Ghost of Briar Rose

Anna Romer

Everyone says the old mountainside house is haunted. Which is perfect because ghost hunter Cleary Branchwood knows it’s easy money. He’ll buy the propertydirt  cheap, flush out the poor wretch of a ghost they call Briar Rose, and resell for an unthinkable sum to investors from Melbourne. Simple, right?

But feisty Rose isn’t going anywhere till she solves the devastating crime that tethers her to the garden. A crime everyone says she committed. Only when she remembers will she be free to cross over and be with her true love William.
As Cleary and Rose join forces to solve the mystery and set her free, Rose glimpses the happiness she was denied in life. Could Cleary and his young daughter be the family she’s always yearned for? But as buried memories surface, Rose fears the
monster lying dormant inside her will destroy the two people she’s come to love the most.

A heart-wrenching enemies to lovers mystery from bestseller Anna Romer.

The Ghost of Briar Rose | Anna Romer

About the Author

Anna Romer is an internationally bestselling Australian author who writes mystery and romance, both historical and contemporary, with paranormal elements – ghosts, haunted houses, and fairytales.

She lives on the coast in North Eastern Australia and when she’s not writing she’s a keen gardener, knitter, bushwalker and conservationist.

Anna Romer, Author

Anna will be In-conversation with Gregory Flood

Greg is a Ballarat based musician, writer, lawyer and publisher. 

He has worked in television, radio, film and live theatre as a host, musician and conductor and has recently added publisher to his eclectic skill set.

Gregory Flood

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This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work, learn and create. Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land.

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