Port Fairy Literary Weekend - Fractured Lives and Hidden Evidence

Crime fiction is as much about the moral compromises of the living as it is about solving a death. In this discussion, Garry Disher explores community tensions pushed to the brink in regional Australia, while Mark Smith charts the personal and social fallout of buried truths in a modern eco-thriller. Fiona Hardy brings a fresh, pacey perspective with two irresistible hired hands cleaning up messes in the suburbs, and Lorena Carrington explores visual and literary puzzle-solving in a high-stakes road trip narrative.

Port Fairy Literary Weekend - Secrets & Survival

Growing up is a high-stakes game where the truth is hard to find and the consequences are real. Join authors Allee Richards, Troy Hunter, and Mark Smith as they dissect the dark corners of the teenage experience, from explosive small-town secrets and criminal underworlds to the ultimate fight for survival. Chaired by fellow author Fiona Hardy, this panel dives deep into why young adult fiction refuses to pull punches.

Byron Writers Festival - Crime Fiction

Writers: Louise Milligan, Mark Smith,L isa Walker, Matthew Condon

Three wonderfully clever Australian crime writers, Louise Milligan (Shellybanks), Mark Smith (Where Truth Ends), and Lisa Walker (The Pact), discuss their work and what keeps us turning the pages. With Matthew Condon.

Byron Writers Festival - Writing Climate

Writers: Romy Ash, Dakota Feirer, Mark Smith, David Heilpern

From literary fiction, to crime and poetry, climate and the environment permeates storytelling as an intrinsic experience of our world. Explore how three diverse writers imagine climate and our collective future. With David Heilpern.

Mark Smith & Sarah Bailey in conversation

Mark Smith and Sarah Bailey discuss their new novels Where Truth Ends and Click.

Surf Coast Writers Festival

Crime Writers Panel: Inside the Mind of a Crime Writer

Mark Smith, Tanya Scott, Luke Johnson

What draws readers to crime fiction? In this gripping panel, crime authors discuss the art of building suspense, crafting unforgettable detectives and villains, and keeping readers turning the page until the very last twist.

BMI Library Ballarat

Join Mark Smith in conversation with Gavin McGrath in the Humffray Room at the Ballarat Mechanics Institute Library.

Book Launch - Where Truth Ends

J.P. Pomare is hosting the launch of Mark Smith's new book, Where Truth Ends.

Free, but bookings are essential.

Book Launch - Great Escape Books

Coastal Launch of Where Truth Ends with Mark Smith and Tanya Scott

Join us for the coastal launch of Where Truth Ends — a twisty, addictive, can’t-look-away thriller. In this gripping Australian psychological suspense, nothing is as it seems… so what if everything you believed was a lie? A fascinating afternoon of crime at the Anglesea Bowling Club with two great crime authors Mark Smith and Tanya Scott launching Mark’s new novel Where Truth Ends.

Bar open. Tickets $6.00 p.p.

Date: Kings Birthday Weekend – 2pm Sunday June 7, 2026 : Fully seated event

Venue: Anglesea Bowling Club

Words on the Waves

THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE (SO TOO OUR HEARTS)

Bri Lee and Mark Smith in conversation with Anna Downes

Packed with emotional heft and pulse-jittering tension, these two thrillers stalk our current climate realities. In Bri Lee’s Seed, it’s from the icy heart of Antarctica, in Mark Smith’s Where Truth Ends, from the scene of a protest gone wrong.

Queenscliffe Literary Festival

Crime Writers on the Surf Coast

Mark Smith, Christine Keighery and Tanya Scott explain their love of writing crime fiction, and how living on the Surf Coast stimulates their imaginations. Demystifying the conventions of crime fiction, each author will talk about the processes behind their writing and the ways they grab their readers’ attention, creating gripping novels that stand above the pack. With Sarah L’Estrange.

Otway Light Festival

Panel with Mark Smith moderated by Philippa Bailey, exploring the theme of New Beginnings.

Sketch and Scribe Festival

Get your book into schools with Mark Smith

Online via Zoom

Mansfield Readers and Writers Festival

Brumbies, Burning and the Big Blue

Jock Serong (Preservation) in conversation with three passionate Australian nature writers, Professor David Lindenmayer (The Forest Wars), Ya Reeves (Over This Backbone) and Mark Smith (Three Boys Gone), on the elements that fire their imaginations: the stuff of dreams and nightmares, and the imagery that’s irresistible when they sit down to write.

