Our author event programme has moved to a new home with a new format. Not only will be bringing you some great new authors, in a much more intimate surrounding, from time to time we'll also bring you both established and hot new artists.
Events will now be presented at The Wilson Street Gallery, Unit 5, 30-34 Wilson Street Newtown NSW 2042. Click on the links below to book for any event
Author Event
Greg Duncan Powell
Beer - A Gauge for Enthusiasts
Tuesday 5th August 6.30pm
Join us for an evening of not only drinking beer, but listening to an expert talk about liquid amber. Beer: A Gauge for Enthusiasts features a detailed explanation of how beer is made and a short history of brewing, followed by a survey of as many beers as author Greg Duncan Powell could lay his hands on. It is a comprehensive beer guide that taps into the growing interest in boutique beers and breweries, while also including the ever-increasing array of mass-market beers.
Beer with with Greg costs just $10.00. Book now
Author Event
Leah Giarratano
Voodoo Doll
Tuesday, 19th August 6.30pm
Leah Giarratano writes from a position of vast experience having worked for years as a clinical psychologist specialising in trauma, sex offences and psychopathology. When she takes us into the minds of sexual and violent offenders you can be sure that she is drawing on all of that experience.
Leah wowed the audiences at Books@Bank and Newtown Festival late last year with her debut thriller, Vodka Doesn't Freeze. Her new book is much stronger, and features Sergeant Jill Jackson now promoted to a taskforce targeting gang-related home invasions in south western Sydney.
The gang is believed to be responsible for at least five brutal home invasions over the past two months, with the most recent culminating in a vicious machete attack that has left one of the victims crippled. When the violence escalates to murder, suddenly Jill and the team find themselves hunting a psychopath, and delving into the pasts of victims and witnesses in a race against time to uncover what links them to the killer.
The thrilling follow-up to her bestselling debut, Vodka Doesn't Freeze, Voodoo Doll will have you double checking the locks on your doors.
Wine & Nibbles with with Leah costs just $10.00. Book Now!
Author Event
Maggie Hamilton
What's Happening to Our Girls
Tuesday, 26th August 6.30pm
In a few short years our girls have become vulnerable - not just teen girls - young girls and baby girls. They are facing challenges no other generation has faced. What a twelve-year-old girl experienced at seven, is not what a seven-year-old girl is now struggling with.
This is why many of the signposts we offer girls no longer apply.
So, what is happening to girls? Why do they pay more attention to their peers than parents? What makes brand-name clothes and looking sexy so appealing? Why are they drawn to 'out there' behaviour, and why are depression, cutting, eating disorders and binge-drinking on the rise? How do so many girls lead secret lives? Why are increasing numbers accessing porn? Why do many teen girls want to marry young and have babies? What are their hopes for the future?
Over two years Maggie Hamilton interviewed dozens of girls, teachers, school counsellors, psychologists, law enforcement and medical personnel to get an insider's view on what girls are experiencing at present.
Informed, revealing, at times shocking, What's Happening to Our Girls? is a book every parent should read.
Author and publisher Maggie Hamilton writes books and for magazines; gives talks and lectures; is a regular media commentator and a keen observer of social trends. Her most recent book What Men Don't Talk About, which examines the lives. of men and boys, has been published in Australia, New Zealand, Holland, the Arab States and Brazil.
Wine & Nibbles with with Maggie costs just $10.00. Book Now!
Author Event
James Frey
Bright Shiny Morning
Tuesday 16th September 7.00pm
New Theatre, 542 King Street, Newtown
Made famous by the controversial Million Little Pieces his new book Bright Shiny Morning takes us on a ride through LA's palm-lines beaches and gridlock, home to movie stars and down-and-outs. Frey's trademark filmic snapshots zoom in on the parallel lives of diverse characters, bringing their egos and idealls, hopes and despairs, anxieties and absurdities vividly to life.
Note: Alternate location and starting time.
This evening with James Frey costs just $7.00. Book now as this event is sure to sell out.