News & Reviews

As we edge toward Christmas publishers begin to put on a spectacular show and booksellers get excited. Here are a couple of things that we’re getting excited about this August. Its just the beginning

Join us for a family friendly record signing and special live performance by the multi-talented Sally Seltmann at 6pm on Tuesday the 2nd of August. An award winning Australian singer – songwriter and author,

It is our great pleasure to welcome Geraldine Brooks back to Bookoccino, the first stop on an Australian tour to celebrate her magnificent new novel, Horse. Sublimely told and rich with historic detail and

Sandi Logan’s “Betrayed” is a relentlessly fascinating, sometimes hilarious and often jaw-dropping true story of two American women who became unwitting drug mules. Its 1977.  Vera Hays and Florice Bessire agree to drive a van from

Our latest newsletter introduces new events with Geraldine Brooks, Mike Donaldson, Sophie Hansen and Annie Herron, Sandi Logan and Bill Leimbach and in-store French lessons, our regular storytime and our favourite reads for the

We are pleased to host two award-winning foreign correspondents, Damien Cave, Bureau Chief of the New York Times and Nick Bryant, writer, broadcaster and self-proclaimed ‘lapsed foreign correspondent’ (with over two decades with the

Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine has turned global politics upside down. The US and Europe have co-operated as closely as they have for decades, along with allies like Australia, reinvigorating the West. Germany has

THE BIG ONE: An evening with the candidates. We were pleased to host a very informative evening with the Mackellar Federal Candidates. In attendance were Liberal Party incumbent Jason Falinski and Independent

SOLD OUT From the High Court to Parliament House, from private schools to mining camps, the #MeToo movement is rocking cabinet rooms, board rooms and classrooms. Women are demanding action, not apologies. And they’ll

SOLD OUT We guarantee you’ll laugh all through our long lunch with the lovingly irreverent Kathy Lette. Our wonderful friends at Bar Elvina have prepared a two course menu with wine, to be enjoyed with a guilty

One of our greatest living artists, Ben Quilty, joined Bookoccino’s Ray Bonner February the 24th, 2022 to celebrate the publication of his new book Free Fall. View their full conversation on our YouTube page

Bookoccino Talks continue to stimulate your political citizenry with a conversation on the origins, intentions and future of Democracy between acclaimed political philosopher John Keane and Geraldine Doogue, 10 Feb 2022.   View the

Former New York Times China Bureau Chief Jane Perlez debates China with acclaimed journalists Chris Buckley and Richard McGregor. “Will there be war? Is Australia’s policy on China too hard, or too soft?” View

The Booker judges have announced their shortlist of 6 books and we’re betting on The Promise by Damon Galgut. His remarkable new novel  (all of his novels are remarkable) is a sly, sweeping family saga centred on

The Booker prize released its 2021 longlist on Tuesday, including Bookoccino staff favourites Rachel Cusk, Damon Galgut, Maggie Shipstead and Francis Spufford on a 13-strong list of titles vying for the shortlist, to be

Oh, Rachel Cusk. So cool and indifferent. Inspirer of division among literary friends; omnipotent and intentionally obtuse. Half of Bookoccino love you, and, because we love our better halves we dedicate May to you.

It is our pleasure to welcome architect, philosopher and former Sydney City councillor Elizabeth Farrelly, in conversation with renowned architect Richard Leplastrier, to Bookoccino on Tuesday April 13th. This event is now SOLD OUT.

Visited by some of Australia’s finest musicians for intimate Friday night and Sunday morning sessions, Bookoccino is a unique live music venue in a quiet village. We serve excellent coffee, sumptuous French, Italian and

Kati   An excerpt from ‘The Committed’ by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Chapter 1 I may no longer be a spy or a sleeper, but I am most definitely a spook. How can I not

It was our pleasure to host this extraordinary panel, featuring renowned scientist Tim Flannery, Warringah Independent MP Zali Steggall and Clean Energy evangelist and businessman Mike Cannon-Brookes in conversation with acclaimed journalist Marian Wilkinson.