Flowers in July | In Conversation with Anna Maynard
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From the author of Dancing with Bees comes a charming and heartfelt story about opening yourself up to love.Disciplined and pragmatic, Mary Roberts feels she’s got her life under control. She’s recently moved to Hobart, she’s nearing the end of her training as an emergency doctor, and she keeps a tight handle on the wellbeing of her mother and her sister back home in Sydney.
But when it comes to her long-term boyfriend, Felix, Mary’s always had a blind spot. That is until she finds another woman’s G-string in their bed …
In need of a temporary escape, Mary signs up to help run a wilderness expedition medicine course. She soon discovers that rock climbing, plunging into freezing cold water, and working in the close company of a grumpy yet disconcertingly magnetic retrieval doctor are pushing her way out of her comfort zone.
Suddenly, everything she thought she knew about herself is starting to unravel. The question is, what will the fallout be? A breakdown in her relationship with her sister? Her mother’s brittle mental health reaching the point of catastrophe? Or – most dangerous of all – could Mary Roberts finally be ready to fall in love?
‘A delectable Aussie rom-com that delivers laugh-out-loud moments, heart-squeezing emotion and characters so real you'll want the at your next family BBQ.’ RACHAEL JOHNS
Anna Maynard’s experience as a writer had largely been restricted to medical letters and discharge summaries through her years of medical training. So after sitting her specialist medical exams she decided to turn her hand to romance.
When she’s not dreaming up fictional heroines and swoony love interests, Anna can be found working in the hospital, pottering in her garden or playing songs with her pop band. Anna lives in Hobart with her husband and children. Anna published her laugh out loud funny, debut novel, Dancing with Bees, in 2025 to rave reviews. Flowers in July is her second novel and has already received garnered a lot of interest.
In conversation with Anna is Meg Bignell. Meg was a nurse and a weather presenter on the telly before she surrendered to
a persistent desire to write. She is the author of four novels and one non-fiction book. Her third novel, The Angry Women’s Choir, won the People’s Choice Award for fiction at the 2025 Tasmanian Literary Awards. She has written and performed in short films, cabaret shows and a musical. The Good Losers (2025) is her latest novel.
Join Anna and Meg at the Afterword Cafe.
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Fullers Bookshop
131 Collins Street, Hobart TAS 7000
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Flowers in July | In Conversation with Anna Maynard
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