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Authors of the Month
J.P. Pomare
Josh is an award-winning writer, whose work has been widely published. He was born in New Zealand and now lives in Melbourne.
Don’t miss Josh in-conversation on 4 September at the BMI.
T.L.W. Robb
Tom describes his life as a “Traveller, Outlaw, and Producer”. Tom grew up in Ballarat and had what many would consider a miserable childhood. His father “shot through,” his mother suffered from mental health issues, the family constantly moved, with Tom and his sister attending many different schools, living in orphanages, and leaving school at 15 to work in a factory. From this background, Tom’s journey from the factory floor to travelling the world with his partner Luis Moreno producing “tits and feathers” Moulin Rouge style extravaganzas in 21 countries is a fascinating and entertaining read.. – Lesley Hewitt
Don’t miss Tom in-conversation on 19 September at the BMI.
In Conversation with T.L.W. Robb | From The Top: From Ballarat to Baghdad
September 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm $10 Heritage...
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Books of the Month
17 Years Later: Who really killed the Primrose family.
J.P. Pomare
The unputdownable new bestseller by multi-award-winning author J. P. Pomare.
Who killed the wealthy Primrose family?
The violent slaughter of the Primrose family while they slept shocked the nation.
Their young live-in chef, Bill Kareama, was swiftly charged with murder and brought to justice. But the brutal crime scarred the idyllic town of Cambridge forever.
Seventeen years later, true-crime podcaster Sloane Abbott tracks down prison psychologist TK Phillips. Once a fierce campaigner for an appeal, TK now lives a quiet life with Bill’s case firmly in his past. As Sloane lures a reluctant TK back into the fight, evidence emerges that casts new light on the Primroses – and who might have wanted them dead.
While the list of suspects grows, Bill’s innocence is still far from assured. What will it cost Sloane and TK to uncover the truth?
‘There’s a reason Pomare is called king of the twist’ Herald Sun
From the Top: From Ballarat to Baghdad
by T.L.W. Robb.
A moving and inspiring memoir of a young man and his journey from Ballarat, Australia, to the international stage where he and his partner Luis Moreno, produced showstopping Moulin Rouge and Las Vegas style extravaganzas in big cities, mixed with stars of the stage and screen and travelled the world in what could only be described as a tour de force.
T.L.W. Robb delivers a warm, honest and fascinating story of a bygone era in show business and reflects on how it was to grow up as a gay man in Australia in the second half of the twentieth Century.
At it’s heart, this is a love story – you’ll laugh, cry and simply won’t want to miss a word.
A magnificent, astonishing, moving and vivid account of a life that transforms from the bleak misery of 1950s orphanages into the glittering universe of top-level entertainment. Carmel Bird.
Recommended Reads
The Glassmaker
Tracy Chevalier.
Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here-like the glass the island’s maestros spend their lives learning to handle.
Women are not meant to work with glass, but Orsola Rosso flouts convention to save her family from ruin. She works in secret, knowing her creations must be perfect to be accepted by men. But perfection may take a lifetime.
Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola as she hones her craft through war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.
Red Sky Mourning
Jack Carr.
A storm is on the horizon. America’s days are numbered. A Chinese submarine has gone rogue and is navigation toward the continental United States, putting its nuclear missiles within striking distance of the West Coast.
A rising Silicon Valley tech mogul with unknown allegiances is at the forefront of a revolution in quantum computing and Artificial intelligence.
A politician controlled by a foreign power is a breath away from the Oval Office.
Three seemingly disconnected events are on a collision course to ignite a power grab unlike anything the world has ever seen.
Shadows in the Moonlight
Santa Montefiore.
When Pixie Tate is summoned to the wild Cornish coast to unravel a curious mystery at the stately St Sidwell Manor, she knows that something quite extraordinary must be hiding in its shadows.
One hundred years ago, in the dark of night,a child vanished from his bed never to be seen again and Pixie must now discover the truth of those final moonlit hours.
As she loses herself in the past, secrets are revealed, love affairs exposed and,, ultimately, Pixie will be forced to make a devastating choice that will change her life forever.
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