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The Changing Room by Belinda Cranston

$33.00 Inc GST

Science All Around Us by Mei Liu

$25.00 Inc GST

Write Cut Rewrite: The Cutting Room Floor of Modern Literature by Dirk Van Hulle ISBN:9781851246182

Write Cut Rewrite by Dirk Van Hulle

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Lonely Planet Kids The Big Book of Plane Activities by Lonely Planet ISBN:9781837582952

Lonely Planet Kids The Big Book of Plane Activities by Lonely Planet

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Color Charts: A History by Anne Varichon ISBN:9780691255170

Color Charts by Anne Varichon

$90.00 Inc GST

If You Live To 100

If You Live To 100, You Might As Well Be Happy by Rhee Kun Hoo

$37.00 Inc GST

Think Twice: From the #1 bestselling creator of the hit Netflix series Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben ISBN:9781529906110

Think Twice by Harlan Coben

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Thorns

Thorns, Lust and Glory by Estelle Paranque

$37.00 Inc GST

The Last Secret Agent: The untold story of my life as a spy behind Nazi enemy lines by Pippa Latour ISBN:9781991006561

Last Secret Agent by Pippa Latour

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How Many Dinosaurs is Too Many? by Lou Peacock ISBN:9781839945502

How Many Dinosaurs is Too Many? by Lou Peacock

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The Story Orchestra: Peter and the Wolf: Press the note to hear Prokofiev's music: Volume 9 by Jessica Courtney Tickle ISBN:9780711294172

Story Orchestra: Peter and the Wolf by Jessica Courtney Tickle

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My Little Cake Tin: Over 70 Versatile

My Little Cake Tin by Tarunima Sinha

$45.00 Inc GST

Fool Me Twice: Two Twisty Mysteries by Benjamin Stevenson ISBN:9781761343346

Fool Me Twice by Benjamin Stevenson

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Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo ISBN:9781536222791

Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo

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The Family Fortuna by Lindsay Eagar ISBN:9781529518016

The Family Fortuna by Lindsay Eagar

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The Spaceman by Randy Cecil ISBN:9781529517903

The Spaceman by Randy Cecil

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Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit by Clare Harlow ISBN:9780241636053

Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit by Clare Harlow

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This is My Book by Tim Harris ISBN:9780143777489

This is My Book by Tim Harris

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Suddenly Single at Sixty: 'Fresh and funny-best-friend material.' Hannie Rayson by Jo Peck ISBN:9781923058064

Suddenly Single at Sixty by Jo Peck

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The Kindness Project by Deborah Abela ISBN:9781761340185

The Kindness Project by Deborah Abela

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Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo ISBN:9781526669865

Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo

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Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China by Yuan Yang ISBN:9781526655905

Private Revolutions by Yuan Yang

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Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne ISBN:9781035052233

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

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Every Time I Go on Vacation

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack

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Moons: The Mysteries and Marvels of our Solar System by Kate Howells ISBN:9780645817997

Moons by Kate Howells

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Human?: A Lie That's Been Killing Us Since 1788 by Ziggy Ramo ISBN:9780645240139

Human? by Ziggy Ramo

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All Fours by Miranda July ISBN:9781838853457

All Fours by Miranda July

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Mrs Gulliver by Valerie Martin ISBN:9781805220480

Mrs Gulliver by Valerie Martin

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Pocha: Simple Korean Food from the Streets of Seoul by Su Scott ISBN:9781837831166

Pocha by Su Scott

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Five Broken Blades: The epic fantasy debut taking the world by storm by Mai Corland ISBN:9781804186596

Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland

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Murdle: Even More Killer Puzzles: 100 Cunningly Clever Murder Mystery Logic Puzzles by G. T. Karber ISBN:9781800818064

Murdle: Even More Killer Puzzles by G. T. Karber

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Wild Figs and Fennel: A Year in an Italian Kitchen by Letitia Clark ISBN:9781784886189

Wild Figs and Fennel by Letitia Clark

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Ela! Ela!: To Turkey and Greece

Ela! Ela! by Ella Mittas

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I'll Be Waiting For You by Mariko Turk ISBN:9781760526603