Mansfield Readers and Writers Festival

Scene or Seen at the Crime: Place or People?

Bestselling authors, Marg Hickey (An Ill Wind), Sulari Gentill (Five Found Dead) and Mark Smith (Three Boys Gone) will be led by Andrea Barton (The Godfather of Dance) in a discussion about writing thriller and crime novels. Does the place or the people drive their narrative? From writing a killer opening scene to the connection between setting and characters … find out from the best.

Gippsland Writers Festival: Danger/Beauty: Wild Places in Literature

With Vikki Conley, Nikki Gemmell and Mark Smith

Apollo Bay Wordfest: Author Panel - What if...?

Join us in conversation with authors Jock Serong (Cherrywood, The Settlement), Kylie Ladd (The Mix-up, The Way Back) and Mark Smith (The Road to Winter, Wilder Country) as they discuss their latest works and explore a question that might haunt us as we consider the past or inspire us as we look towards the future: What if?…

Discussion hosted by Tim Nolan.

*Food and drinks available at the venue.

Apollo Bay Wordfest: Wordplay Kids Day

The WordPlay programme is sponsored by Apollo Bay P-12 College.

In this session, acclaimed author, Mark Smith, will be speaking to senior students and young adults about the ways imaginative writing can confront life’s most important challenges.

Willy Lit Fest: Dark and Stormy

Mark Smith (Three Boys Gone) and Laura McCluskey (The Wolf Tree) discuss the perilous landscapes where they’ve set their crime novels.

Willy Lit Fest: Swimming Salon

Four writers, Laura McCluskey (The Wolf Tree), Katia Ariel (The Swift, Dark Tide), James Bradley (Deep Water), and Mark Smith (Three Boys Gone) read on the theme of swimming, followed by a winter dip.

Author Talk with Mark Smith

Mark Smith discusses his new novel, Three Boys Gone, with fellow author Holden Sheppard.

This is a free event but bookings are essential.

Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute Library

In Conversation with Mark Smith

Attendee price: $10 bookings essential incl. light refreshment.

SORRENTO - Words After Dark with Mark Smith

Antipodes Bookshop + Gallery invites you to an evening with Mark Smith.

Tickets are $25pp including a drink of choice and nibbles on arrival.

Bookings Essential | Numbers strictly limited.

TORQUAY - Mark Smith in conversation with Jock Serong

Join us for an exciting event where Mark Smith will be chatting with Jock Serong about Marks latest book Three Boys Gone.

OCEAN GROVE - An Evening with Ella Ward and Mark Smith

Ella & Mark discuss their latest bestselling novels, "The Cicada House", set on The Bellarine Peninsula and "Three Boys Gone", set on The Surf Coast.

Doors Open at 6.30 pm

Refreshments available at OGSLSC Bar Prices

EPPING NSW - Literary Lunch with Mark Smith

Join us for our March Literary Lunch with acclaimed Australian author Mark Smith. Following the launch of his gripping new release, Three Boys Gone, Mark will delve into his thrilling book, share insights into his writing process, and explore the complex moral dilemma at the heart of the novel.

Avid Reader - Mark Smith in conversation with Ben Hobson

Join us for a salon event with Mark Smith in conversation with Ben Hobson. We will also be introducing you to three emerging writers who will read from their work.

Sydney Book Launch - Harry Hartog

Join us in store at Harry Hartog Mosman as we celebrate the release of Mark Smith's psychological thriller, Three Boys Gone. Mark will be in conversation with Anna Downes, as they discuss his book, his writing and the complex moral dilemma presented in the narrative.

Three Boys Gone is a heart-in-mouth psychological thriller, a twisty, unflinching and pacey page-turner about an impossible choice and how tragedy tests and defines us.

Light refreshments will be available on the evening. 

BOOK LAUNCH
Three Boys Gone: Mark Smith in conversation with Mark Brandi

Join us to celebrate the launch of Mark Smith's newest psychological thriller, Three Boys Gone.

Mark Smith presents the ultimate moral dilemma in a breathtaking psychological thriller. Would you try to save them? Grace Disher is about to face every teacher's worst nightmare. Three of her students are going to die. On a high school camping trip, three boys slip away for an ocean swim. By the time Grace catches up, the perilous surf conditions are overwhelming the teenagers. If she goes in, she will die trying to save them. Should she have given her life?

Free, but bookings are essential.