Toni Jordan

Tenderfoot

by Toni Jordan

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Toni Jordan is the author of the international bestseller Addition, which was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and adapted into a feature film, in cinemas in 2026. Her novel Nine Days was awarded Best Fiction at the 2012 Indie Awards; Our Tiny, Useless Hearts was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award; and her two Schnabel family novels, Dinner with the Schnabels and Prettier if She Smiled More, were critically acclaimed. Toni holds a Bachelor of Science in physiology and a PhD in Creative Arts and lives in Melbourne. Her latest novel is Tenderfoot.

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Sat, 25 July
Families in Fiction: The Agony of Youth
Mechanics Institute Hall
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25 July 2026, 10:30 am – 11:30 pm
Mechanics Institute Hall, 21 Great Ocean Rd, Apollo Bay VIC 3233, Australia
Warm Winter Words begins with a panel session featuring Sofie Laguna (The Underworld, The Eye of the Sheep), Toni Jordan (Tenderfoot, Addition) and Mark Mupotsa-Russell (The Hitwoman’s Guide to Reducing Household Debt, The Wolf Who Cried Boy)
Sun, 26 July
Writers Workshop - The First Page
Marrar Woorn Neighbourhood House
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26 July 2026, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Marrar Woorn Neighbourhood House, 6 Pengilley Ave, Apollo Bay VIC 3233, Australia
The first page is the hardest. Join award-winning author Toni Jordan (Tenderfoot, Addition) for an inspiring Writers Workshop designed for writers of all levels and genres.

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