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“Pick up this book and you’ll find it hard to put down. It will be read around the world as a credible account of one of the strangest cases ever to come before a

Stone Free: From Choir Boy to Ganja Kingpin unravels the true story of Warren Anderson. A Californian misfit who turned his back on the American Dream. Reforged as James “Abdul” Monroe, he emerged from

  The rivalry between China and the US is between a state dominated by engineers, and one run by lawyers, concludes the author, who was born in China, grew up in Canada, worked in

  You can support our bookshop and promote your business to our community by advertising with us. Our reading guides are more than a catalogue for Christmas shopper With 15,000 copies printed and 7,500

  Join us for a lively Sunday lunch event with Australian icon Bryan Brown and his daughter Matilda Brown, as they chat about his new coastal thriller, The Hidden. From Sweet Jimmy to The

Join us to celebrate this delightfully heartwarming story from beloved Northern Beaches author Joanna Nell. Tuesday 28th October, from 6pm Free, Please RSVP here The Funeral Crashers is the story of four (or more)

Join us for an intimate evening of poetry, music and conversation at Bookoccino on Tues 14-Oct 7-9pm. Featuring works which celebrate the beauty of natural environments, remember our ties to nature, mourn the losses

    1929: The Inside Story of the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History, Andrew Ross Sorkin “. . .  a real eye-opener. . .  .a work of true scholarship, the fruits of eight years of research

Celebrating Stories That Shape Our Nation. Bookoccino is honoured to be the sponsor of the 2025 Walkley Book Award — a prize that stands at the pinnacle of Australian journalism and longform non-fiction writing.

October 2, 2025 The Walkley Foundation announced the longlist for the Walkley Book Award, part of Australia’s most prestigious journalism accolades, the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism. The Walkley Book Award, supported by

Exquisite, funny, poignant.  This brilliant book is about a precociously gifted 15 year old boy. In a humdrum home with his overworked single father there is little for Nicholas to anchor to. He finds

Set in the early 1960s, JFK is president. From Guatemala, where Gabriel Dax, a hapless spy, uses his cover as a pedestrian travel writer, to gain an interview with a potential left-wing presidential candidate

Join us Saturday 11 October to celebrate reading and the importance of independent bookstores in our local community. Sally, Ray, and the team are planning a fun day with: – On-the-spot poetry writing by

Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away, David Gelles   He had  ‘a congenital aversion to authority,’ was arrested for vagrancy, revolutionised mountain climbing, scaling the

Buy Tickets here From the creator of Darling, Shine! comes an unforgettable memoir about fertility, family, grief and love. Growing up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Chloe Chapman thought her life would unfold

There is little doubt that climate change is impacting the world around us, from the weather to the wildlife and to humanity itself. But are we really making the changes necessary to turn the

Join Erin Hortle for an intimate Bookoccino event as we celebrating A Catalogue of Love. This stunning novel delves into the complexity of love – love of surfing, love of the natural world (particularly

I did not expect to find “Is a River Alive?” such an interesting even easy read. In flowing lyrical prose at once descriptive and informative. Macfarlane reveals the beauty of nature and the importance

Join us for an enthralling tale of legacy, love and reinvention set between 1840’s France and the colonies of Australia, with bestselling author Heather Rose. It is 1839, Van Diemen’s Land. A young woman

Miles Franklin Literary Award 2025 Winner Ghost Cities by Siang Lu This profound, highly imaginative novel cleverly draws on Chinese history to explore the absurdity of modern life and work. A young man named