Our book for May is Theory & Practice by Michelle De Kretser.

Join us in store at 6pm on Friday 30th May to discuss this Stella shortlisted title. Feel free to bring along snacks, friends, or recommendations for your favourite books.

One of the most anticipated literary releases of the year, this gripping novel changes the game on what fiction can be and do.

It's 1986, and 'beautiful, radical ideas' are in the air. A young woman arrives in Melbourne to research the novels of Virginia Woolf. In bohemian St Kilda she meets artists, activists, students-and Kit. He claims to be in a 'deconstructed' relationship, and they become lovers. Meanwhile, her work on the Woolfmother falls into disarray.

Theory & Practice is a mesmerising account of desire and jealousy, truth and shame. It makes and unmakes fiction as we read, expanding our notion of what a novel can contain.

Michelle de Kretser, one of Australia's most celebrated writers, bends fiction, essay and memoir into exhilarating new shapes to uncover what happens when life smashes through the boundaries of art.

Join us online via Zoom at 10am, Thursday 29th May, as we discuss our book club picks, ‘Lyrebird’ by Jane Caro and ‘One Hundred Years of Betty’ by Debra Oswald.

This month you can choose to read one, or both, of the picks - the choice is yours!

Our book club is a free monthly event and all are welcome.

If you’d like to join in, send us an email at erina@bookfacestores.com.au for more details, or call the store on (02) 4365 5288.

It’s time for our second Speak Up poetry night of 2025!

Speak Up is a spoken word poetry event, hosted by Will Small from Lead By Story and held at BOOK FACE Erina.

Anyone and everyone is welcome to come along and share a poem with the group. This is a free to attend evening with sign ups starting at 6:45pm and the night kicking off at 7pm.

Any questions? Simply email us at erina@bookfacestores.com.au

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS UNFORTUNATELY BEEN CANCELLED, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.

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Join us at BOOK FACE St Ives as we enter the apocalyptic world of Landfall by James Bradley.

In an already swamped city, a disastrous weather system looms, making the search to find a missing child urgent.

A missing child.

A city on edge.

Time is running out…

The world is in the grip of climate catastrophe. Sydney has been transformed by rising sea levels, soaring temperatures and rocketing social divide and unrest.

When a small girl on the margins goes missing, Senior Detective Sadiya Azad is assigned to find her. She knows exactly what it is to be displaced, and swallowed by the landscape. A murder at the site of the child’s disappearance suggests a connection and web of corruption, but fear keeps eyes turned and mouths closed.

With few leads to go on and only days until a deadly storm strikes the city, Sadiya and offsider Detective Sergeant Paul Findlay find themselves locked in a race against time.

Chilling and utterly compelling, Landfall is crime writing at its best – and a terrifying vision of the future bearing down on us.

‘Australia’s literary Nostradamus’ – The Weekend Australian

When: Thursday, 8 May

Where: BOOK FACE St Ives

Cost: FREE, RSVPs are essential

Join us online via Zoom at 10am, Thursday 24th April, as we discuss our book club pick, ‘The Women’ by Kristin Hannah.

Our book club is a free monthly event and all are welcome.

If you’d like to join in, send us an email at erina@bookfacestores.com.au for more details, or call the store on (02) 4365 5288.

Award-winning journalist and author Jane Caro returns with her latest unputdownable thriller, Lyrebird.

Lyrebirds are brilliant mimics, and when young ornithology student Jessica hears one mimic the sound of a woman screaming in terror and begging for her life, she’s convinced they’ve witnessed a violent crime that must have taken place nearby. However, with no body or missing person, despite the support of a newly minted detective Megan, her evidence is dismissed.

Twenty years later, when a body is unearthed exactly where Jessica said it would be, Jessica - now an associate professor - and Megan - recently retired - reunite and join forces to head up the investigation, and find the killer.

Lyrebird combines the perfect mix of ingredients for crime fiction readers: a retired detective lured back into an irresistible case, a cold case, a missing teenager and a watcher who may or may not be a serial killer.

