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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.  

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

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

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

  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

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

Friday Night Spoken Word Performance Ever been to a poetry slam? Well, this is the Bookoccino take. We are shaking up another Friday night this summer with an interactive in-store performance, encouraging diverse voices

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

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

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

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

Thurs 19-Dec: Avalon Village late night shopping with live music, carols, face painting, ice cream van and a visit from Santa, 4-9pm

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