Toni Jordan

Tenderfoot

The new book 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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Tue, 26 Aug
TENDERFOOT book launch
Carlton
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26 Aug 2025, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Carlton, 309 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia
Join us to celebrate the launch of Toni Jordan's new book, Tenderfoot.
Wed, 27 Aug
Books in Bars, Waurn Ponds
Waurn Ponds
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27 Aug 2025, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Waurn Ponds, 1154 Princes Hwy, Waurn Ponds VIC 3216, Australia
Toni Jordan is coming to town to chat with our Booklovers about her brand new novel, Tenderfoot which is an exhilarating novel about coming of age in 1970s Australia.
Mon, 08 Sept
TENDERFOOT Launch, Brisbane
Bulimba
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08 Sept 2025, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Bulimba, Shop 4/77 Oxford St, Bulimba QLD 4171, Australia
Join us at 6.30pm on Monday 8th September at Riverbend Books as we welcome Toni Jordan as she speaks in conversation with Frances Whiting about her beautiful new novel Tenderfoot.
Tue, 09 Sept
Victoria Point Library
Victoria Point
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09 Sept 2025, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Victoria Point, 7/15 Bunker Rd, Victoria Point QLD 4165, Australia
Join Toni at our Victoria Point Library to hear all about her powerful new novel Tenderfoot.
Tue, 09 Sept
Redcliffe Library
Redcliffe
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09 Sept 2025, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Redcliffe, 476 Oxley Ave, Redcliffe QLD 4020, Australia
Join us for a special in-conversation event with award winner and book club favourite, Toni Jordan.
Wed, 10 Sept
Sunshine Coast TENDERFOOT event
Maleny
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10 Sept 2025, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Maleny, 30 Maple St, Maleny QLD 4552, Australia
Join us for a Red Room Soiree to celebrate the launch of Tenderfoot, an exhilarating novel about coming of age in 1970s Brisbane. Meet bestselling, award-winning author Toni Jordan, in conversation with Rosetta Books owner Lea Dodd.

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