Known for her straight-talking style, social commentary and fearless attitude when it comes to discussing the big issues, in Lyrebird, Jane Caro shines a light on the tragedy of domestic violence, and illuminates the injustices perpetrated against women.

In conjunction with CBCA Central Coast, BOOK FACE Erina are excited to host the Central Coast book launch for ‘Tubowgule: A Sydney Opera House History’, written by Melissa-Jane Fogarty and illustrated by Dylan Finney.

About the book:

A fascinating and inclusive history of one of Australia's greatest landmarks, the Sydney Opera House, and the land on which it is built. This is the story of Tubowgule.

The Sydney Opera House is an Australian icon and a building recognised all around the world, but the land on which it stands has a long history. We step back in time to when Tubowgule was a ceremonial place for the Gadi people and we follow along as the land is claimed by the colonisers and then takes on various forms and uses before it comes back around again as a place to gather and share song, dance and culture.

About the event:

Melissa-Jane Fogarty and Dylan Finney will be in conversation with author Fiona Lloyd, as they discuss their new picture book and the Indigenous history of an iconic landmark.

This is a free to attend event and all are welcome. RSVPs are essential - you can RSVP by emailing us at erina@bookfacestores.com.au or by calling us on (02) 4365 5288.

We can’t wait to support this fantastic children’s picture book, and hope you can join us in celebrating here in store. Copies will be available for purchase on the night, with a signing to follow.

Author and award-winning journalist Grantlee Kieza shares the inspiring true story of a swimming champion and Hollywood star in AnAnnette Kellerman, Australian Mermaid.

From musical beginnings, to becoming a swimming champion and Hollywood sex symbol, Annette Kellerman’s story and spirit is one that inspired millions.

Born in 1886, Annette Kellerman was always ahead of her time. When a childhood illness saw her take up swimming as therapy, she discovered an ability that led to her becoming an Australian champion and attempting to cross the English Channel at only 18 years of age.

Scandalising the public with a one-piece swimming costume that exposed her legs and arms, Annette’s promotion of the outfit changed fashion forever and popularised the sport for women who were empowered to wear more liberating outfits.

Although Annette also went on to find Hollywood fame, her Annette’s greatest achievements are her promotion of health, fitness and independence for women, living out her later years right here on the Gold Coast.

All of It is a collection of essays written with honesty, humour and empathy, and invites readers into Brooke’s world as she reflects on different aspects of her life and will appeal to fans of Dolly Alderton’s Everything I Know About Love.

In All of It, Brooke discusses the various forms of love – romantic, familial and platonic to concerns that make up your early 30s – fertility, ageing, career progression, to her identity as an Indigenous woman.

Brooke Boney is a proud Gamilaroi woman, and journalist who has worked in radio, print and television, including Triple J, and most recently on Nine’s Today show.

As a journalist and storyteller with a background in political journalism, Brooke has covered everything from federal election campaigns, the awards season in LA, the death of basketball star Kobe Bryant, to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Join us at Erina Library as historian Patricia Skehan reveals riveting secrets from the diaries of James Armitage, a young Sydney man, as well as the writings of General Sir John Monash, the military mastermind leading the Anzac troops.

The impact of World War I still ripples through time. In 'The Secrets if Anzac Ridge: Flanders 1917' Patricia Skehan brings to light secret details of Anzac experiences on the Western Front.

'The Secrets of Anzac Ridge' shows us how much humans care for each other even when the world is at its darkest, illuminating the courage and heart of those living in the trenches.

You can RSVP to this event by visiting the library’s website here.

BOOK FACE Erina will be there on the day if you’d like to purchase a copy. We look forward to seeing you there.

Join us at Erina Library as Janette Paul presents her latest novel, 'The View from the Balcony.'

Following three women in various life stages, 'The View from the Balcony,' tells an uplifting story of these women as they navigate different life challenges. Celebrate the healing power of friendship in Janette's heart-warming and evocative novel about love, friendship, and family.

