Dymocks Bookstore

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.

Venue: The Hotel Windsor, 111 Spring Street, Melbourne

Date: Thursday 12th  November 2009

Time: 12 for 12.15pm

Tickets: SOLD OUT
$74 Dymocks Booklovers and Age Subscribers, $82 General Admission

Bookings: 03 9660 8500 Email levents@dymocks.com.au

Cadel Evans is arguably Australia’s greatest cyclist, but he is by no means a typical sporting hero. Born in Katherine, he became one of the best mountain bike riders in the world. A master of one of the most solitary sports, Cadel has contested the most sophisticated cycling team sport in the world, finishing second by less than a minute in the 2007 and 2008 editions of the Tour de France.

In his first ever book, co-written by Rob Arnold , Cadel Evans: Close to Flying Cadel talks candidly and philosophically about his sport. He speaks with love, respect and also frustration at its imperfections including his many rivals caught on drugs. His drive and focus and frustrations are as candid as are his love of his sport and his belief in charities and political causes.

Date: Thursday 19th November 2009
Venue:ANZ Pavilion at the Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Time: 6.30pm
Tickets: SOLD OUT
$18 Dymocks Booklovers and Age Subscribers, $20 General Admission
Bookings: 03 9660 8500 Email levents@dymocks.com.au

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Venue: ANZ Pavilion at the Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Date: Monday 23rd November 2009
Time: 6.30pm
Tickets: $18 Dymocks Booklovers and Age Subscribers, $20 General Admission
Bookings: Phone 03 9660 8500 or Email levents@dymocks.com.au

Di Morrissey is one of the most successful writers Australia has ever produced and with fifteen consecutive bestsellers to her name she shows no sign of slowing down. Di trained as a journalist with Australian Consolidated Press and became Women's Editor for The Daily Mail Group in London and worked as a creative copywriter for Ogilvy and Mather Advertising.

She had her own television program in the United States on CBS and was a regular presenter on Network 10 Australia. In addition to radio broadcasting, she has written for TV, film and theatre.

The Silent Country is a vast and beautiful wilderness, a place which holds secrets and stories that are rarely spoken. TV producer, Veronica Anderson, travels to the Northern Territory to retrace the journey of an expedition that had set out fifty years earlier to film the outback, but which mysteriously ended in tragedy.

Date: Tuesday 17th November 2009
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: CQ Functions, 113 Queen St, Melbourne
Cost: $36 General Admission

Price includes beverages and canapés, author talk and book signing.

Bookings Essential: Phone 03 9660 8500 or Email levents@dymocks.com.au

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.
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.

When: Wednesday 11 November 2009
Time: 6:30 - 9:00pm
Venue: Upstairs at Georges*
Tickets: $55.00 Dymocks Booklovers Members
$60 General Admission (book signing after dinner) and price includes main course, dessert, tea, coffee and drinks.
*Please note Georges does not have wheelchair access upstairs
Bookings Required by 9th November 2009
Phone: 03 9882 0032 Fax 03 9882 0286
Email: camberwell@dymocks.com.au

Sip tea with Paullina Simons who will be talking about her most recent book, A Song In The Daylight. The is based on love, betrayal and redemption against the odds.

When: Thursday 12th November
Time: Cocktail party 6.30pm to 9.00pm
Venue: Arts Centre ANZ Pavillion 100 St.Kilda Road Melbourne
Tickets: $30.00 per head
All attendees receive a free copy of the Bronze Horseman, valued $24.99
Bookings Required by 10th November 2009
Phone: 03 9882 0032 Fax 03 9882 0286
Email: Camberwell@dymocks.com.au

Come into Dymocks Easland on Tuesday 17th November and get your copy of Side By Side: A Season With Collingwood signed by 2 Collingwood players!

Date: Tuesday 17th November
Venue: Dymocks Eastland
Time: 1.30pm - 2.30pm
Cost: Free
Enquiries: 03 9876 8255

Australia’s Hippest Sommelier is Back!

Skint? Dining? Drinking? Splurging? Or just want to know the best wines you should be drinking right now?
Matt Skinner and Dymocks Melbourne invite you to spend an evening sipping and sampling some of his ‘best of’ picks for 2010. And as the sommelier and head of Wine Operations for Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen restaurants, he definitely knows his wine!

Now an author, writer, consultant and educator, Matt is known for his refreshing take on wine, and his knack for making it simple. Join us for an evening of wine sampling and some time drinking in the wine wisdom of Matt Skinner, author of The Juice 2010.

Date: Friday 20th November
Time: 6.00pm
Venue: Dymocks Melbourne 234 Collins Street
Cost: FREE but hurry, as bookings are essential!
Bookings & Enquiries: Phone 03 9660 8500 or Email levents@dymocks.com.au

Dr Karl has taken on Santa Claus, atom bombs, ‘friendly’ dolphins and ‘killer’ whales, meteors, black holes, string theory and camel’s humps. In his 28th book, Never Mind the Bullocks: Here’s the Science, he continues his crusade to keep the world a rational place by answering vital questions like ‘Are white cats deaf?’ and ‘Will lemon juice make you slimmer?’

