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Author Event: Ruben and Flax, Rouse Street, Tenterfield, NSW as part of
Author Talk at 11am on Easter Saturday, 19 April at Flax and Ruben, Rouse St, Tenterfield. There will be wine and cheese.

Melody, mayhem and mystery drive the pages in this...

A Renaissance Man GILLIAN WILLS talks to Jack Liebeck, artistic director of

GILLIAN WILLS talks to Jack Liebeck, artistic director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music

Jack Liebeck, artistic director of the hugely successful nine-day Australian...

In Conversation with Jack Liebeck artistic director of the AFCM In between

In between rehearsals, Jack Liebeck artistic director of the Australian Festival of Chamber of Music spoke to Gillian Wills on the phone about storytelling, program design, the...

Review: After The Great Storm, Ann Dombroski, InDaily At age 40, Alice’s

At age 40, Alice’s biological clock is ticking. She longs for a baby but is stymied by crippling problems, like all her loved ones.

Her husband Daniel is serving a life sentence...

20 March: Cedar and Pine Wine Bar Author Event hosted by The Madhatters

This was fun expertly hosted by Laura Norris of The Madhatters Bookshop in Manly, Brisbane.

Big crowd of my friends but also people I didn't know and so there were considerable...

Author Talk Darebin Library, Preston Excited to be presenting an author

Excited to be presenting an author talk at Darebin Library from 6.30 - 8pm on 27 February, 2025

See details here.


2MBS Review of Big Music by Tricia Elgar It is not often that Australian

It is not often that Australian fiction takes us into the worlds of classical music or academia.

In Big Music, Gillian Wills invites us to explore both. Through the trials and...

Review 24 December, 2024 Big MusicGillian WillsHawkeye Publishing

Big Music

Gillian Wills

Hawkeye Publishing (2024)

ISBN: 978-1923105287

Reviewed by Elizabeth Upshur for Reader Views (12/2024)

Written by Australian arts writer and music reviewer...

Gillian Wills confronts the “predatory behaviour, lack of funds” in Australia’s classical music industry.

Gillian Wills’ Big Music is her debut novel — but it’s not entirely a...

Recommendations from book launches Books@Stones, BrisbaneWe had a fun night

Books@Stones, Brisbane

We had a fun night listening to Gillian chatting about her new book Big Music. Gillian’s anecdotes & stories about her career & the industry had...

Recommendations  About my contribution to the inaugural Sunshine Coast

About my contribution to the inaugural Sunshine Coast Hinterland Literary Festival.

Gillian Wills brought intelligence, strength and insight to the Melodies in Prose panel at the...

Rosemary Brown claimed she channelled dead composers' music 31 October,

31 October, 2024

I began writing Big Music seven years ago.

In the last few days stories are trending about Rosemary who claimed she spoke to dead composers Mozart, Chopin and...

Elvis and Me Reviews How a woman and her horse saved each other, Candida

How a woman and her horse saved each other, Candida Baker. Sydney Morning Herald. Read here.

Saved by a Rescue Horse, Peter Pierce, The Australian. Read here.


Event: Books@Stones Another launch on the 24 October at Books@Stones.Nick

Another launch on the 24 October at Books@Stones.

Nick Kirkup a young artist from Opera Queensland will be singing an aria by way of an introduction followed by a question and...

Berkelouw Launch, Paddington, Sydney, 7 November Berkelouw GILLIAN

Berkelouw

GILLIAN WILLS

Launch of Big Music

Francesco Celata Principal Clarinetist of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra will be performing an extract from Mozart's Clarinet Concerto.

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Articles Limelight Pure Dynamite Alondra de la Parra: read here.The Curse

Pure Dynamite Alondra de la Parra: read here.

The Curse of the Gothic Symphony: read here.

Muck-Rack: read here.

A Selection of articles and reviews: read here.

Big Music

Reviewed by Jo Skinner

I was fortunate enough to attend the grand launch of Big Music at Avid Reader in Brisbane recently. The audience were entertained by a classical...

Big Music Playlist Spotify Here's the link for the playlist for Big Music


Here's the link for the playlist for Big Music on Spotify.

Big Music Playlist

Music in novel Big Music. Gillian Wills

Gillian Wills

22 items, 3 hr 40 min

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