News & Reviews

[SOLD OUT] Julie Janson on her new novel Compassion

  Compassion is an emotional and intense literary exploration of the complex lives of Aboriginal women during the 1800s. Julie will be joined in conversation by Walkley award-winning journalist Paul Daley. We are welcomed with didgeridoo by Billy
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Book of the Month – March 2024

Join us in appreciating The Extinction of Irena Rey, a wildly inventive literary novel by young American writer Jennifer Croft. Eight translators arrive at the exotic home of their beloved author, the renowned Irena Rey.
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“The Revenge Club” by Kathy Lette

01 Mar 2024 News & Reviews
The Revenge Club, Kathy Lette   How does Kathy Lette do it? Starting with Puberty Blues, which she wrote when she was 17 years old, a score of books later, with The
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“The Nature of Honour” by David McBride

The Nature of Honour — Son, Duty-Bound Soldier, Military Lawyer, Truth-Teller, Father. A life in full. The son of the doctor who exposed the birth defects caused by thalidomide, David McBride
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“The Women” by Kristin Hannah

Kristin Hannah‘s latest historical novel tells the story of a young American woman serving as an army nurse during the Vietnam war. When 20 year-old Frankie McGrath embarks on her journey in Vietnam, she
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If you love discount books, you don’t love their authors

Opinion | SMH Raymond Bonner February 10, 2024 — 5.00am In his inaugural State of the Arts oration, Minister Tony Burke laudedthe “history and legacy” of Labor’s commitment to the arts, tracing it back
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WHISTLE BLOWERS – PANEL DISCUSSION

What are the consequences of blowing the whistle on unethical and illegal conduct? When he was an Army lawyer, David McBride, author of The Nature of Honour provided documents to the ABC regarding war
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Book of the Month – February 2024

01 Feb 2024 News & Reviews
Our February Book of the Month is The Postcard by Anne Berest, which Sally heralds as ‘a family story, a mystery and a memorable portrait of Europe before, during and after the Holocaust.’ Impeccably written
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“The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons” by Karin Smirnoff

Ray’s first recommendation for 2024 is The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons. The seventh in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series, begun by Stieg Larsen, but you don’t have to have read the
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Book of the Month – January 2024

01 Jan 2024 News & Reviews
Sometimes a book is so close to the bone that one wonders where the author ends and the fiction begins. So it is in Baumgartner, our January Book of the month, by Paul Auster, one of
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Book Signing: Julia Baird and Anna Funder

19 Dec 2023 News & Reviews
BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT, Julia Baird and Anna Funder, two of our best selling authors and renowned public intellectuals, will be at Bookoccino to sign copies of their books. Thursday, 21 December between 4.00-5.00pm Julia Baird,
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“The Golden Gate” by Amy Chua

07 Dec 2023 News & Reviews
Amy Chua’s debut novel, “The Golden Gate” is a noir-like historical thriller that takes readers on an evocative and insightful journey through the world of 1940s San Francisco, whilst simultaneously making them question how
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RAY BONNER OPINION: What does preventive detention look like?

06 Dec 2023 News & Reviews
What does preventive detention look like? Just ask Abu Zubaydah Raymond Bonner The Sydney Morning Herald December 6, 2023 — 3.30pm It was only 48 hours after the World Trade Centre came down that
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Book of the Month – December 2023

01 Dec 2023 News & Reviews
The 2023 Man Booker may have gone to another Paul, but our bets were firmly on Paul Murray’s the The Bee Sting. As the Barnes family faces financial ruin, parents Dickie and Imelda withdraw from
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Q&A: Sally Tabner interviews Richard Flanagan [IN FULL]

SALLY: Question 7 covers a lot of ground – the life and work of HG Wells, the creation and detonation of the atomic bomb, a deep inquiry into your family history and identity, a
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