I'll Be Waiting For You by Mariko Turk

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The Book of Hours by Clare McFadden ISBN:9781760651770

Book of Hours by Clare McFadden

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Cora Seen and Heard by Zanni Louise ISBN:9781760657666

Cora Seen and Heard by Zanni Louise

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Ellie's Table: Food From Memory and Food From Home by Ellie Bouhadana ISBN:9781743798751

Ellie's Table by Ellie Bouhadana

$55.00 Inc GST

Thank You by Jarvis ISBN:9781529503920

Thank You by Jarvis

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Grey by Laura Dockrill ISBN:9781406389562

Grey by Laura Dockrill

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Hidden Japan: A guidebook to Tokyo & beyond by Chiara Terzuolo ISBN:9781922754752

Hidden Japan by Chiara Terzuolo

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Full Plate: One meal for the whole family by Preeya Alexander ISBN:9781761109003

Full Plate by Preeya Alexander

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Ask Jules: Love yourself and live your dream by Jules Robinson ISBN:9781761108570

Ask Jules by Jules Robinson

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A is For Australia by Ann Ingalls ISBN:9781641709026

A is For Australia by Ann Ingalls

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Red Sky Mourning by Jack Carr ISBN:9781398530195

Red Sky Mourning by Jack Carr

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Diary of a Big Bad Wolf by Ben Miller ISBN:9781398533813

Diary of a Big Bad Wolf by Ben Miller

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Skandar and the Chaos Trials: The unmissable new book in the biggest fantasy adventure series since Harry Potter by A.F. Steadman ISBN:9781398533820

Skandar and the Chaos Trials by A.F. Steadman

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Interior Designers at Home: Inspiration

Interior Designers at Home by Stephen Crafti

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Find Your Flow: Don't just survive - thrive! by Emma Maidment ISBN:9781922992918

Find Your Flow by Emma Maidment

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What Stars Are For by Margeaux Davis ISBN:9781922930507

What Stars Are For by Margeaux Davis

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Cape to Bluff by ISBN:9781760764302

Cape to Bluff by Simon Devitt, Andrea Stevens and Luke Scott

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The Battle for Victoria Street (My Australian Story) by Gabiann Marin ISBN:9781743833995

The Battle for Victoria Street (My Australian Story) by Gabiann Marin

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Alliana

Alliana, Girl of Dragons by Julie Abe

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Jonty's Unicorn by Rebecca Fraser ISBN:9781922856678

Jonty's Unicorn by Rebecca Fraser

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A Perfect Day to be Alone by Nanae Aoyama ISBN:9781529427684

Perfect Day to be Alone by Nanae Aoyama

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The Cleopatras by Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones ISBN:9781472295170

The Cleopatras by Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

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The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens by Nicola Clark ISBN:9781474622219

Waiting Game by Nicola Clark

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Mary I: Queen of Sorrows by Alison Weir ISBN:9781472278142

Mary I: Queen of Sorrows by Alison Weir

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The Afghans: Three lives through war

The Afghans by Asne Seierstad

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You Like It Darker by Stephen King ISBN:9781399725101

You Like It Darker by Stephen King

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The Fast 800 Treats Recipe Book: Healthy and delicious bakes

Fast 800 Treats Recipe Book by Clare Bailey

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Warrior King by Wilbur Smith

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The Internet of Animals: discovering the collective intelligence of life on Earth by Martin Wikelski ISBN:9781922585554

The Internet of Animals by Martin Wikelski

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The North Wind by Alexandria Warwick ISBN:9781761426018

The North Wind by Alexandria Warwick

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Country by Aunty Fay Muir ISBN:9781742036779

Country by Aunty Fay Muir

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Everest

Everest, Inc. by Will Cockrell

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Because I Love Him by Ashlee Donohue

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If Everyone Cared Enough by Margaret Tucker

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All the Beautiful Things You Love by Jonathan Seidler ISBN:9781761269547

All the Beautiful Things You Love by Jonathan Seidler

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Long Island by Colm Toibin ISBN:9781761267734

