Join us alongside our friends at Words on the Waves for their next Central Coast Reads event featuring author Michael Burge.

Central Coast Reads is an annual coast-wide reading program where organisations, local libraries, book clubbers and individuals are all encouraged to read the one book to foster larger conversations about reading, important themes and to engage with others in the community.

Michael will be in conversation at Brentwood Village, Kincumber, and will discuss his novel Tank Water.

BOOK FACE Erina will have copies available to purchase at the event, which will feature a signing after the discussion.

This event is hosted by Words on the Waves and is free to attend. RSVPs are essential - to reserve your seat, please visit their website here.

Join us in store at BOOK FACE Erina for a fun-filled morning with author and illustrator extraordinaire, Sami Bayly!

Sami will be hosting a children’s drawing workshop. After this, you can get your book signed by Sami and ask any questions you may have.

This is a free event and RSVPs are essential. Confirm your spot via the RSVP button below.

About The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Fast and Slow Animals:

Whether you like to take things fast or slow, you will lose yourself in this stunning encyclopaedia filled with incredible detailed illustrations and fun facts about some of the most fascinating fast and slow animals in the natural world.

Featuring facts and astonishing illustrations about sixty amazing fast and slow animals, including the super speedy black marlin, the cheetah and the gentoo penguin, and the oh-so-slow dwarf seahorse, the gila monster and the immortal jellyfish.

Children and adults alike will wonder at these speedy and not-so-speedy animals.

Looking for some school holidays fun? Get ready to dream up a story and watch it leap off the page!

Join author Kristin Darell and illustrator Jade Goodwin in this hands-on workshop where writing and drawing come together. Kristin will help you spark a story with words, then Jade will show you how to bring those ideas to life through illustration.

You’ll bounce between storytelling and sketching, adding twists, turns, and visual details until your characters are ready for their big debut.

By the end, you’ll have created your own mini masterpiece, story and art included!

This event is hosted by the Central Coast Library Service and is a ticketed event, with tickets priced at $8. To book your spot, visit their website here. Bookings opening Monday 15 September, 8am. 

BOOK FACE Erina will have a selection of Kristin and Jade’s books available for purchase on the day.

Suitable for ages: 7-12 years 

Join us in store at BOOK FACE Port Macquarie for a fun-filled morning with author and illustrator extraordinaire, Sami Bayly!

Sami will be meeting fans and signing books from 2pm. Budding illustrators will have an opportunity to join Sami’s workshop from 3:30pm!

This is a free event and RSVPs are essential. Confirm your spot via the RSVP button below.

About The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Fast and Slow Animals:

Whether you like to take things fast or slow, you will lose yourself in this stunning encyclopaedia filled with incredible detailed illustrations and fun facts about some of the most fascinating fast and slow animals in the natural world.

Featuring facts and astonishing illustrations about sixty amazing fast and slow animals, including the super speedy black marlin, the cheetah and the gentoo penguin, and the oh-so-slow dwarf seahorse, the gila monster and the immortal jellyfish.

Children and adults alike will wonder at these speedy and not-so-speedy animals.

Please note that the workshop allocation is full but you can still meet the fabulous Sami Bayly at her launch! Please RSVP below.

Join us online via Zoom at 10am, Thursday 25th September as we discuss Tenderfoot by Toni Jordan.

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.

BOOK FACE Erina is excited to team up with Bound & Bloom for their latest book crawl, featuring author Gabi White.

Join us here at BOOK FACE Erina at 11:15am for an in conversation with Gabi White, featuring her new novel, Bloom.

This is just one stop on the book crawl - you can find out more information via Bound & Bloom’s Instagram page. If you’d like to partake in the full book crawl, you can purchase your ticket at their website here.

All Kids Can Be Readers

Teachers, parents and aspiring writers have a opportunity to engage with the Children’s Laureate and one of Australia’s most beloved children’s authors, Sally Rippin.

Hear Sally talk about challenging the traditional ways of how children learn to read, the importance of being included in hearing and sharing stories and how we can make reading accessible to all children—including those who find it most challenging.

The session aligns with the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, making it an essential opportunity for professional learning. Sally’s appearance is made possible through support from the Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation.

This free event hosted by The Words on the Waves Writers Festival and the Central Coast branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia. The event will be moderated by children’s author and education advisor for the Melbourne Writers Festival, Karys McEwan.

Bookings essential. Book online, ask in any Central Coast Council library, or phone 4304 7650.