You can RSVP by visiting the library’s website here.

BOOK FACE Erina will be there on the day if you’d like to purchase a copy. We look forward to seeing you there!

New York Times bestseller Natasha Lester is back with her latest heart-breaking historical novel, The Mademoiselle Alliance.

Inspired by a true story, The Mademoiselle Alliance follows the journey of Marie-Madeleine, a young, glamorous Parisienne mother who led the largest spy network in France.

From 1928 in Morocco to 1938 in Paris, Marie-Madeleine is an adventurer, dabbling in intelligence work for the government. As Europe faces war, a mysterious codenamed man Navarre recruits her to help build a resistance network known as the Alliance. Marie-Madeline then embarks on a perilous double life away from her children and the man she loves.

Based on the true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the only woman to lead a resistance network in WWII France, The Mademoiselle Alliance brings her story of epic love, tragic loss and magnificent leadership to life.

Join us online via Zoom at 10am, Thursday 27th March, as we discuss our book club pick, ‘Wild Dark Shore’ by Charlotte McConaghy.

Our book club is a free monthly event and all are welcome.

If you’d like to join in, send us an email at erina@bookfacestores.com.au for more details, or call the store on (02) 4365 5288.

Join us at BOOK FACE Erina for the book launch of Cold Truth by Ashley Kalagian Blunt.

Known for her previous books Dark Mode, How To Be Australian, and My Name is Revenge, Ashley’s latest novel takes place in the freezing subtemperate Winnipeg and follows Harlow, who is intent on finding out what happened to her missing father.

Ashley will be joined in conversation with fellow author Anna Downes (The Safe Place, The Shadow House, Red River Road). This will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

This event is free to attend and all are welcome. RSVPs are essential - please RSVP by emailing the store at erina@bookfacestores.com.au.

Meet Claire Van Ryn, bestselling Australian author as she talks about her brand new novel Where the Birds Call Her Name.

Set in the breathtaking landscape of Tasmania’s majestic north-west, Where the Birds Call Her Name is a moving and evocative novel of family bonds and betrayals.

Intertwining stories from 1968 and 2023, Saskia seeks the truth about her mother’s mysterious past, accompanied by her young daughter Anouk who shares her late grandmother’s fascination with birds. In the process of solving the puzzle of her mother’s childhood, Saskia also rediscovers who she really is and a truth she never knew she was searching for.

Meet bestselling writer Debra Oswald as she reveals the epic century-long story of Betty, in her moving and funny new novel.

One Hundred Years of Betty tells the inspiring story of one woman’s lifetime, her joys and sorrows, battles and victories, set against the backdrop of changing world events and social upheavals.

We meet Betty on the eve of her 100th birthday party. She’s a strong, intelligent, and curious woman born at a time when women had to fight for recognition. Born into poverty in pre-war London, Betty grew up during the Blitz, and migrated to Australia. Betty’s story takes us to the frontlines of the anti-war protests and the women's liberation movement of the 1970s, to the AIDS crisis during the 1980s, and to eventually becoming a writer. In her 90s, Betty is still passionately engaged with the world.

Debra Oswald is a playwright, screenwriter and bestselling author. She was the creator and head writer of the hit TV series Offspring and is the author of bestselling novels including The Family Doctor. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear her live in conversation as she shares her own journey of writing this epic novel with us.

Love an rural Aussie romance? Bestselling author Stella Quinn is back with her latest heart-warming tale, A Snowy River Summer.

Known for her fresh, funny, and down-to-earth romances set in true-blue Aussie settings, A Snowy River Summer is perfect for fans of Rachael Johns and Alissa Callen.

Mechanic Kylie Summer is looking for love in her country town in the Snowies, which has a shortage of eligible blokes. When arrogant city lawyer Damon shows up, he’s a bad decision waiting to happen, but maybe love can be found in unexpected places!