Our panelists will reflect on their own experiences personally and professionally to explore the topic of mental health.

Writing with great humanity and humour, Australian psychiatrist Anne Buist and internationally bestselling author Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project, welcome us into the world of mental health with compassion and insight. Craig Semple has written about his own mental health struggles and provides the audience with a roadmap for recovery in his latest title Getting Back Up Again.

Gold coin donation.

Books available for sale and signing.

Part of the Write Here Festival - Lake Mac Libraries. Full program details here.

Craig Semple was a career detective in the New South Wales Police force for twenty-five years. Now medically retired from law enforcement due to psychological injuries, Craig is a sought-after keynote speaker and mental health advocate. Craig is the founding director of Mentality Plus, through which he has developed and delivered mental health, wellbeing, and resilience education to thousands of people all over Australia. Craig is the author of The Cop Who Fell to Earth and Getting Back Up Again: A Plan to Get Your Head Back in the Game.

Graeme Simsion is the author of The Rosie Project series, which has sold over six million copies in forty-two languages, and other international bestsellers, including The Best of Adam Sharp and the Two Steps series, which he wrote with his partner, Anne Buist.

Anne Buist is a professor of psychiatry, Chair of Women’s Mental Health at the University of Melbourne and author of five psychological thrillers including the Natalie King series. Graeme and Anne’s joint novel The Glass House, the first in a planned series set in an acute psychiatric ward, was published in 2024.