Upcoming Guest Speaker
Tuesday January 13th, 2026 -11am to 12noon
Berry Hall, behind the Tramshed, Nth Narrabeen
Our guest speaker for January will be Joanna Nell.
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​Joanna Nell is the internationally published, bestselling author of five novels. She is also a doctor and an advocate for positive ageing.
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Her short fiction has won numerous awards and been published in magazines, journals and short story anthologies including Award Winning Australian Writing. She has also written for The Sydney Morning Herald's Spectrum and Sunday Life magazines.
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Originally from the UK, Joanna lives on Sydney's Northern Beaches in a mostly empty nest with her husband and a creaky Labrador.
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The Funeral Crashers
When Martin and Grace meet and bond at an All Souls service, they unwittingly set off a chain of events with far-reaching consequences. They become funeral crashers. But who could have predicted that crashing funerals might have such life-changing and life-affirming outcomes?
