Creative duo Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta—partners in life and fiction—are stepping onto the stage to talk about their new novel, Feast While You Can, and it’s a ride.
If you’re into stories that get under your skin and stay there, then Castlemaine is the place to be.
The book is a queer love story, sure—but not the kind you’ve heard before. Set in the remote, moody town of Cadenze, Feast While You Can blends romance with dread, desire with danger. It’s sexy, it’s unsettling, and it doesn’t pull its punches.
Feast While You Can author talk
- When: Tuesday 13 May
- Where: Shedshaker Brewary, Castlemaine
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At the centre of it all is Angelina Sicco, a woman trying to build a life of quiet rebellion: think dive bars, heavy metal gigs, and low-key luring of queer women to her strange little town. But when someone from her past reappears—and something ancient and terrifying wakes in the caves nearby—Angelina’s carefully curated life starts to spiral. What follows is a passionate, electric romance… with the fate of everything hanging in the balance.
Clements and Datta will chat with Mel Fulton about the story behind the story, unpacking how they crafted such a heady mix of lust, fear, and emotional reckoning. Expect big themes—desire, heartbreak, and what it really costs to live like you mean it—all told through the lens of fiction that’s as haunting as it is beautiful.
Whether you’re a bookworm, a horror fan, or just here for a wild queer love story with serious teeth, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.