Long Island by Colm Toibin

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Wholesome by Sarah: Fast weeknight dinner ideas for the whole family by Sarah Pound ISBN:9781761268281

Wholesome by Sarah by Sarah Pound

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One By One They Disappear by Mike Lucas ISBN:9781761049866

One By One They Disappear by Mike Lucas

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Only the Astronauts: The transformative new collection from the award-winning author of Only the Animals by Ceridwen Dovey ISBN:9781760896775

Only the Astronauts by Ceridwen Dovey

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Because I'm Not Myself

Because I'm Not Myself, You See by Ariane Beeston

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Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia: A Groundbreaking Collection of Torres Strait Islander Voices

Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia by Samantha Faulkner

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Hazzard and Harrower by Brigitta Olubas

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Table For Two by Amor Towles ISBN:9781529154115

Table For Two by Amor Towles

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Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan ISBN:9781529152852

Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan

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Earth: from the author of The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne ISBN:9780857529831

Earth by John Boyne

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Psykhe by Kate Forsyth ISBN:9780143776918

Psykhe by Kate Forsyth

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Life On Us: Everything that lives ON us or IN us

Life On Us by Prof. Tim Flannery

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The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel ISBN:9781761212291

The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel

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Safe Haven: THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD by Shankari Chandran ISBN:9781761151279

Safe Haven by Shankari Chandran

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Into the Mouth of the Wolf by Erin Gough ISBN:9781760507558

Into the Mouth of the Wolf by Erin Gough

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New Coastal: Inspiration for a Life by the Sea by Ingrid Weir ISBN:9781743799178

New Coastal by Ingrid Weir

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Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight Loss Drugs by Johann Hari ISBN:9781526670144

Magic Pill by Johann Hari

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You Are Here: The new novel by the author of global sensation ONE DAY by David Nicholls ISBN:9781444715453

You Are Here by David Nicholls

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The Ministry of Time: One of the Observer's Debut Novels of 2024 by Kaliane Bradley ISBN:9781399726351

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

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A Small Collection of Happinesses: A tale of loneliness

A Small Collection of Happinesses by Zana Fraillon

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The Deed by Susannah Begbie ISBN:9780733650796

The Deed by Susannah Begbie

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The Story Thief by Kyra Geddes ISBN:9781922992277

Story Thief by Kyra Geddes

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Red River Road by Anna Downes ISBN:9781922863751

Red River Road by Anna Downes

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The Way We Are: Lessons from a lifetime of listening by Hugh Mackay ISBN:9781761470059

The Way We Are by Hugh Mackay

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The Apprentice Witnesser by Bren MacDibble ISBN:9781761180781

The Apprentice Witnesser by Bren MacDibble

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The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain: Lyrics for Stacey Kent by Kazuo Ishiguro ISBN:9780571378876

The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain by Kazuo Ishiguro

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The Radio Hour by Victoria Purman ISBN:9781867207801

Radio Hour by Victoria Purman

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Death of a Foreign Gentleman: The intriguing new literary crime novel from the Miles Franklin award-winning author for readers of Ian McEwan

Death of a Foreign Gentleman by Steven Carroll

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The Unexpected Mess of It All by Gabrielle Tozer ISBN:9781460761441

The Unexpected Mess of It All by Gabrielle Tozer

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The Garden of Broken Things by Freya Blackwood ISBN:9781460757550

The Garden of Broken Things by Freya Blackwood

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Plans For Your Good: A Prime Minister's Testimony of God's Faithfulness by Scott Morrison ISBN:9781400345014

Plans For Your Good by Scott Morrison

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Mickey: The cat who helped me through times of change

Mickey by Helen Brown

$35.00 Inc GST

You Never Know: A Memoir by Tom Selleck ISBN:9780008685706

You Never Know by Tom Selleck

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Starminster by Megan Hopkins ISBN:9780008626891

Starminster by Megan Hopkins

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Amphibious Soul by Craig Foster ISBN:9780008613082

Amphibious Soul by Craig Foster

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The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy

The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence

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The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins ISBN:9780008424039

Silence Factory by Bridget Collins

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about us

We are a proudly independent general bookshop located in Mornington, Victoria, about an hour south-east of Melbourne on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula.

