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Toby Schmitz

@tobyschmitz.bsky.social

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Here Lies Toby https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Toby-Schmitz-Empress-Murders-9781761069192

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Toby Schmitz @tobyschmitz.bsky.social · Aug 1

Go Crow.

Belvoir St Theatre @belvoirst.bsky.social · Aug 1

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 !! "I'd give this stunning show a galaxy of stars if I could" - SMH

The first reviews are in for Simon Phillips, Nick Schlieper and @tobyschmitz.bsky.social's adaptation of Max Porter's GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS! 🐦‍⬛

Read: www.smh.com.au/culture/live...

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Simon Moore @simonmoore.bsky.social · Jul 23

@tobyschmitz.bsky.social is one of those guests who makes you laugh, think & want to re-read Hamlet. Actor, playwright, novelist, Shakespeare tragic, Stoppard obsessive, don’t miss him in Grief is the Thing with Feathers at Belvoir.
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Toby Schmitz: The play's the thing

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Toby Schmitz @tobyschmitz.bsky.social · Jul 7

Thrilled! 🚢✨

Aaron McCann @aaronmccann83.bsky.social · Jun 27

Well I’m absolutely loving this delicious murder/mystery/slasher novel that’s very funny and so well written. Great job @tobyschmitz.bsky.social #booksky #theempressmurders

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Toby Schmitz @tobyschmitz.bsky.social · Jun 23

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Toby Schmitz @tobyschmitz.bsky.social · Jun 7

In trying not to rubberneck a current race to the bottom I am reminded of a Martin Amis phrase:

‘This is species shame.’

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Toby Schmitz @tobyschmitz.bsky.social · May 29

Smashing title.

Toby Schmitz @tobyschmitz.bsky.social · May 24

‘The Empress Murders is a violent book: nobody here is dispatched with a nip of arsenic in their camomile tea.’

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Toby Schmitz @tobyschmitz.bsky.social · May 21

‘Brilliant, bonkers and bloody - The Empress Murders is what you get when you let a mischievous thespian schooled in Shakespeare, Dylan Thomas, and Agatha Christie loose on the crime genre.’

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Prepare to be discombobulated by this bonkers crime caper

Australian actor and playwright Toby Schmitz has made an outlandish excursion into the crime genre.

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Toby Schmitz @tobyschmitz.bsky.social · May 20

Melbourne cats: I’m going to be talking about my debut novel at Readings in Carlton this Thursday night at 6pm (and signing books if that floats your boat.) Do come. @ReadingsBooks #TheEmpressMurders 🚢🏴‍☠️ readings.com.au/events/toby-sc…

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Toby Schmitz @tobyschmitz.bsky.social · May 2

You’ve made my day.
Thank you, Molly.
Welcome aboard.

Molly Daw @mdawwrites.bsky.social · May 2

Wow. Just devoured this in all its stunning ferocity of wit. Glorious tone, the kind of book where you can greedily appreciate the prose even as you are swept along in the increasing wild plot. Bravo @tobyschmitz.bsky.social !!!#TheEmpressMurders

Book cover of The Empress Murders by Toby Schmitz showing an ocean liner and the tag Prepare For A Rough Crossing

Toby Schmitz @tobyschmitz.bsky.social · Apr 27

Hi, Timmy! Have another go? Other than that you know full well I am technically incompetent. Bless you for tryin’ though. X

Toby Schmitz @tobyschmitz.bsky.social · Apr 18

Ahoy, blue sky miners.
My book is coming out soon.
It’s a thriller. Though we all get our thrills in different ways…

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You can pre-order it here:

www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/...

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