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OFFICIAL BOOK LAUNCH
for
Solo Mum by Choice
Glen Street Theatre Crown Room,
Pictures and snippets coming.
Please check back soon :)
The Crown Room for a Queen
What an event!!! I don't think I'll ever get over it. Starring some of the cast of my debut memoir Solo Mum by Choice, and having so many familiar faces in the audience was nothing short of perfection. One of the best days of my life and I can't wait to share all the moments, photos and videos on here soon.
I didn't take ONE PICTURE!!! So I'm waiting for everyone to ping theirs over. And I have a great video too of the interview with the marvellous Ariane Beeston (dancer, psychologist and author of YA ballet novel, Don't Forget to Smile and memoir Because I'm Not Myself, You See).
It was a child-friendly event, so kiddos played in the background while we chatted. Worked really well with a makeshift little play area at the side. That meant solo parents could easily attend.
The Crown Room at Glen Street is where I used to do ballet classes as a kid, so it’s super special to me. Sitting before a crowd of seventy-plus people to talk about my memoir was extremely emotional. Thank you to my family, my friends new and old, the debut crew 2026, the solo mums, my publisher Hawkeye Publishing, and everyone who was there.
It was a truly magical launch!
EVENTS
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May 16 – LAUNCH DAY!
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May 17 – Launch Event at Glen Street Theatre Crown Room 2.15pm.
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May 19th – Online Book Launch Solo Mum Society
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May 23rd – Bookface Bookstore Northbridge Book Signing,10am-2pm
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May 28 – Northern Beaches Warringah Mall Library in conversation 4pm
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June 6 – Harry Hartog Book Signing, Warringah Mall,10am (see you there!)
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Bookoccino Bookstore, Avalon in-conversation with fellow debut crew author Lindsay Bartels (link to come)
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TBC – Radio Northern Beaches interview – Michael Lester Community Voices Program
Podcasts and Interviews
With the release of my book comes a lot of chit-chat. Luckily, I'm a chatterbox. The links to my interviews and podcasts are here:
PARENTING AND PERSONALITIES PODCAST
What if the "right" path to parenthood looked nothing like the one you imagined and turned out to be exactly the one you were meant to take? Kate Mason sits down with Lorena Otes, author of Solo Mum By Choice, dance teacher, and mother who made one of the most courageous choices a woman can make: to become a parent entirely on her own terms.
NO NEED FOR PRINCE CHARMING PODCAST
Fellow solo mum by choice Alisha Burns asks me all the big questions and takes listeners through my journey to motherhood.
YES I CAN SOLO PODCAST
Fellow solo mum by choice Betty Fotofili and I talk motherhood, my book, and how the two come together.
