Solo Mum by Choice Launch: Lorena Otes
Wed, 01 July
|Better Read Than Dead
Join Lorena Otes to celebrate the launch of her memoir Solo Mum by Choice. Lorena will be conversation with fellow author Katie Hoskins.
Time & Location
01 July 2026, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
Guests
About The Event
When dating failed. Motherhood didn’t.
About The Book:
Solo Mum by Choice is an intimate, funny, and fiercely honest memoir about one woman’s journey to motherhood—without a partner, but with unwavering determination. After a string of failed relationships, Lorena Otes stumbles upon the growing community of women choosing to have children on their own. What follows is a deeply personal ride through IVF heartbreaks, bizarre alternative therapies, and medical mayhem—told with warmth, grit, and sharp self-awareness. Both tender and laugh-out-loud, Solo Mum by Choice is a love story between a woman and the child she refuses to give up on.
About The Authors:
Born and bred on Sydney’s Northern beaches, Lorena Otes is a mother, author and dance teacher. Her deeply personal memoir, Solo Mum by Choice (Hawkeye Publishing), tells of her journey to and through an exponentially growing version of solo motherhood through the lens of her own experience.…
Tickets
General Admission
This includes admission to the event and complimentary catering.
$10.00
+$0.25 ticket service fee
General Admission + Book
This includes admission, complimentary catering and a copy of Solo Mum by Choice.
$42.99
+$1.07 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00