Our Library | New Releases, Recommendations & Author Talks – August 2025
New Releases, Recommendations & Author Talks
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Rosemary’s Book of the Week
A Woman’s Voice Alli Sinclair A sweeping romantic adventure based on true events of the women’s liberation movement. She is defiant – She is strong – She will be heard Don’t miss Alli and author Chloe Adams on Wednesday 6 August at 6pm. When violin virtuoso Laura Hartley’s priceless instrument is stolen, her celebrated European
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Rosemary’s Book of the Week
The Occupation Chloe Adams Don’t miss Chloe and author Alli Sinclair on Wednesday 6 August at 6pm. In the autumn of 1949, two women convene in the parlour of an upmarket Melbourne hotel. Tess is married and childless. Mary, unwed and pregnant. Over thirty minutes, Mary agrees to a life-altering pact: to hand over her
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Rare Book Week Melbourne | Rare Books in Mechanics’ Institutes: Uncover Hidden Treasures
July 30 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Victorian History Library Rare Books in Mechanics’ Institutes Join our expert panel featuring librarians from three historic Victorian institutions: the PMI Victorian History Library (est. 1854), Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute (est. 1859), and Athenaeum Library (est. 1839). Delve into the rich history of these community
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Rosemary’s Book of the Week
My Name is Emilia del Valle Isabel Allende Abandoned at birth by her Chilean aristocrat father, Emilia comes of age in nineteenth-century San Francisco as an independent and fiercely ambitious young woman, decades ahead of her time. She will do whatever it takes to pursue her life’s passion for writing, even if it means pubishing under
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Laura J Fitzwilson, Book Launch – The Fool
August 23 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Heritage Reading Room The Fool Laura J. Fitzwilson After his parents and brother are assassinated, Leo is forced to become king of the smallest country on a continent that looks an awful lot like Australia. He faces a kingdom on the brink of bankruptcy and a mistimed
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In Conversation with Rachael Johns
November 6 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Lucky Sisters Rachael Johns The breakout blockbuster of the year – a deeply moving novel about life, death and the miracles in between, by the award-winning author of The Patterson Girls. The Lucky Sisters…Will their luck run out… What would you do
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In Conversation with Gabriel Bergmoser
September 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets High Rise Gabriel Bergmoser ‘An expertly executed shot of adrenaline’ – Laura McCluskey ‘Grabs you by the throat and hurls you striaght into the action – Brutally good fun’ – Michael Trant Bestselling author Gabriel Bergmoser returns with his most electrifying novel
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In Conversation with Rozzi Bazzani
October 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets One Night Rozzi Bazzani One Night – Two Bodies – Three Crimes When Detective Sergeant Bec Harpin answers a call for help from her friend, barrister Carolyn Moorhouse, she suddenly finds herself on the wrong side of an investigation that threatens to
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Rosemary’s Book of the Week
Irma Gold. Shift In the year of the 70th anniversary of the Freedom Charter – which outlined the principles of democracy and freedom in South Africa – comes a novel set in the township where it was signed. Shift asks us to examine both the world around us…and ourselves. Arlie is a moderately successful thirty-something photographer who
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