We have been part of our community for more than 40 years, sharing our passion for books and reading and providing our customers with quality service and specialised knowledge. Farrells is a welcoming and inclusive space to connect with other book lovers.

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May 18

From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man whose direction in life takes a vastly different turn than what he expected.

It's the tabloid sensation of the year- two well-known footballers standing in the dock, charged with sexual assault, a series of vile text messages pointing towards their guilt.

As the trial unfolds, Evan Keogh reflects on the events that have led him to this moment. Since leaving his island home, his life has been a lie on many levels. He's a talented footballer who wanted to be an artist. A gay man in a sport that rejects diversity. A defendant whose knowledge of what took place on that fateful night threatens more than just his freedom or career.

The jury will deliver a verdict but, before they do, Evan must judge for himself whether the man he has become is the man he wanted to be.

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May 17

We will be open today from 9.00am until 4.00pm, can't wait to see you all in store!

Photography by @kinfolk_imagery

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May 17

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May 17

We are so incredibly excited to announce that our lovely Indy has been shortlisted for the Penguin Random House 2024 Young Bookseller of the Year! This award recognises and rewards excellence of a bookseller under 35yo, and promotes bookselling as a career choice for younger people.

Congrats Indy, we are all so proud of you!

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May 16

There are stories about the woods around Salvation Creek, about the people who have gone missing.
Now their friend is one of them.

A riveting, fast-paced YA mystery told entirely through first person police interviews of four teens over the course of a few hours.

It was all her idea. They would get away from their parents and spend the weekend camping. Down by Salvation Creek, the five of them would make smores, steal kisses, share secrets.

But sometime around midnight, she vanished.

Now the four friends who came back are under suspicion-and they each have a very different story to tell about what happened in the woods.

The clock is ticking. What are they hiding? Who is lying? Dark truths must come to light if their friend is to be found...

Told entirely through first-person police interviews, this riveting mystery asks- what really happened that night?

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May 16

“An Agatha Christie-esque caper through charming small town England – replete with tongue in cheek references to Midsomer Murders. Annie’s mysterious great aunt (who she has never met), has always fostered a morbid obsession that someone will murder her. As Annie is summoned to meet the great matriarch, obsession becomes reality and Annie is now challenged to solve her great aunt’s murder in order to inherit her fortune. Quirky characters, humour, a cold case and family mystery – this is a very enjoyable and highly readable debut novel.” - Read by Kate

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May 15

Only two weeks left to book your seat at our author event with Rosie Batty in conversation with Sue Smethurst. We are thrilled to be hosting this event, bookings are essential via our website or in store, details below.

VENUE: The Studio @ PCT 91 Wilsons Rd, Mornington
DATE: Wednesday 29 May
TIME: 6:15PM arrival for a 6:30PM start.
TICKETS: $15pp

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May 15

Ellie's Table is a recipe book rich with storytelling, exploring chef Ellie Bouhadana’s mixed Jewish background through food – from Morocco to the Mediterranean.

In her debut cookbook, Ellie shares recipes picked up through her travels through Italy as well as ones that have been handed down from generation to generation. Part recipe book, part journal, Ellie’s Table is an extension of Ellie’s food ethos and includes all the recipes close to her heart. We find her in her safta’s kitchen sharing their family’s rugelach recipe, we travel to Italy and Ellie tells us the secret to the perfect fried zucchini – a recipe with roots deep in Rome’s Jewish community – and Ellie recounts cooking Moroccan dishes as a child with her doda (aunt) Melani and her dad. There’s a whole chapter on her infamous focaccia and all the accompanying butters.

The chapters are structured in the same way that Ellie would serve her guests at a dinner party and invites her readers to do the same. We start with cold plates, then snacks, then the breads and whipped butters, followed by big plates, vegetables, pasta and finish with sweets.

This beautifully illustrated cookbook is intended to have a place on the kitchen bench or coffee table, and celebrates eating well, eating seasonally and eating together.

