Alli Parker

Alli Parker is a Japanese-Australian author. She wrote At the Foot of the Cherry Tree, and Until the Red Leaves Fall, exploring forgotten Australian histories.

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Alli Parker

Alli Parker is a Japanese-Australian bestselling author and screenwriter. She lives on the stolen land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.

In 2023, her debut historical fiction novel, At the Foot of the Cherry Tree, a novelisation of the true story of Australia’s first Japanese war bride and Alli’s grandmother was published. It became an instant bestseller, was shortlisted for the 2024 Australian Book Industry Award – Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year, the Dymocks Book of the Year 2023 and was longlisted for the Aus Indie Book Awards 2024.

In 2025, her second historical fiction novel, Until the Red Leaves Fall, explores the civilian internment camps of WWII against the backdrop of the 1950s theatre scene in Melbourne.

Festival Events

The Question of Identity: Alli Parker and Emma Pei Yin

DATE March 28 TIME 10:00 am WHEREUniversity of Newcastle NUspace X207 Book now

Writing Queer Lit

DATE March 28 TIME 5:30 pm WHEREUniversity of Newcastle NUspace X301 Book now

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A book cover featuring a side head-and-shoulders profile of a woman's face overlaid with pink blossoms and the words Until The Red Leaves Fall

Until the Red Leaves Fall

Newcastle Writers Festival would like to acknowledge the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which the festival takes place, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and extend this respect to all First Nations people attending our festival.

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