Join Robinsons Bookshop with local Mornington Peninsula crime author Garry Disher as we celebrate the release of his new crime thriller in the Hirsch series, Mischance Creek.

Garry is a local author of over 60 books, best known locally for his 'Peninsula Crime' series set on the Mornington Peninsula.

Hirsch is checking firearms. The regular police audit- all weapons secured, ammo stored separately, no unauthorised person with keys to the gun safe. He's checking people, too. The drought is hitting hard in the mid-north, and Hirsch is responsible for the welfare of his scattered flock of battlers, bluebloods, loners and miscreants.

He isn't usually called on for emergency roadside assistance. But with all the other services fully stretched, it's Hirsch who has to grind his way out beyond the Mischance Creek ruins to where some clueless tourist has run into a ditch....

Gary will be discussing his new book followed by a Q&A and book signing.

Tickets are FREE but reservations are necessary to assist event planning.

In this very special event, Helen Garner discusses her life and career, revisiting the novels and writing process she documents in her diaries alongside the complexities of a life lived on the page. 

Terra Nullius declared we have no past. The dying race trope pretended we have no future. Indigenous Futurisms calls time on both. These authors write us back into the past and the future, where we have always been and always will be.

A legend of Australian journalism, Jana Wendt turns her hand to fiction in this superb collection of short stories. Epic in scope and granular in detail, these tales take readers on fascinating forays into the lives of unforgettable characters, showcasing a familiar voice in new and unexpected ways. 

A literary legend and a former AFL player share their love of the game in a session for bookworms and footy fans alike. Discussing their books The Season and Pissants, Garner and Jack ponder the allure of Aussie Rules, their relationship to the sport and how these elements translate to the page.

These very different books are united by an unconventional approach to storytelling, with unreliable narrators and stylistic misdirection subverting our expectations of what a mystery can be—leaving readers both thrilled and chilled.

The stories of women defying the expectations of their times animate these wonderful historical novels, which venture from the verdant English countryside to the glittering waters of the Torres Strait by way of the elusive mystery of Australia’s disappearing Prime Minister. Rendering the remarkable inner lives of their central characters, these books exemplify the delicate art of breathing new life into history.

Celebrate the publication of Eleanor Elliott Thomas’ brilliant new novel, Do We Deserve This? to be launched by Emily Spurr at Readings Carlton.

Bean Halloway, lone nobody in a family of ambitious somebodies, is still figuring out what she wants from her life. She always says she doesn't care about money-but will that still be the case when she finds herself in possession of a lottery ticket worth millions? Bean bought the ticket for her mother Nina, who is glamorous and charismatic-but not exactly an ideal parent. Before Bean can hand it over, an accident leaves Nina in a coma.

Join the award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad as he draws on a career covering the Wars on Terror, climate change, Black Lives Matter protests and Gaza to expose the broken promises of the West. Amid immense destruction One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This lays bare a society where the “least worst thing” absolves the soul.

In this powerful reckoning Omar asks, as both an Egyptian-born US citizen and a father, how do we carve out a sense of possibility in these devastating times? With host Sisonke Msimang.

Can fiction reveal deeper truths than journalism ever could? Come hear Jana Wendt – journalist, presenter, writer, and living legend of Australian media – as she ponders the question. Jana drew in huge audiences to her programs across public and commercial television over a three-decade career. Now she turns her prodigious writing skills and inquisitive reporter’s eye to fiction, with the whimsical, haunting and witty collection, The Far Side of the Moon and Other Stories. Hear how she made the leap from investigative journalism to explore deeper truths, deploying the most important skill for any writer: coaxing out the story. In conversation over a wonderful three-tiered High Tea with Canberra's own Alex Sloan.