Kate Mildenhall

Kate Mildenhall is the author of four novels - Skylarking, The Mother Fault, The Hummingbird Effect and The Hiding Place. The Hummingbird Effect was longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize and shortlisted for the 2024 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the year. In 2024 she released her first children’s book,To Stir With Love, illustrated by Jess Racklyeft, shortlisted for the 2025 Indie Book Awards and ABIA Children’s Book of the Year and Notable in the CBCA Book Awards for Early Readers.

For six years she co-hosted The First Time podcast interviewing hundreds of writers. Kate lives on Wurundjeri lands in Hurstbridge with her partner and two children.

Kate Mildenhall is appearing in the following events:

Dervla McTiernan and Benjamin Stevenson: Blood on the Page

Two of Australia’s most thrilling crime writers come together to discuss their latest books and what compels us about these darkly addictive tales of murder, mystery and twisted motives.

Sat 9 May 10:30am @ The Capitol

Bob Brown: Defiance [Kooyong]

Join Bob Brown at Vision Australia Library for a fireside chat, as he reflects on reasons for optimism, the irreplaceable beauty and value of nature and a lifetime of activism.

Sat 9 May 3:30pm @ Vision Australia Library

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