Best-selling author Peter FitzSimons at Tweed library

12 October 2016

Best-selling author, former rugby test player, radio celebrity and celebrated sports journalist Peter FitzSimons will present a free talk at Tweed Heads Library on Wednesday 2 November at 11am.

Mr FitzSimons, one of Australia’s best-selling nonfiction authors, will speak at the library to celebrate the release of his latest book Victory at Villers-Bretonneux.

He has written more than 27 best-selling books, including biographies on former Opposition Leader Kim Beazley, Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson and aviator Sir Charles Kingscliff Smith.

A columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald and Herald Sun – and described as Australia’s finest sports journalist – he has also penned books on Ned Kelly, Gallipoli and Tobruk.

Richmond Tweed Regional Library Acting Area Librarian Christie Campbell said it was exciting to host the high profile author with a long and diverse career.

“His latest book tells the story of Anzac Day 1918, when the town of Villers-Bretonneux falls to the British defenders. It is the Australians who are called on to save the town and the entire battle,” she said.

Copies of Victory at Villers-Bretonneux will be available for purchase on the day and light refreshments will be provided.

Mr FitzSimons was a test rugby player with the Wallabies from the mid 1980s and co-hosted radio shows with Mike Carlton and Doug Mulray.

Bookings are essential and can be made by calling Tweed Heads library on (07) 5569 3150.

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Caption: One of Australia's best selling non-fiction authors, Peter FitzSimons, will speak at the Tweed Heads Library in November.