News & Reviews

  Make the most of your next European holiday by polishing up your French language skills!  Join us for a delicious, interesting and lively immersion in French language, food and culture with Sandrine Iratchet

In February we will also collaborate with the Bob Brown Foundation to host four screenings of Takayna — the Heart of Lutruwita, an inspiring and hopeful film about the battle to defend Australia’s largest rainforest. Join

Dear Friends, Last minute and a rare opportunity: Geraldine Brooks was at Bookoccino last Friday to sign copies of Memorial Days, “a heart-rending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and journey toward peace.” Geraldine and

From a ‘factory,’ with only cold showers, no air conditioning, and ferocious mosquitos, an enigmatic, reclusive former engineer in the People’s Liberation Army who grew up in poverty, Ren Zhengfei, built the technological behemoth,

I absolutely adore Lawrence Osborne. I know you will too.  Late last year I recommended The Forgiven to Julia, one of our most prolific staff readers. First published in 2012 it is just one

A soaring masterpiece by the Pulitzer-winning author of Overstory. From an island in French Polynesia, Makatea —  whose original inhabitants believed the world was created by Ta’aora dropping pieces of his shell — to the

This week we speak to local author Sarah Turnbull, whose best-selling memoirAlmost French is an enduring Bookoccino favourite. Hi Sarah, Thanks for joining us. We are so looking forward to your conversation with Catherine McKinnon at

The Chairman’s Lounge, The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold Us Out ‘Fearless resolve, razor-sharp intellect and remarkable writing,’ says Hedley Thomas, author of The Teacher’s Pet. ‘Aston’s rapier wit is both incisive and

Join us to discuss a rich, layered and thrilling novel of love, war and friendship with Cath McKinnon, in conversation with Sarah Turnbull. DECEMBER 1944. In New Guinea, a young Australian nurse chances upon

Join us for a tale of 52 swims in and around Sydney. From Palm Beach to Cronulla, Mount Druitt to Bondi, Chris Baker swims at iconic beaches, municipal pools, harbour baths, tidal rock pools,

Kids, come on an adventure with everyone’s favourite gardener Costa Georgiadis. Put on your nature goggles and open your eyes to the magical world of Flowers. Together we will discover amazing things in this

Bookoccino will host a two day workshop for budding young clowns this coming January!   Thursday 16th and Friday 17th January From 11am to 2pm Cost: $80 Suitable for kids between 8 and 14,

The 2024 Bookoccino Reader’s Book of the Year winner is…. Table for Two by Amor Towles. Ahead by a good margin, Amor Towles leads a cast including (according to popularity): Amor Towles with Table for Two

  One of the world’s greatest, most influential – and most recognised – actors for 50 years. Now, Al Pacino writes about how he has done it. A hardscrabble childhood in the Bronx, acting

During Dec 24 and Jan 25 we are offering a free kids hot chocolate for each coloured-in drawing brought into Bookoccino.