News & Reviews

Come on a journey of deep listening with world-renowned nature sound recordist Andrew Skeoch. Experience an evening of immersive soundscapes and discussion. Andrew uses sound recordings and spectrograms to introduce ways of identifying species

  To be a cake maker is to be woven into the sweetness of people’s lives. Baking is an exploration of romance, adventure and comfort. Join us for a delicious afternoon tea with Nadine

Date Booked  Do You Have A Question That You Would Like To Ask The Panel? 29-Aug-24 How do the States represented in the Electoral College achieve voter equity for all of those who will

A six part workshop with poet and philosopher Luke Fischer, open to adult writers at all levels of experience and valuable to anyone interested in improving their writing and deepening their appreciation of nature. Covering topics such

The latest book from staff favourite Amor Towles is a sophisticated collection of six great short stories and a novella. Short stories are sometimes a hard sell, but we plead with you to stay the course. They

A riveting family memoir. The author’s father was a soldier in Mao’s army in the 1950s.   His loyalty turned to disenchantment and escape to America.   Wong was New York Times bureau chief

We are delighted to present a special treat for our creative community this July, with a cosy and free performance by Peta Morris and Noah Bloom from Element Ensemble. An improvised and immersive audiovisual

Rebellion: How Antiliberalism is Tearing America Apart — Again, by Robert Kagan.   The next time someone asks me to ‘explain America’ — how can Trump be so popular; why is the country so politically

Two Irish football superstars find themselves in court facing sexual assault charges. Robbie is cocky, entitled, privileged; Evan, reserved, self-made, escaping a poor and difficult upbringing. All evidence points to their guilt. As the

BOOK LAUNCH – A huge welcome to Sarah Rose, launching her beautiful book ABC Disability with cupcakes, sparkling wine and fun for the kids from 3pm Sunday 30 June. Come down, support his gorgeous

We are super excited to welcome Avalon local and debut author Nick Long for an afternoon of storytelling fun and waffles. The Forbidden Journal of Rufus Rumble is a funny space adventure for 7-11

New Cold Wars: David Sanger in conversation with Jane Perlez Pulitzer Prize winning White House and National Security correspondent for The New York Times, David Sanger, is coming to Bookoccino to talk about his new book, New

Paul Ham is a celebrated historian of conflict and the ideas that people are willing to live and die for. Born in Australia and living now in Paris, he is the author of 12 books

A perfectly immersive novel for devouring in a day. The Heart in Winter is a classic Western, a tale of two love bitten vagabonds on the run with destruction and revenge  at their heel. I’m

‘Vital, compelling, terrifying, revelatory — and a literary pleasure in its own right.’ — Anna Funder Join us to discuss ‘Hazzard and Harrower: The Letters’ – an extraordinary collection of writing from two of