diff --git a/ghost/email-events/.eslintrc.js b/ghost/email-events/.eslintrc.js
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+module.exports = {
+    plugins: ['ghost'],
+    extends: [
+        'plugin:ghost/node'
+    ]
+};
diff --git a/ghost/email-events/README.md b/ghost/email-events/README.md
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+# Email Events
+
+
+## Usage
+
+
+## Develop
+
+This is a monorepo package.
+
+Follow the instructions for the top-level repo.
+1. `git clone` this repo & `cd` into it as usual
+2. Run `yarn` to install top-level dependencies.
+
+
+
+## Test
+
+- `yarn lint` run just eslint
+- `yarn test` run lint and tests
+
diff --git a/ghost/email-events/index.js b/ghost/email-events/index.js
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+module.exports = {
+    SpamComplaintEvent: require('./lib/SpamComplaintEvent'),
+    EmailBouncedEvent: require('./lib/EmailBouncedEvent')
+};
diff --git a/ghost/email-events/lib/EmailBouncedEvent.js b/ghost/email-events/lib/EmailBouncedEvent.js
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+++ b/ghost/email-events/lib/EmailBouncedEvent.js
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+/**
+ * @typedef {import('bson-objectid').default} ObjectID
+ */
+
+module.exports = class EmailBouncedEvent {
+    /**
+     * @readonly
+     * @type {string}
+     */
+    email;
+
+    /**
+     * @readonly
+     * @type {ObjectID}
+     */
+    memberId;
+
+    /**
+     * @readonly
+     * @type {ObjectID}
+     */
+    emailId;
+
+    /**
+     * @readonly
+     * @type {Date}
+     */
+    timestamp;
+
+    /**
+     * @private
+     */
+    constructor({email, memberId, emailId, timestamp}) {
+        this.email = email;
+        this.memberId = memberId;
+        this.emailId = emailId;
+        this.timestamp = timestamp;
+    }
+
+    static create(data) {
+        return new EmailBouncedEvent({
+            ...data,
+            timestamp: data.timestamp || new Date
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/ghost/email-events/lib/SpamComplaintEvent.js b/ghost/email-events/lib/SpamComplaintEvent.js
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+/**
+ * @typedef {import('bson-objectid').default} ObjectID
+ */
+
+module.exports = class SpamComplaintEvent {
+    /**
+     * @readonly
+     * @type {string}
+     */
+    email;
+
+    /**
+     * @readonly
+     * @type {ObjectID}
+     */
+    memberId;
+
+    /**
+     * @readonly
+     * @type {ObjectID}
+     */
+    emailId;
+
+    /**
+     * @readonly
+     * @type {Date}
+     */
+    timestamp;
+
+    /**
+     * @private
+     */
+    constructor({email, memberId, emailId, timestamp}) {
+        this.email = email;
+        this.memberId = memberId;
+        this.emailId = emailId;
+        this.timestamp = timestamp;
+    }
+
+    static create(data) {
+        return new SpamComplaintEvent({
+            ...data,
+            timestamp: data.timestamp || new Date
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/ghost/email-events/package.json b/ghost/email-events/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@tryghost/email-events",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/main/packages/email-events",
+  "author": "Ghost Foundation",
+  "private": true,
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "echo \"Implement me!\"",
+    "test:unit": "NODE_ENV=testing c8 --all --check-coverage --reporter text --reporter cobertura mocha './test/**/*.test.js'",
+    "test": "yarn test:unit",
+    "lint:code": "eslint *.js lib/ --ext .js --cache",
+    "lint": "yarn lint:code && yarn lint:test",
+    "lint:test": "eslint -c test/.eslintrc.js test/ --ext .js --cache"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "index.js",
+    "lib"
+  ],
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "bson-objectid": "^2.0.4",
+    "c8": "7.12.0",
+    "mocha": "10.1.0",
+    "sinon": "14.0.2"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {}
+}
diff --git a/ghost/email-events/test/.eslintrc.js b/ghost/email-events/test/.eslintrc.js
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+++ b/ghost/email-events/test/.eslintrc.js
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+module.exports = {
+    plugins: ['ghost'],
+    extends: [
+        'plugin:ghost/test'
+    ]
+};
diff --git a/ghost/email-events/test/index.test.js b/ghost/email-events/test/index.test.js
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+++ b/ghost/email-events/test/index.test.js
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+const assert = require('assert');
+const events = require('../');
+
+describe('index.js', function () {
+    it('exports SpamComplaintEvent', function () {
+        assert(events.SpamComplaintEvent);
+        assert(events.SpamComplaintEvent === require('../lib/SpamComplaintEvent'));
+    });
+    it('exports EmailBouncedEvent', function () {
+        assert(events.EmailBouncedEvent);
+        assert(events.EmailBouncedEvent === require('../lib/EmailBouncedEvent'));
+    });
+});
diff --git a/ghost/email-events/test/lib/EmailBouncedEvent.test.js b/ghost/email-events/test/lib/EmailBouncedEvent.test.js
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+++ b/ghost/email-events/test/lib/EmailBouncedEvent.test.js
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+const assert = require('assert');
+const ObjectID = require('bson-objectid').default;
+const EmailBouncedEvent = require('../../lib/EmailBouncedEvent');
+
+describe('EmailBouncedEvent', function () {
+    it('exports a static create method to create instances', function () {
+        const event = EmailBouncedEvent.create({
+            email: 'test@test.test',
+            memberId: new ObjectID(),
+            emailId: new ObjectID(),
+            timestamp: new Date()
+        });
+        assert(event instanceof EmailBouncedEvent);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/ghost/email-events/test/lib/SpamComplaintEvent.test.js b/ghost/email-events/test/lib/SpamComplaintEvent.test.js
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+++ b/ghost/email-events/test/lib/SpamComplaintEvent.test.js
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+const assert = require('assert');
+const ObjectID = require('bson-objectid').default;
+const SpamComplaintEvent = require('../../lib/SpamComplaintEvent');
+
+describe('SpamComplaintEvent', function () {
+    it('exports a static create method to create instances', function () {
+        const event = SpamComplaintEvent.create({
+            email: 'test@test.test',
+            memberId: new ObjectID(),
+            emailId: new ObjectID(),
+            timestamp: new Date()
+        });
+        assert(event instanceof SpamComplaintEvent);
+    });
+});