Christmas Gift Ideas
Whether they’re into thrilling crime fiction, contemporary literature, gardening, cooking or more – here are our picks for the best 2023 titles to gift to a loved one this Christmas. […]
What we are reading in November
What Claire is reading Killer Traitor Spy by Tim Ayliffe is the third book in a thriller/crime series which centres on John Bailey a Sydney based journalist, ex foreign correspondent […]
Love Your Book Shop Day 7th October
Roaring Stories has an array of activities for you to enjoy on Love Your Book Shop Day on the 7th October. Visit us instore for great prizes, author meet and greets and much more. The team will be ready to welcome with you and you will receive a free tote bag with every purchase instore on the day ( whilst stocks last).
And you maybe the lucky winner of our All Killers No Fillers Book Stack! Purchase any book instore on Saturday 7th October, sign up to the Rowing Stories subscriber list and go into the draw to win the entire instant library prize consisting of 16 October new releases!
Read below about some of the great activities we have planned below and we hope to see you in store on Saturday.
What we are reading in October
From the latest thrillers to the recent history of the Solomon Islands and much more. Here’s what our Balmain bookshop staff are reading this month.
A book with its own mixtape: Barry Divola’s debut novel is straight from a music nerd’s heart
The author of Driving Stevie Fracasso shares influences and origins behind his debut novel – a story about brothers, US road trips and rock n roll.
Lucky’s: A sprawling family epic about a Greek-Australian diner franchise
Read an extract and review of Andrew Pippos’ debut novel, hailed as an ‘unforgettable epic’.
Ceridwen Dovey | Life After Truth
The multi-award-winning author, Harvard graduate and prolific essayist Ceridwen Dovey has released a new novel less than a year after publishing her profoundly moving portrait series, Inner Worlds Outer Spaces. […]
Book launch | Bluebird by Malcolm Knox
Walkley award-winning author and former SMH literary editor Malcolm Knox is launching his stunning new work of fiction, Bluebird, for an exclusive Roaring Stories event. Joining him in conversation is […]
Hope near the end of the world: Charlotte McConaghy on her new literary spec-fic
Charlotte McConaghy talks with Roaring Stories on The Last Migration: a wrenching spec fic about desolation, discovery and – finally – hope.
‘Just a joke until it’s not’ – Gabriel Bergmoser’s new thriller takes Australian masculinity to its monstrous extreme
Gabriel Bergmoser on his fast-paced new Australian thriller, The Hunted.