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Olivia Tolich

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Out now!

Side Character Energy

Side Character Energy is a sharp, wise, hilarious novel about love – romantic, platonic and toxic – from a brilliant new voice in Australian fiction.

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If you’re looking for banter, chemistry and characters who are authentically imperfect, Side Character Energy delivers. Tolich writes with confidence and a quick pace, creating scenes that crackle with energy and dialogue that feels funny, natural and emotionally grounded. 

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What a delight this book is.

Jodi McAlister

A wonderful late summer weekend read.

Canberra Weekly

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About Olivia Tolich

Olivia Tolich is an emerging author based in Melbourne (Naarm). She has made books her entire personality from a young age and has terrible eyesight to show for it. She works as an educational publisher and has a dog named Poppy who really hates that her human's main interest involves sitting around staring at a computer. Side Character Energy is her first novel.

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