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Retrosuburbia Roadshow with David Holmgren

PermacultureWest invites you to this presentation to inspire and arm you with ideas and knowledge to live with lower environmental impact in our modern suburban landscape. ‘Aussie Street’ explores the story of four adjacent suburban homes responding to the effects of our changing environment and climate crises. There will be lots of time for questions...

$15.00

The Happy Bowel book talk by Dr Michael Levitt

The Margaret River Library is really pleased to be hosting a talk by Dr Michael Levitt on Saturday 31st August, 2 – 3pm about his book ‘The Happy Bowel: a user-friendly guide to bowel health for the whole family’. He is a specialist colorectal surgeon with a particular interest in the management of functional bowel...

Free

Speaking Frankly: Clare Bowditch

Nala Bardip Mia – Margaret River HEART 47 Wallcliffe Road, Margaret River, WA, Australia

Clare Bowditch in conversation with Constance Hall A Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival event Clare Bowditch has always had a knack for telling stories and has touched hundreds of thousands of lives through her music. But what of the stories she used to tell herself? That ‘real life’ only begins once you’re thin or...

Three Capes Track Tasmania: a travel talk by Dr Pam Lynch

Margaret River Library Fearn Avenue, Margaret River, WA, Australia

Four days, three nights, stunning coastline with spectacular dolomite pillars rising in their architectural magnificence from the ocean floor. Autumn colours dripping in the misty rain, silence, a climb to the top of Mt Fortescue, a Lord of the Rings type magical forest, green and mossy and dark and dank and then an unrivaled view...

Free

Author talk by Lily Malone

Margaret River Library Fearn Avenue, Margaret River, WA, Australia

Join us at both libraries to meet local author Lily Malone as she talks about herself, her latest series of books and her writing career. All welcome. Margaret River Library, Thursday 27th Feb, 6 - 7.30pm Augusta Library, Tuesday 10th March, 10 - 11am Light refreshments provided. Please RSVP to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600

Free

No one was watching: an author talk by Dr Annie Horner

Margaret River Library Fearn Avenue, Margaret River, WA, Australia

'No One Was Watching' provides an alternative, imaginative entree into the once-hidden world of 'Forgotten Australians', a cohort of non- Indigenous men and women who were institutionalised as children.As one anonymous care-leaver begged ' Let our histories be visible’. The author hopes her book does just that and that these stories remind us of both...

Free

In Conversation with Craig Silvey – SOLD OUT

The River Hotel 40 Wallcliffe Road, Margaret River, WA, Australia

Join author Craig Silvey as he shares the story behind his highly anticipated new novel Honeybee. Craig Silvey will speak in conversation with his talented friend and author Brooke Davis for this special out of season event. Honeybee is a heartbreaking, life-affirming novel that throws us headlong into a world of petty thefts, extortion plots,...

An Afternoon With Ginn Fourie

Uniting Church, Tingle Ave, Margaret River Tingle Ave, Margaret River, WA

Local resident, Ginn Fourie, originally from South Africa, wrote her autobiography, called ‘TheLynda Tree - An Autobiography of Hope’. Come along and listen to Ginn’s moving story.  She will be introduced by Bill Bunbury, And local pianist Elodie Short will play a piece for us.  Afternoon tea will follow.   This is part of the...

Free

One Eye, One Ear No Worries Be Inspired by local legend Joel Whitwell

Margaret River BookShop

Be Inspired! Margaret River BookShop in partnership with the MR Readers & Writers Festival invites you to this special pre festival event. Local Harvey legend and author will enlighten and delight you with his sage advice on coping with the challenges that life throws up . One eye, one ear, no worries is Joel's tell...

Free

Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival 2021

Nala Bardip Mia – Margaret River HEART 47 Wallcliffe Road, Margaret River, WA, Australia

Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival The 2021 Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival ran from 14-16th May 2021 celebrating our love of reading and writing with a three-day storytelling spectacular. Bringing together a dazzling array of novelists, journalists, creative thinkers, established and emerging storytellers from WA, interstate and overseas. The literary program featured author...

In conversation with Michael Robotham

Online event hosted on Zoom Margaret River

Join bestselling author Michael Robotham for this exclusive virtual book event to launch his new pulse-racing standalone thriller, When you are Mine, which in the words of his critics, is his finest page-turner yet.

Hugh Mackay presents The Kindness Revolution

Online event hosted on Zoom Margaret River

2020 was ravaged by bushfires and a worldwide pandemic, and 2021 continues to take its toll on both our mental and emotional health. Join Hugh Mackay for this exclusive online fundraising event as we delve into his glorious and groundbreaking book, The Kindness Revolution and ask the questions, What really matters to me? Am I living the kind of...

