 | Adam will be visiting us again on the 30th July 2011 to tell us all about his wonderful new book. Pete McGee, born with only one arm, dreams of becoming a great knight. Before that can happen though, he must save his dying mother, take down an evil king, defeat a monster that is hundreds of years old, and face his own fears. WHERE: Westgarth Book Shop - 77 High St, Northcote DATE: Saturday July 30th TIME: 11am |
Monday, June 13, 2011
Author Event - Adam Wallace, the incredible journey of Pete McGee
Friday, June 3, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
A Mother's Day Event with author Leah Swann
Motherhood is a strong and recurring theme and Leah Swann burrows deep into her characters to reveal universal complexities, frailties and strengths while exploring what it means to love and be loved. This is a map of the human condition, deftly drawn by an exciting new Australian talent with a keen eye for emotional truths
Bearings author will be at Westgarth Books on Thursday May 5, at 11am.
So come and meet author Leah Swann for a chat in the cafe about writing, motherhood and representations of mothers in fiction. Leah will also be signing copies of her book which would make an excellent gift for Mother's Day.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Book Review: LIFE Keith Richards
Keith and his co author James Fox write a compelling story of a life beginning with extreme poverty but loads of love and ending being one of the most famous guitarists of all time and a member of one of the most successful bands of all time. How Keith gets there on his journey of story of highs and lows including stories of Mick and Keith sharing flats together not having enough coins to fill the electricity meter, how the band came to be including the passing of some members and how songs were written for the band. Keith’s relationships with women are very interesting; he had a strong relationship with his mother playing an important part in his life, his very troubled relationship with Anita Pallenberg to his current wife Patti Hansen who seems to have settled him into a life of contentment with the world. His relationship with Mick Jagger is also discussed, Mick and Keith have known each other since early childhood and their relationship is fraught with egos and control. However it is probably like any relationship that has been going for a very long time, it has its ups and downs but essentially they are very successful together. Of course there are the drug stories and how he beat a decade of heroin addiction, it's all good and a great insight into how the life of a rock star is.
I would recommend this book to anybody, there are no horror stories just a life of tremendous success, ups and downs that we all have. A great read.
Reviewer | Pennie Hayes
26 January 2011
Authors | Keith Richards & James Fox
Title | Life
Friday, December 17, 2010
Our First Year
Westgarth Books is celebrating their first birthday and would like to thank everyone who has shown their support.
Come along and help us celebrate this Saturday 18th December from 11am onwards at the shop (with our usual hospitality).
We would also like to mention the number of special guests who visited the shop in the past year and thank them once again for their time and generosity - helping to make it a memorable first year.
Christos Tsiolkas | Catherine Deveney | Michael Pryor | Glenn A. Baker | Steven Amsterdam | Maryrose Cuskelly | Matt Hooper | Chris Womersley | Alice Robinson | Andrew McDonald | Ben Pobjie | Bernard Caleo | Dan Ducrou | Jon Bauer | Karen Andrews | Kate Harper | Kent MacCarter | Laurie Steed | Patrick Edgeworth | Ruby J. Murray | Sean Whelan | Tom Clark | Jenny Sinclair | Cate Kennedy | Toni Jordan | Shaun Tan
A Wonderful Christmas and New Year to all.
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