Date: Friday 20th November
Venue: Dymocks Collins Place
Shop 31-32, 45 Collins St
(Cnr Exhibition Street)
Time: 12.00pm
Cost: Free
Enquiries: 03 9650 9755

Alex Miller has been awarded many Australian and International prestigious Literary Awards including the Miles Franklin Award which he won in 1993 for The Ancestor Game and in 2003 for Journey to the Stone Country; he has also been shortlisted for this award twice. In 2008 he received the Manning Clark Cultural Award for an outstanding contribution to the quality of Australian Culture. He was cofounder of the Anthill Theatre and a founding member of the Melbourne Writers' Theatre and lives with his wife in Castlemaine, Victoria.

Alex will present his latest book Lovesong, a simple enough story of marriage, human frailties and passions, love and struggle; raising questions of morals and purpose but told with Miller’s distinctive, intelligent, compassionate voice it is deeply moving. The settings of Paris and Melbourne, memories of Tunisian family life, culture and its music are evocatively woven into the story.

When: Monday November 23, 2009
Time: 6.30 pm - 9.00 pm [Book signing afterwards]
Venue: Ebony Quill Cafe
The Well-793 Burke Road
[Next To Dymocks Camberwell]
Tickets: $ 40.00 Dymocks Booklover Members
$ 45.00 General Admission
Price includes main course, dessert, tea/coffee/drinks
Bookings Required by November 20, 2009
Phone: 03 9882 0032 Fax: 03 9882 0286
Email: camberwell@dymocks.com.au

MEET AUTHOR MARION ROBERTS

Marion says she started writing because she wanted a job she could do in her pyjamas. Also, her friends kept saying her emails were too long, and she needed to find another place to put her stories.

Her new book Mostly Sunny with a chance of storms follows the success of her previous story Sunny Side Up Melbourne author Marion Roberts always wanted to be a fashion designer, but studied science, alternative medicine and psychotherapy instead.She has also worked as a naturopath and also a chef, as well as teaching people to cook.

When: Thursday 19 November 2009
Time: 4.30 pm
Venue: Ebony Quill Café
Next to Dymocks in The Well
793 Burke Road
Camberwell

JOIN US FOR THIS FREE EVENT
Limited Seats
Bookings Required by 17 November, 2009
Phone: 03 9882 0032 Fax: 03 9882 0286
Email: camberwell@dymocks.com.au

In many ways Ray Martin needs no introduction. He is well known to most people from the many years he hosted the television programs The Midday Show,Current Affairs, Carols by Candlelight and his time as a reporter for 60 Minutes, but not many know the real story behind Ray’s rise to stardom.

Ray presents his eagerly anticipated autobiography ’Stories of My Life’, revealing a difficult childhood. His mother moved the family regularly to escape his violent, hard drinking father and he had lived in thirteen places, across three states, before he even started high school. Far from being crushed by these experiences, Ray drew strength from his mother and sisters and developed an irrepressible sense of humour. Fortunately his adult life bought the stability of a happy family and long marriage to his wife Dianne. In this book Ray offers a wartsandall look at this life, his exceptional career interviewing many famous personalties and his lasting love affair with the Australian people.

You can meet this charming celebrity and share his stories over dinner.

When: Monday November 30, 2009
Time: 6.30pm - 9.00pm
Venue: Upstairs at Georges*
819 Burke Road, Camberwell
Tickets: $ 55.00 Dymocks Booklover Members
$ 60.00 General Admission
[Book signing afterward]
Price includes main course, dessert, tea/coffee/drinks
* Please Note - Georges does not have wheelchair access upstairs

Bookings Required by November 27, 2009
Phone: 03 9882 0032 Fax: 03 9882 0286
Email: camberwell@dymocks.com.au

Come and join in a romping stomping monster morning at Dymocks Melbourne!

To celebrate Marice Sendak’s classic storybook, and the impending release of the Where The Wild Things Are movie, we are set to enjoy a fantastic morning of activities based on the book, including a Monster Parade, so be sure to come dressed up as your favourite monster, and join the parade for your chance to win a prize!

We’ll also enjoy storytelling, facepainting, craft, colouring and MONSTER activities - fun for all the family!

Date: Sunday 22nd November
Time: 10am -11am
Venue: Dymocks Melbourne 234 Collins Street
Cost: FREE but hurry, as bookings are essential!
Bookings & Enquiries: Phone 03 9660 8500 or Email levents@dymocks.com.au

Come to Dymocks Melbourne to meet Olivia, the rambunctious, creative and lovable little piglet, at our special Christmas children’s event!
Olivia books by the talented Ian Falconer are a bestselling sensation, and have grabbed the attention of kids worldwide, with the daily adventures of a the porcine heroine who is both equally endearing and impetuous.

Dress up in your most festive Christmas outfit, and enjoy storytelling, craft, colouring competitions and Christmas activities, and off course meet Olivia in person!

Date: Sunday 13th December
Time: 10am -11am
11.30am - 12.30pm
Venue: Dymocks Melbourne 234 Collins Street
Cost: FREE but hurry, as bookings are essential!
Bookings & Enquiries: Phone 03 9660 8500 or Email levents@dymocks.com.au