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Colouring for Chocolate
During Dec 24 and Jan 25 we are offering a free kids hot chocolate for each coloured-in drawing brought into Bookoccino.
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2024 Book of the Year
Dear Reader, Thank you for casting your vote on your favourite book among the 12 books we picked in 2024 as Book of the Month. We will count all votes and announce the Reader’s
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Vale Susan Duncan
With love and respect we commemorate and celebrate the life of Susan Duncan, the redoubtable author and Pittwater local, who passed away at her beloved boat-access only home on Salvation Creek last weekend. As
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The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
A master of historical fiction with strong, independent women as the lead characters — The Rose Code; The Alice Network — Quinn doesn’t disappoint with the story of four women who move into a
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Dusk by Robbie Arnott
A literary gem. In an era before cars, when graziers offer a bounty for a puma who is killing their sheep, twins Iris and Floyd, down-and-out children of alcoholic ex-convicts, ride their horses
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Trivia Fridays – 2025
Join us for an evening of fun with friends; many laughs, great music, good vibes and generous prizes at Trivia Fridays. We will have 7 tables with 6 people each. Tickets and dates here
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Friday Night Poetry Slam
Friday Night Poetry Slam Ever been to a poetry slam? We are shaking up another Friday night this summer with an interactive in-store performance poetry competition, encouraging diverse poets and performers to share words,
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December Book of the Month – Time of the Child by Niall Williams
As perfect a novel as you’ll ever find. Wry and gentle, atmospheric and absorbing, Time of the Child is an enriching story about love and second chances by master storyteller Niall Williams. There are very few
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This Creative Life: Fashion Designers at Home with Robyn Lea
Join us to celebrate this lush, illustrated book for lovers of fashion and interior design by bestselling photographer and author Robyn Lea. Set foot in the private spaces of twenty of the world’s top
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[SOLD OUT] Gina Chick – We Are the Stars
Join us for an unforgettable event with Gina Chick, the inaugural Alone Australia winner, who tells the story of her extraordinary, indomitable life in one of the most powerful and moving memoirs you will
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Summer Reading Guide 2025
Hello Friends of Bookoccino, Welcome to your Summer Reading Guide! This is our sixth edition and our favourite one yet. You can click the image to view or download your guide via the button
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Avalon Village late night shopping
Thurs 19-Dec: Avalon Village late night shopping with live music, carols, face painting, ice cream van and a visit from Santa, 4-9pm
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The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates Words, books, writing, storytelling — the power to haunt, to change the world. With the force of a prosecutor and the lyricism of a poet, Coates takes us with
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Bookoccino Media Kit – Advertise with us
You can support our bookshop and promote your business to our community by advertising with us. Our reading guides are more than a catalogue for Christmas shoppers. Our next edition features cover art by
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November Book of the Month – THE MIGHTY RED by Louise Erdrich
THE MIGHTY RED by Louise Erdrich One of those books you can’t wait to get home to. Funny and tragic in equal measure, The Mighty Red is a quixotic look at how
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