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Join award-winning Australian author Lainie Anderson for a fascinating talk on her acclaimed Petticoat Police Mystery book series.Lainie’s latest novel, Murder on North Terrace (2025), opens with the discovery of a powerful board governor’s body beneath William Orpen’s Sowing New Seed, a work proudly held in the Mildura Arts Centre Collection.
This work is currently on display in the exhibition, Sowing New Ideas: Allegory, Myth and Cultural Renewal until 22 November.
Award-winning journalist, historian and author, Lainie began her career with the Sunraysia Daily and has since worked at the Herald Sun (Melbourne), The Times (London) and the Sunday Mail (Adelaide), where she spent 17 years as a weekly columnist. She is the recipient of a Churchill Fellowship, was named South Australia's Emerging Historian of the Year in 2023, and received a Medal of the Order of Australia earlier this year for her service to community history.
Signed copies of Lainie’s books will be available for purchase thanks to Collins Booksellers Mildura.
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