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May 15

How do you start again, after losing everything? Find out in the global no. 1 bestseller's latest heartstopper...

Anna Walsh had a dream life - according to everybody else.
She lived in New York, had a long-term boyfriend, and had The Best Job In The World working as a highly successful beauty PR.
So why did she decide to take a flamethrower to the lot?
Because now she's back Dublin, living with her parents. She's undeniably forty-eight, with no partner, no job, and no direction.
Anna's lost her purpose. She needs a new challenge to help her fall back in love with life again.
When an opportunity arises to solve a PR crisis in the tiny town of Maumtully, Anna leaps at the chance.
But will the appearance of an old love interest derail her plans?

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May 14

We love seeing all those fresh new releases hitting our shelves, and these are just a few of our current favourites!

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May 14

In the modern information age, our brain’s coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to eleven. Amanda Montell blends cultural criticism and personal narrative to explore our modern cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages and highlights of magical overthinking.
"Magical thinking" can be broadly defined as the belief that one's internal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world. Whether that's "manifesting" their way out of poverty, staving off cancer with positive vibes, or transforming an unhealthy relationship to a glorious one through loyalty alone.

In a series of razor sharp and introspective chapters, Montell delves into cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains, from how the "halo effect" cultivates worship (and hatred) of larger-than-life celebrities, to how the "sunk cost fallacy" can keep us in detrimental relationships long after they no longer serve us.

Told with her signature brilliance and wit, Montell's prevailing message is one of hope and forgiveness for our anxiety riddled human self. If you have all but lost faith in our ability to reason through the noise of information overload, this book aims to make sense of the senseless. To crack open a window in our minds and let the fresh air in. To help quiet the cacophony for a while, and maybe, even hear a melody in it.

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May 13

From a bestselling Australian author comes a gripping novel of espionage, passion and sacrifice set in the Middle East during World War I. Based on an astonishing true story, it asks what are you willing to die for? For readers of Geraldine Brooks, Heather Morris and Alli Parker.

During a train journey across Turkey's Anatolian Plain in 1915 during World War I, Shoshana Adelstein witnesses the slaughter of the Armenians and knows she has just come face to face with her destiny.

Convinced that her Jewish community in a small outpost of the Ottoman Empire will soon meet a similar fate, she is desperate to save her people. With Turkey and Britain locked in a global conflict, she orchestrates an audacious plan. Enlisting a group of co-conspirators who include her charismatic lover Eli and her impetuous brother Nathan, this young woman forms a clandestine spy ring. Conquering almost insurmountable obstacles, they risk betrayal, torture and death to spy on the Turks and pass on intelligence to the British to help them win the war.

This epic novel explores the fate of ordinary people whose mission collides with the secret agenda of powerful countries, people ready to risk everything to rescue their communities. But can individuals affect the fate of nations? And when life is at stake, how far will we go to reach the limits of our dreams?

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May 12

The bestselling Queen of Horror turns her hand to VAMPIRES...

A small Alaskan town.
A brutal murder.
Echoes of a killing twenty-five years ago.
An out-of-state detective brought in to assist the sheriff who investigated the original case.
But as the snow thickens and the nights grow longer...are they hunting a twisted psychopath or something even more terrifying?

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May 12

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May 12

A searing, deeply personal account of enduring a brutal attempt on his life, thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him - from internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize-winner Salman Rushdie

A searing, deeply personal account of enduring a brutal attempt on his life, thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him - from internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize-winner Salman Rushdie

On the morning of 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York, preparing to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm, when a man in black - black clothes, black mask - rushed down the aisle towards him, wielding a knife. His first thought- So it's you. Here you are.

What followed was a horrific act of violence that shook the literary world and beyond. Now, for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, Rushdie relives the traumatic events of that day and its aftermath, as well as his journey towards physical recovery and the healing that was made possible by the love and support of his wife, Eliza, his family, his army of doctors and physical therapists, and his community of readers worldwide.

