Amelia Mellor

Amelia Mellor

Biography

Amelia Mellor began her writing career as her secondary school’s resident playwright in Year 11. As part of her creative writing course at the University of Melbourne, she completed a thesis on the reinvention of the Industrial Revolution in children’s fantasy literature. Her debut novel, The Grandest Bookshop in the World, has won an Australian Book Industry Award, an Indie Book Award, a NSW Premier’s Literary Award and a Booksellers’ Choice Award. Her highly anticipated second novel, The Bookseller’s Apprentice, was published in 2022. When she isn’t writing, Amelia enjoys hiking, gardening and drawing.

All sessions by Amelia Mellor

Workshop: Research your novel

18 Jun 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Committee Room

The Grandest Bookshop in the World

18 Jun 2023
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
The Chamber