News & Reviews

My first day back in NY, I saw The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder on the front table at Shakespeare & Co, an independent New York bookstore, and immediately bought it. The

In what has widely been seen as a low-key campaign focused on bread and butter issues, the NSW election comes to a close on this Saturday 25th March. The relative quietness of the campaign

In what has widely been seen as a low-key campaign focused on bread and butter issues, the NSW election comes to a close on this Saturday 25th March. The relative quietness of the campaign

Ben McIntyre, the international best-selling author of true spy stories, stopped by Bookoccino on Tuesday, 7 March. For a limited time you can pickup a signed copy of your favourite spy thriller.          The Spy and

Now in our 30th year of business, Bookocino continues to celebrate all things literary and community with a glass of complimentary bubbles, the company of great thinkers, great live music and plenty of fun for

Patrick Radden Keefe is one of the most acclaimed masters of literary journalism. His books range from The Troubles in Ireland (The Prize-winning Say Nothing) to an expose of the family that gave us

Friends and Readers, With a cheeky Ben Quilty cover, reading recommendations from Kamila Shamsie, Geraldine Brooks, Mohsin Hamsid, Anna Funder and Richard Fidler, as well as from everyone at Bookoccino our 2022 Summer Reading guide is

As we edge toward Christmas publishers begin to put on a spectacular show and booksellers get excited. Here are a couple of things that we’re getting excited about this August. Its just the beginning

Our latest newsletter introduces new events with Geraldine Brooks, Mike Donaldson, Sophie Hansen and Annie Herron, Sandi Logan and Bill Leimbach and in-store French lessons, our regular storytime and our favourite reads for the

The Booker judges have announced their shortlist of 6 books and we’re betting on The Promise by Damon Galgut. His remarkable new novel  (all of his novels are remarkable) is a sly, sweeping family saga centred on

The Booker prize released its 2021 longlist on Tuesday, including Bookoccino staff favourites Rachel Cusk, Damon Galgut, Maggie Shipstead and Francis Spufford on a 13-strong list of titles vying for the shortlist, to be

Oh, Rachel Cusk. So cool and indifferent. Inspirer of division among literary friends; omnipotent and intentionally obtuse. Half of Bookoccino love you, and, because we love our better halves we dedicate May to you.

Visited by some of Australia’s finest musicians for intimate Friday night and Sunday morning sessions, Bookoccino is a unique live music venue in a quiet village. We serve excellent coffee, sumptuous French, Italian and

Kati   An excerpt from ‘The Committed’ by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Chapter 1 I may no longer be a spy or a sleeper, but I am most definitely a spook. How can I not

You know when you say something is your favourite, and then you feel bad for all of your other favourites? Well that’s where we find ourselves this month….torn between a book and a hard