The Changeling Launch: An Afternoon Tea With Kate Forsyth and Suzanne Leal
Sat, 01 Aug
|Better Read Than Dead
Join us for an afternoon tea author talk to celebrate the release of 'The Changeling'. The wonderful Kate Forsyth will be joined in conversation by fellow author Suzanne Leal
Time & Location
01 Aug 2026, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
Guests
About The Event
Join us for an afternoon tea event to celebrate and discuss Kate's new novel The Changeling!
About The Book:
Set against Scotland’s first witch-hunt, a young woman with faery blood must defy two queens to survive love, magic and treachery.
On her fourteenth birthday, Caiti NicNeven discovers her true mother is the queen of the Sidhe, the faery folk who dwell beneath Scotland’s hollow hills. Bound by ancient grievance, the faery queen demands Caiti become the instrument of her revenge against the mortal crown stolen a thousand years before.
Drawing on a dangerous magic she barely understands, Caiti flees. She finds refuge at the treacherous court of Mary, Queen of Scots. As fear and religious fervour grip the country, Mary is pressured into passing an Anti-Witchcraft Act, placing every woman – and every whispered spell – in peril.
Watching from the shadows, the faery queen tightens her hold. When Caiti…