Book of Longing: Popular Penguins

Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen is one of the great writers, performers, and most consistently daring artists of our time. Book of Longing is Cohen's eagerly awaited new collection of poems, following his highly acclaimed 1984 title, Book of Mercy, and his hugely successful 1993 publication, Stranger Music, a Globe and M...

Cellar Bar

Guy Grossi

The Cellar Bar, a Melbourne institution since the 1950s, has always been synonymous with Italian dining. The place where many had their first mouthful of spaghetti bolognese, it's long been the meeting point for Melbourne society and one of the reasons dining out has woven itself into the fabric of this...

Bear in the Woods (#2 The Peski Kids)

R.A. Spratt

April Peski is mad. She's had a traumatic experience in the woods and no one believes that she saw a bear. A big, stinky bear! Meanwhile, Joe is worried about April's sanity and Fin wishes he had never been introduced to Currawong's crazy Cat Lady. Loretta just thinks everything's a laugh - even the com...

Into Iraq

Michael Palin

A fascinating and rare insight into the history and culture of Iraq, by Britain's best-loved travel writer. In March 2022, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin journeyed along the River Tigris and into Iraq to gain a glimpse of life in an area of the world that can claim...