23/07/2026
📢Event Announcement !!
We are thrilled to invite you to join Emma Babbington in conversation with
Sarah Clutton at Escape Hatch Books.
Author and journalist, Emma's new novel The Gardens is part family mystery, part psychological thriller, about a woman's search for her long-missing sister and the dark secrets surrounding her vanishing.
Sarah's novel The Bookshop of Buried Pasts released earlier this year is a tender mystery about an antiquarian bookseller's enigmatic past.
The pair become friends last year when their debut novels were released - Emma's The Neighbours and Sarah's The Remarkable Truths of Alfie Bains.
This in-conversation will be enjoyable whether you already know Emma and Sarah’s work, are curious about their genres, or simply love hearing about the stories behind a book. We can't wait to welcome everyone.
The event if free but numbers strictly limited so please register to attend - the link is in our bio.
Author Bios:
Emma Babbington is a London-born, Sydney-based author and journalist. Her debut novel The Neighbours was released in 2025 by HQ, part of HarperCollins and her second, The Gardens, is out at the end of July. Both are part psychological thriller, part family mysteries – her favourite genres to read and write.
Emma’s 25 year career in the UK and Australia, on newspapers and magazines, has seen her interview celebrities, everyday heroes and even the occasional criminal. This provides plenty of inspiration for her writing. She lives not far from the harbour with her family and cat.
Sarah Clutton lives in Australia's first Book Town on Gundungurra and Tharawal country. She has tried her hand at various jobs: research assistant, judge's associate, insurance claims advisor, litigation lawyer, philanthropic foundation manager and ghost-writer. In between freelance writing gigs she is events manager for her local chapter of Rural Australians for Refugees. Her bestselling novel, The Remarkable Truths of Alfie Bains, was published in 2025. The Bookshop of Buried Pasts is her tribute to village-living in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, and to the booksellers and book people who are its beating heart.
