Roaring Stories is open again!
Our store is opening its doors again! Fully vaccinated customers only. We can’t wait to welcome you back.
‘Everyone is so sure what they think’: Diana Reid has written the new Australian campus novel
We spoke with the author about her debut novel, and the value of literature to explore the grey areas in questions of power.
What We’re Reading in September
From a Booker Prize-shortlisted novel set just after the American Civil War, to a gripping contemporary debut that takes place on an Australian campus. Here’s what our Balmain bookshop staff are reading this month.
‘The first step is truth-telling’: Q&A with Claire G. Coleman
We spoke with award-winning author and Noongar woman Claire G. Coleman about her new book, Lies, Damned Lies.
The books you’ve read more than once
From Slaughterhouse Five, to Insomniac City, to My Family and Other Animals.
What We’re Reading in August
From a celebration of Black performance in modern times, to a wonderfully inventive short story collection. Here’s what our Balmain bookshop staff are reading this month.
What We’re Reading in July
From mouthwatering cauliflower recipes, to a new novel by the author of Breast and Eggs to a debut memoir about growing up in a migrant Egyptian Australian family. Here’s what our Balmain bookshop staff are reading this month.
The Coffin Confessor: Bill Edgar gives the dead their final say
Bill Edgar’s new book tells of how he survived a life of hardship to speak up for the lost, the vulnerable and the dead.
Book review: What Does Jeremy Think?
Guest review by Nick Rowley Initially working with her husband in the year prior to his death, Suzanne Heywood has written a revealing, intensely human and affectionate biography of Britain’s leading public servant. More than a rounded picture of a brilliant man, it provides insights and lessons for anyone concerned with good policy and effective […]
What We’re Reading in June
A novel about friendship by Kazuo Ishiguro’s daughter; a book telling the wild, unlikely story of Charles Masson’s discovery of the lost city of Alexandria; and Michael Mohammed Ahmad’s brilliant final volume in his House of Adam trilogy. Here’s what our Balmain bookshop staff are reading this month. Bron is reading…The younger Ishiguro, cosy crime […]