Knife is Rushdie at the peak of his powers, writing with urgency, with gravity, with unflinching honesty. It is also a deeply moving reminder of literature's capacity to make sense of the unthinkable, an intimate and life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art - and finding the strength to stand up again.

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May 11

The never-before-published novel by Charmian Clift.

‘In those days the end of the morning was always marked by the quarry whistle blowing the noon knock-off.

Since everybody was out of bed very early, morning then was a long time, or even, if you came to think about it, a round time — symmetrical anyway, and contained under a thin, radiant, dome shaped cover…’

During the years of the Great Depression, Cressida Morley and her eccentric family live in a weatherboard cottage on the edge of a wild beach. Outsiders in their small working-class community, they rant and argue and read books and play music and never feel themselves to be poor. Yet as Cressida moves beyond childhood, she starts to outgrow the place that once seemed the centre of the world. As she plans her escape, the only question is: who will she become?

The End of the Morning is the final and unfinished autobiographical novel by Charmian Clift. Published here for the first time, it is the book that Clift herself regarded as her most significant work. Although the author did not live to complete it, the typescript left among her papers was fully revised and stands alone as a novella. It is published here alongside a new selection of Clift’s essays and an afterword from her biographer Nadia Wheatley.

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May 11

By global bestselling Anthony Horowitz, a brilliantly entertaining new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series.

Richmond Upon Thames is one of the most desirable areas to live in London. And Riverview Close - a quiet, gated community - seems to offer its inhabitants the perfect life.

At least it does until Giles Kenworthy moves in with his wife and noisy children, his four gas-guzzling cars, his loud parties and his plans for a new swimming pool in his garden.

His neighbours all have a reason to hate him and are soon up in arms.

When Kenworthy is shot dead with a crossbow bolt through his neck, all of them come under suspicion and his murder opens the door to lies, deception and further death.

The police are baffled. Reluctantly, they call in former Detective Daniel Hawthorne. But even he is faced with a seemingly impossible puzzle.

How do you solve a murder when everyone has the same motive?

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May 10

We have a had a very successful and well received April Book Club with many rebooking for June & August! Thank you to all who came and cannot wait to host you all again soon.

BOOK CLUB RECAP: June's Book Club is a new release Fiction No Church in the Wild by Murray Middleton and our August Book Club we have another new release fiction, The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier.

Participation in a session is $45 per month, with each month needing to be booked separately. We have multiple sessions available each month, and each session includes:
Copy of the new release book
Moderated discussion
Drink on arrival, light refreshments (evening sessions) or takeaway coffee / tea, biscuits (daytime sessions)
Places in each session are limited and bookings are filling up fast. Booking links via our website (link in Bio) or visit us in store. We look forward to welcoming everyone back for some great discussions and extension of our reading experience.

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May 10

Lorelei Aurelius is the smartest inquisitor in the mountain city of Ancris. When a mysterious tip leads her to a clandestine meeting between the Church and the hated Red Knives, she uncovers a plot that threatens not only her home but the empire itself.

The trail leads to Rylan Holbrooke, a notorious thief posing as a dragon singer. Lorelei soon discovers there's more to Rylan than meets the eye. He came to Ancris to solve the very same mystery she stumbled onto. Knowing his incarceration could lead to the Red Knives' achieving their goals, Lorelei makes a fateful decision- she frees him.

Now branded as traitors, the two flee the city on dragonback. In the massive forest known as the Holt, they follow the trail of clues and discover something terrible. The Red Knives are planning to awaken a powerful demi-god in the holiest shrine in Ancris, and for some reason the Church is willing to allow it. It forces their return to Ancris, where the unlikely allies must rally the very people who've vowed to capture them before it's too late.

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May 9

It was a pleasure to have local cook and author @wholesomebysarah visit us in store to sign copies of her incredible new cookbook 'Wholesome by Sarah'.

Wholesome by Sarah is sure to become the new go-to book for no-fuss, healthy weeknight meals for busy families all around the country. It has been flying off the shelves so make sure you grab a signed copy while they are still available!

Thank you for visiting Farrells Sarah, hopefully we will see you again soon.

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