BOOK FACE Erina will have copies of both Sally and Karys’ books available for purchase on the night.

Join us at Erina Library as Michael Brissenden and Paul Daley discuss the crime genre and their latest crime novels.

Michael Brissenden's new book, 'Dust', is a dark, gripping thriller that explores the complexities of identity, a search for truth, and the unyielding forces of corruption in a world where lives are lived on the fringe.

Paul Daley's new book, 'The Leap', is a pulse-pounding throat-punch of a literary thriller, filled with humour, horror, blistering historical truths, indelible characters and a final twist that will take your breath away.

Book Face Erina will have copies of Michael and Paul's novels available for purchase.

This is a free event and all are welcome. To reserve your seat reach out to the library here.

Join us online via Zoom at 10am, Thursday 28th August as we discuss The Midnight Estate by Kelly Rimmer.

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 Erina Library for an author talk with Sophie Green as she presents her novel Lessons in love at the Seaside Salon.

Set in Terrigal in the 1980s, Lessons in love at the Seaside Salon is an uplifting and heart-warming novel about four women, four loves, and four life-changing stories. At a little salon by the sea - on the windblown Central Coast - four different women with intertwined lives will find
themselves through love, heartbreak and learning to love again.

Drawing inspiration from Terrigal, Sophie Green presents her latest novel that tells a beautiful and bittersweet story full of local scenery.

Book Face Erina will have copies of Sophie's novel available for purchase at the event.

This is a free event and all are welcome. To reserve your seat, please visit the library’s website here or call them on (02) 4304 7650.

Discover the life of entertainment industry trailblazer Lee Gordon, in the latest book by bestselling music biographer, Jeff Apter.

Jeff Apter is the author of more than 30 biographies about the world of music and musicians, his subjects including Keith Urban, the Bee Gees and AC/DC.

Lee Gordon is remembered as the man responsible for the billion-dollar entertainment industry in Australia today, after confounding Post-War Australia with his crass, loud and outspoken focus on making money.

You can find out more about his life and legacy with music biographer Jeff Apter live in conversation at our Broadbeach Library, as he shares the history behind the man in his new book Lee Gordon Presents.

BOOK FACE Erina is celebrating Book Week with an in-store signing, featuring author Fiona Lloyd.

Fiona will be available to sign books and answer any burning questions you may have from 11am-2pm.

About the book:

A gently funny yet powerful coming-of-age middle grade novel about surviving the odds, unlikely friendships and the magical music of Elvis.

It’s not eggsactly easy being Jimmy Baxter 'cause:
· The real Jimmy's hiding inside
· Ned Kelly’s giving him the evil eye
· Mum’s stopped going to work and stays in bed
· There’s no eggs in the fridge — or anything else.
AND there’s new jobs, bad-at-school brains and a whole lot of trouble called Duke.
But then . . . there’s Mac.

Guest of Honour: Fiona McIntosh

Please join us as we celebrate the best of Australian crime & mystery fiction in all its dark, gritty and gripping forms. With panels and workshops from best selling authors and industry professionals including Fiona McIntosh, Ali Lowe, Georgia Harper, Hayley Scrivenor, Dinuka McKenzie, Angie Faye Martin, January Gilchrist and more!

Currumbin Crime Writers Festival is a brand new literary festival designed to give writers and readers a place to connect, learn, and be inspired. Come along to the packed schedule of creative workshops, entertaining panel discussions, and book signings.

Join us for an entertaining and informative evening with health advocate and journalist Shelly Horton, as she shares her perimenopause book!

Shelly is a journalist, TV presenter and runs her own company ShellShocked Media. She’s a fierce advocate for women’s health, and loud-and-proud peri warrior, taking the crusade out into workplaces and making sure businesses stop pretending that menopause doesn’t exist.

In I’m Your Peri Godmother, Shelly tackles the truth about perimenopause with humour, real-life stories and expert-backed advice to help women aged 35 to 55 navigate this often-misunderstood stage of life, the hormonal upheaval that landed her in the ICU.

Discover the gripping gothic debut thriller 'The Final Chapter', by Brisbane-based mystery writer January Gilchrist.

Calling all fans of Benjamin Stevenson and Perfect Nine Strangers! Join us with author January Gilchrist as she discusses her debut thriller The Final Chapter at Southport Library.

