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. […]
Frank Moorhouse and ‘Le Ghetto de Balmain’
By Matthew Lamb For much of the 1960s through to the 1980s the life and work of author Frank Moorhouse was synonymous with Balmain, Sydney. He was among the first […]
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.
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 […]
Letting forth late flowers while ‘ineluctably sagging’: Robert Dessaix on ageing well
Septuagenarian author and former ABC RN presenter talks about the sustaining power of a rich, rooted and playful inner life.
Don Watson | Watsonia
With his wit, vigour, penetrating gaze and cutting style, Don Watson has infused the lifeblood of Australian writing. The acclaimed author of many books and a former speechwriter for Keating, […]
Jenny Hocking | The Palace Letters
A political betrayal. A constitutional crisis. A hidden correspondence. Since the infamous event of Gough Whitlam’s sacking, the letters exchanged between John Kerr and the palace have remained hidden. It […]
Big guns, huge balls: Peter Charley on infiltrating the NRA
In How to Sell a Massacre, Peter Charley explains why hidden cameras and fake identities were necessary to his information-gathering investigation.