Australian author Charlotte McConaghy’s novel Wild Dark Shore has been widely reviewed as one of the must read books of 2025. 

It also saw McConaghy named on the longlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. 

Ahead of her appearance at the Auckland Writers Festival, she's opened up about the creative journey behind her iconic work.

"I was concerned that my sort of level of immersion into my writing was so different than what it had been in the past, and I was worried that it was going to sort of translate into the book and into the writing - they're very normal doubts to have as a writer."

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