Jacqx Melilli has been invited to give a talk to members and guests at The Pines Book Club in Woolgoolga about her background as a writer, and:
- Her writing journey
- Why she wrote When The Glitter Fades
- What her writing process is
- What she’s hoping her book will achieve
- Plans for future books
- Her passion to help others write their life stories through her How To Write and Sell Your Memoir Even If You’re Not Famous workshop.
Jacqx loves to hear people’s life stories. That’s how the inspiration for her new release novel, When The Glitter Fades came to her. She met Shirley Barnett at the Coffs Harbour Jetty Theatre during the annual Spring on Stage Theatre Festival in 2002, and found out Shirley came from a family of vaudeville performers who toured Victoria during the Great Depression. With a blend of facts and fiction, Jacqx managed to preserve Australian showbiz by writing a page-turning, generational saga based on love and revenge with murder and mayhem thrown in.
Jacqx special edition gold foil signed copy will be available for purchase after the event, or you can purchase a copy by clicking this link.
Standard copies can be purchased through your local bookshop, online bookshops such as Amazon, Kobo, and many more retailers. Also check your local library.
If you’re in the area, come and join us. If you would like Jacqx to speak at your Book Club, or other event, please get in touch through the contact form.
‘Jacqx Melilli nonchalantly opened her presentation to “The Pine Book Club” with “When the Glitter Fades” — and left the room looking for more just like her subject of vaudeville performers and tales of the bygone stage. With razor-sharp imagery and deep affection, Jacqx peeled back the canvas on the Broadway family’s wild, dusty outback tours, taking us straight into the heart of Australia’s forgotten showbiz grit. Her storytelling didn’t just walk the line between history and heart — it danced it in tap shoes. Shirley Broadway’s groundbreaking moves into early Aussie television felt as bold and alive as if they were happening today. Jacqx didn’t just present a book; she sparked a fire. When the Glitter Fades proves that even when the spotlight dims, the legends — and their spirit — refuse to bow out.’ Bronwyn