From prize winning journalist to chat show king Michael Parkinsons career spans over four decades. Now an international celebrity Parky reveals his own story. This memoir is witty, humorous and proves that dreams really do come true. A joy to read. More...
Continuing the story of Salvation Creek, The House picks up after Bob and Susan marry and, two years later, move from her Tin Shed into his pale yellow house on the high, rough hill, Tarrangaua, built for the iconic Australian poet Dorothea Mackellar. One not to be missed. More...
The year is 1964 and 14 year old Robbie Burns is about to learn that the world is a changing place. Miss Pamela Peach arrives into the small town of Penola as Robbie's new teacher and offers Robbie a world beyond anything he has imagined. As Robbie discovers his emerging sexuality Miss Peach also becomes the object of his sexual fantasies, until what begins as a schoolboy fantasy will end in tragedy. A provocative novel that challenges our determination to believe in the innocence of childhood and adolescence. More...
The Banjo Book Club is a reading group that meets on the third
Wednesday of each month at 7.00pm. The next book up for discussion
is 'A Beautiful Place To Die" by
Malla Nunn.
Rae Litting was born in
Melbourne. She completed an arts degree at Sydney University and became a
teacher. The Kidnap of Alice McGilvray is Rae's first published novel. Rae was a
finalist in the NSW Writers' Centre and New Holland Publishers' Genre Fiction
Award. Rae now lives in Epping.
Join us for a night of readings from three prominent Australian poets. Our poets will include Mark Tredinnick, Judy Beveridge and Stephen Edgar. Evening is free but please book by calling us on 9868 4444 More...
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100 CUPBOARDS - $15.95 RRP WILSON N D
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ISLAND OF DIPSQUITTIE - $15.99 RRP LODER-BULL WALTER
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100 DOGS WHO SAVED CIVILIZATION - $24.95 RRP STALL SAM
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More than a year has passed since Marjan, Bahar, and Layla, the beautiful Iranian Aminpour sisters, sought refuge in the Irish town of Ballinacroagh. Opening the Babylon Cafe, they charmed the locals with their warm hearts and delectable Persian cuisine. More...
This is the true story of the murder of Artemio Bruni, a peasant farmer in the mountains of Casentino, North Eastern Tuscany, in the winter of 1907. More...
