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Bob Carr and Geraldine Brooks on Grief, Love and Politics: 15th April

03 Mar 2026 Events, News & Reviews

Date: Wednesday 15th April
Time: 6-8pm at Avalon Beach Surf Club
Doors open at 5.15pm if you’d like to purchase a drink ahead of event at Bangalley Bar

A special Bookoccino Evening. In a searingly honest, blunt, unsparing, and deeply personal memoir, Bring Back YesterdayBob Carr copes with the sudden death of his wife, who collapsed in his arms in a hotel room in ViennaThe former premier of New South Wales also talks about a life of politics and the cost to a marriage. He will be in conversation with Geraldine Brooks, the Pulitzer Prize writer, whose own memoir, Memorial Days, deals with loveloss and grieving. An evening you’ll long remember.

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