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2026 Global Book Crawl 20 – 26 April We’re very excited to be part of this year’s crawl, alongside a145 other Australian bookshops and thousands more the world over. Meet fellow readers, chat with

Date: Thursday 7th May 2026 Time: 6pm Location: Avalon Beach Surf Club *Doors open at 5.15pm so come early, grab a drink and enjoy the view Buy Tickets Join us for an evening with

One Night at Silver Lake with Author Katherine Scholes Date: Thursday, 23 April Time: 5.30-6.30pm Location: Bookoccino Bookstore, 66 Old Barrenjoey Road Avalon Beach 2107 Bookoccino is pleased to host Bestselling Tasmanian author, Katherine

Avalon Story Circle + Cacao Ceremony Date: Tuesday, March 31st Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM Location: Bookoccino. 66 Old Barrenjoey Road, Avalon Cost: $45 (Early Bird $35 until March 17th) Book Tickets Here An evening

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

On his deathbed, 87-year-old KJ Boone – who rose from childhood poverty, driven by caddying for rich men at the local golf club, to become an oil tycoon -examines his life with the help

The book tells her story from childhood, the love story with Mr. Pelicot, birth of their children, the good and bad times, and the horror that crept in unrecognised. It follows her into the

        Tuesday 31 March, 2026 6pm Avalon Beach Surf Club Tickets: $45 Take a walk on the dark side as Bookoccino kicks off our 2026 Events Season with a ‘Crime Night’

Description Join us for an evening of fun with friends; many laughs, great music, good vibes and generous prizes at Trivia Fridays. We have 7 tables with 6 people each. Drinks and mingling from 5:30pm Trivia

Seeking to escape their quotidian middle-class suburban life, Maurice, a 42-year old socially-awkward printer, and Maralyn, a 31-year old clerk in the tax office, decided on a life at sea, the first stage a

The inside story of the greatest crash in Wall Street history | AFR Greed, corruption, tax evasion. Business leaders complaining about overregulation. Attacks on the US Federal Reserve board. Sweetheart, sham transactions. Bitter, partisan

You will not find a more captivating, fun read this summer. A rip-roaring caper by a former combat Marine officer in Iraq, Afghanistan, and who knows what other shadowy places. There’s Big Cheese Aziz,

“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