Dymocks Bookstore

Maeve O'Meara is the presenter and producer of the enormously popular series Food Safari made for SBS Television. Her new book Food Safari takes the reader on an adventure into 34 diverse and fascinating cuisines by exploring the basic ingredients of each cuisine and making the exotic familiar. Offering simple foolproof recipes that anyone can cook at home it is a fascinating journey into new worlds, making delicious discoveries.

Belconnen

When: Wednesday, 17th November 2009
What: Maeve O'Meara Signing
Time: 11:00pm-12.30pm
Where: Dymocks Belconnen
Shop T210, Westfield Shoppingtown
Benjamin Way, Belconnen ACT 2617
Info:02 6251 2850
Cost: Free

 

Diana Gabaldon is the best-selling author of the Outlander series which tells the story of Jamie Fraser, a Scottish Highlander from the 18th century, and his time-travelling wife, Claire. Her books are difficult to classify by genre as they contain elements of romantic fiction, historical fiction and science fiction, in the form of time travel.

Although American by birth, Diana has become fascinated by the history of Scotland, England, France and the USA in the mid-18th century when the struggles that would determine the shape of the modern world were taking place.

An Echo in the Bone is Diana's latest novel. In the wake of a devastating fire in the mountains of North Carolina, Highlander Jamie Fraser and his English wife find themselves homeless and without family, in the midst of the gathering storm of revolution. And thanks to his time-travelling wife’s information, he knows what the coming spring of 1778 will bring.

Belconnen

When: Wednesday, 18th November 2009
What: Diana Literary Event
Time: 6:00pm-7.30pm
Where:Belconnen Arts Centre
Emu Bank Belconnen ACT
Info:02 6251 2850
Cost:$22  (Tickets available in-store) 

 

Ray Martin needs no introduction. Well known as the face of the Midday Show, A Current Affair, 60 Minutes, Carols by Candlelight... If you trust anyone on Australian television, you trust Ray Martin.

But Ray's was a less than stellar introduction to the glamorous world of television. Before he had even got to high school, he had lived in thirteen different places, in three Australian states, mostly in the bush. His father was a violent, drinking man who would lash out at his wife and children. His mother would uproot the family across to the other side of Australia to escape him. Ray's world was as far away from Hollywood and movie stars and the bright lights as is possible to imagine.

Here, now, in his own words, is the long-awaited, warts-and-all autobiography of Ray Martin, his exceptional career, his happy marriage to Dianne, and his lasting love-affair with the people of Australia.

Funny, thought-provoking and inspiring, this is the most compelling autobiography you will read this year.

Canberra City

When: Tuesday, 24th November 2009
What: Ray Martin Signing
Time: 12.30pm-1.30pm
Where: Dymocks Canberra City
Shop DF 18, Canberra Centre (Upper Floor, Near Pumpkin Patch) Bunda Street, Canberra City 2601
Info: 02 6257 5057
Cost: Free

 

Ray Martin needs no introduction. Well known as the face of the Midday Show, A Current Affair, 60 Minutes, Carols by Candlelight... If you trust anyone on Australian television, you trust Ray Martin.

But Ray's was a less than stellar introduction to the glamorous world of television. Before he had even got to high school, he had lived in thirteen different places, in three Australian states, mostly in the bush. His father was a violent, drinking man who would lash out at his wife and children. His mother would uproot the family across to the other side of Australia to escape him. Ray's world was as far away from Hollywood and movie stars and the bright lights as is possible to imagine.

Here, now, in his own words, is the long-awaited, warts-and-all autobiography of Ray Martin, his exceptional career, his happy marriage to Dianne, and his lasting love-affair with the people of Australia.

Funny, thought-provoking and inspiring, this is the most compelling autobiography you will read this year.

Tuggeranong

When: Wednesday, 25th November 2009
What: Ray Martin Signing
Time: 12.30pm-1.30pm
Where: Dymocks Tuggeranong ACT
Shop 111, Hyperdome, Anketell Street, TUGGERANONG ACT 2900
Info: 02 6293 9055
Cost: Free

Belconnen

When: Wednesday, 25th November 2009
What: Ray Martin Signing
Time: 4:30pm-6.30pm
Where: Dymocks Belconnen
Shop T210, Westfield Shoppingtown
Benjamin Way, Belconnen ACT 2617
Info:02 6251 2850
Cost: Free