Author Night: Emma Babbington

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Join us for a thrilling night with Emma's new book, The Gardens. Emma Babbington is a London-born, Sydney-based author and journalist.  Her debut novel The Neighbours was released in 2025 by HQ, part of HarperCollins and her second, The Gardens, came out in July. They are both psychological mysteries about family secrets and the darker side of humanity. Before becoming an internationally published author, Emma had a 25 year career in the UK and Australia, on newspapers and magazines and this has seen her interview celebrities, everyday heroes and even the occasional criminal. THE GARDENS When human bones are found in the garden attached to the glamorous London home where she grew up, Jess McIntyre prepares to receive the news she has dreaded for thirty-four years: that her sister, Nina, is dead and now here is the proof. Nina disappeared without a trace in 1992, aged eighteen, the summer she fell in with a charismatic group of friends who squatted in a vacant house on the other side of Willow Gardens. Having moved to Australia years ago, widow and single mum Jess arrives back in London to provide a DNA sample to help the investigation, with her teenage son, Ollie, in tow. As they try and unravel the secrets of Nina's past, and her connection to a sinister cult, will they discover that some bodies are best left buried?