The Final Chapter is a story about writerly ambition, self-discovery and of course, revenge. When writers Desley Barron, Colette Halifax and Maia McKenzie arrive at a secluded and exclusive writing retreat in the Blue Mountains, all have come with different motivations – to overcome a flagging writing career, to hide from a looming scandal, and to come face to face with the man who murdered her mother. All three women have a secret they’ll do anything to keep hidden.

"Gilchrist hooked me good and proper. What a cracking mystery debut!"
– Trent Dalton

Meet ‘The Beauty and the Ghost’, for a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the unique and often intimate process of ghost writing.

Meet the faces behind 'The Beauty and the Ghost' as they join us in conversation at Broadbeach Library. Felicia Djamirze, the former Miss Australia, convicted drug trafficker and gangland girlfriend turned women’s justice advocate. Her searingly honest tale of an extraordinary life is the subject of a brand new book Accessory, written with seasoned journalist Erin O'Dwyer.

Behind every criminal man is a young, glamorous woman profiting from his crimes. Or, at least, so the media suggests. Entering this shadowy world, she became both a perpetrator and a victim, an accessory and a rebel. But eventually, the law would catch up with her in spectacular and violent ways - and it would make her rethink everything.

No. 1 bestselling author Michael Robotham returns with a nail-biting PC Phil McCarthy novel, and joins us live at the library!

As the daughter of a London crime boss, Police Constable Philomena McCarthy walks a thin blue line keeping the two sides of her complicated life apart.

On patrol one night she discovers a child in pyjamas, wandering alone. Taking Daisy home, Phil uncovers the aftermath of a deadly home invasion, as three miles away a prominent jeweller is found strapped to an explosive in his ransacked store. The crimes are linked, and all the evidence points to Phil’s father as the mastermind.

As Phil’s two worlds collide, she’s trapped in the middle of a vicious gang war that will threaten her career and everyone she loves. Who can she trust – the badge or her own blood?

Join us alongside our friends at Words on the Waves for their next Central Coast Reads event, this time featuring author Julie Janson.

Central Coast Reads is an annual coast-wide reading program where organisations, local libraries, book clubbers and individuals are all encouraged to read the one book to foster larger conversations about reading, important themes and to engage with others in the community.

Julie will be in conversation at Brentwood Village, Kincumber, and will discuss her novel Benevolence.

BOOK FACE Erina will have copies available to purchase at the event, which will feature a signing after the discussion.

This event is hosted by Words on the Waves and is free to attend. RSVPs are essential - to reserve your seat, please visit their website here.

Join us online via Zoom at 10am, Thursday 31st July as we discuss The Names by Florence Knapp.

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 as Australian BookTok Star Stacey McEwan chats to fellow fantasy author Sarah A. Parker about her new slow burn romantasy novel.

Nina and Patrick are 12 years old when they’re whisked to the dazzling Belavere City to be tested for their magical abilities. Nina’s lifelong dream is to become an Artisan, a powerful elemental mage, while Patrick only wants to return to his family of Craftsmen.

Years later, their paths cross again, and despite the years, they haven’t forgotten each other and are forced to make decisions that will change the fate of the world.

Meet the bestselling author of 'Invisible Boys', as he joins us in person to talk about his new gritty and heartfelt queer coming-of-age story

Giacomo Brolo, aka Jack, is a mess, working in piecemeal construction and estranged from his family and friends. But when he returns to his hometown for a family wedding, his past soon catches up with him.

As he grapples with his deeply conservative family, the news that he conceived a son with his teenage girlfriend, and an old love who rejected him, Jack has to decide whether he can open himself up to the possibility of love, found family and connection.

Bestselling crime and thriller author Matt Rogers is joining us live at the library!

For ten years, Logan Booth served as a contract killer for the CIA, he just never knew it. Only in the twilight of his career does Logan learn how he’s been used for furthering government interests.

When one of Logan’s oldest friends, an investigative reporter, is brutally and inexplicably murdered, Logan goes to war with the dark and powerful forces at work behind the scenes in order to deliver justice.

Byron Bay author P.A. Thomas joins us to chat about The Sunbaker, his new beachside page-turner, the follow-up mystery to The Beacon.

When overworked forensic pathologist Nicola Fox arrives at her Brunswick Heads holiday house for a long-overdue break, she’s shocked to discover a sunbaker in her backyard who’s been dead for some time.

With rumours circling that the victim took some dark secrets to the grave that people were keen to bury, Nicola finds herself a suspect. She turns to Jack Harris, a local journalist at The Beacon, for help. But with threats escalating, will Jack uncover who really killed the sunbaker?