Join us at Berkelouw Books on Thursday the 30th of July at 6pm as we welcome Petronella McGovern who will be In Conversation with Ashley Kalagian Blunt on her latest and highly anticipated thriller Every Time She Wakes.

 

About the Book

 

Every Time She Wakes is a taut, time-bending thriller about family, identity and defying fate.

 

When careers counsellor Suze and her family are evacuated from their home during a bushfire emergency, she suddenly realises they're being kidnapped. The van crashes and Suze thinks it's the end.

 

But she wakes up two weeks back in time. No one else remembers the terror that came before. Is it all in her own mind?

 

Then it happens again. And again.

 

With every loop, her world twists into a new version of itself. Suze must discover why it's happening and who is behind the kidnappings. She's running out of time to save her family and wake up in a world she recognises.

 

A twisty page-turner about how far we'll go to protect what matters most.

 

About the Petronella McGovern

 

Petronella McGovern is fascinated by people–what makes us tick, how we view the world, and the lies we tell each other and ourselves. She's interested in the complexities of relationships and family dynamics. Petronella is the best-selling author of Six Minutes, The Good Teacher, The Liars and The Last Trace. Her books have been nominated in the Ned Kelly Awards, the Davitt Awards and the Indie Book Awards.

 

Petronella has a Master of Arts in Creative Writing and tutors in creative writing. She grew up on a farm in central west NSW and now lives with her family in Sydney on Gadigal Country.

 

About Ashley Kalagian Blunt

 

Ashley is the number one bestselling author of Dark Mode, a psychological thriller published in multiple territories and languages. Dark Mode was shortlisted for the 2024 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and was voted number 20 in the Better Reading Top 100. Her most recent crime novels exploring the dangers of contemporary technology are Cold Truth, which was shortlisted for the 2025 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel. Like, Follow, Die is her latest book.