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,...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
‘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. ...
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...
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.
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....
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
Join multi-award-winning author, academic, and activist Bri Lee for the launch of her new book 'The Work'.
Join clinical nutritionist and #1 bestselling author of The 10:10 Plan, The 10:10 Recipe Book and The 10:10 Kickstart, Sarah Di Lorenzo for the launch of her new book, The Gut Repair Plan.
The Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival, the largest regional literary event in WA, is back bigger than ever in 2024. The three-day storytelling spectacular features top Australian authors, journalists, innovators and big thinkers.
Join International bestselling thriller writer Anna Downes (The Safe Place and The Shadow House) for the launch her latest captivating thriller, Red River Road.