In Conversation with Natasha Lester

Margaret River Distilling Co. Maxwell Street (off Carters Rd.), Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia

Join New York Times bestselling author Natasha Lester and Arts Margaret River for this exclusive real-world book event to launch her new masterpiece of historical fiction, The Riviera House.

$15

In Conversation with Peter Lane

Margaret River District Club 11 Tunbridge St, Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia

‘Our Planet and the Evolution of Western Australia’s Far South West’ Book Launch  Join geologist Peter Lane and Professor Ross Dowling to discuss Peter’s new book charting the extraordinarily biologically rich South West Australian Ecoregion and how geological and biological activity and cosmic events have changed and shaped our planet and the far South West.      ...

$10

Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival 2022

Arts Margaret River 47 Wallcliffe Road, Margaret River, WA, Australia

The 2022 Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival ran from 13 -15th May 2022 with a dazzling array of novelists, journalists, creative thinkers, artists, performers and established and emerging storytellers from WA, interstate and overseas.  Celebrating storytelling across multiple art forms, the hybrid festival program featured author talks, workshops, networking events alongside a program of...

In conversation with Emma Carey

Shelter Brewing 11 Foreshore Parade, Busselton, Washington, Australia

The Girl Who Fell from The Sky is more than a memoir, it’s a call to action that reminds us to not take our lives and abilities for granted.

In Conversation with Craig Silvey

The River Hotel 40 Wallcliffe Road, Margaret River, WA, Australia

Arts Margaret River and The Margaret River Bookshop present… Australia’s most beloved author is back with the feel-good story we all need. Join Craig for this very special intimate event to celebrate the release of his new book, Runt, a heart- warming, funny, beautifully told story in the tradition of Babe, Matilda and The Castle....

The Collective Spark – Book Launch with Martin Ringer

Nala Bardip Mia – Margaret River HEART 47 Wallcliffe Road, Margaret River, WA, Australia

Putting together a collection of clever people does not guarantee the creation of a clever team, group or committee. That’s because there are many layers to thinking-together that are in addition to the processes involved in thinking as individuals. 

A Lady’s Pen – Book Launch with Bernice Barry

Nala Bardip Mia – Margaret River HEART 47 Wallcliffe Road, Margaret River, WA, Australia

etween 1837 and 1843, Georgiana Molloy collected specimens and seeds of the native plants of Taalinup and Undalup (Augusta and Busselton) and sent three exquisite botanical collections to James Mangles in London, who had requested the work. They were the highest quality that British botanists had ever received from WA. She was self-taught but her dried wildflower specimens are still studied in world herbariums. She died aged thirty-seven, having received no payment or formal recognition for her scientific achievements.

The Bookbinder of Jericho – Book Launch

Nala Bardip Mia – Margaret River HEART 47 Wallcliffe Road, Margaret River, WA, Australia

An extraordinary work of poetic grace and raw beauty, Pip Williams explores another little-known slice of history seen through women’s eyes. Evocative, subversive and rich with unforgettable characters, The Bookbinder of Jericho is a story about knowledge – who gets to make it, who gets to access it, and what is lost when it is withheld.

What’s for Dinner? – Jill Griffiths in conversation with Matthew Evans

Nala Bardip Mia – Margaret River HEART 47 Wallcliffe Road, Margaret River, WA, Australia

Presented by Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival and The Regenerative Agriculture Conference 2023. Join highly acclaimed science and environmental writer, Jill Griffiths in conversation with Gourmet Farmer and fellow author, Matthew Evans as she talks about timely new book, What’s for Dinner? Our food, our choice, our planet. What are we really eating? How...

Event Series The Regenerative Agriculture Conference 2023

The Regenerative Agriculture Conference 2023

Nala Bardip Mia – Margaret River HEART 47 Wallcliffe Road, Margaret River, WA, Australia

This convergence will feature international, national and local keynote speakers addressing the most promising farming approaches for producing healthy food, building soil carbon, rehydrating landscapes, increasing biodiversity and gaining resilience to climate change.

‘The Voice’ Community Forum with Q&A

Nala Bardip Mia – Margaret River HEART 47 Wallcliffe Road, Margaret River, WA, Australia

Professor Marcia Langton AO & The Hon Ken Wyatt AM. All welcome. Free with first in best dressed. Doors to the foyer open at 1.30pm and the talk commences at 2pm. Followed by afternoon tea at the AMR Football Club. Presented by Amnesty International Margaret River. Amnesty International Margaret River (08) 9757 2596 View Organiser...

Secret Agent, Unsung Hero: The Valour of Bruce Dowding

Nala Bardip Mia – Margaret River HEART 47 Wallcliffe Road, Margaret River, WA, Australia

When Bruce Dowding left Melbourne in January 1938, he planned only to undertake a short course at the Sorbonne in Paris. With fascism in Europe ascendant, it had drawn the greats of 20th century music, art and literature like moths to a flame. Dowding chose not to leave a city he found intoxicating.