Bookoccino Conversations

Terra Nullius. A No Man’s Land. Met with European notions of civilisation, Indigenous Australia was brutally overlooked. But the worlds oldest living culture survives. Indigenous approaches to architecture are gaining ground. Indigenous voices are demanding respect and self-determination. 2023 will likely reveal how far we've come…Paul Memmott is an anthropologist and arch

On January night a large group gathered at Moby Dicks, Whale Beach for Bookoccino's annual 'China Night', a foreign policy conversation hosted by Jane Perlez. This year we welcomed Michael Green of the US Studies Centre, author Linda Jaivin and Lowy Fellow Richard McGregor. If you would like to learn more about Bookoccino's acclaimed event series please join our

On the 31st of October 2022 we welcomed the inimitable Richard Fidler, discussing his new 'Book of Roads and Kingdoms' with Geraldine Doogue.

It was our pleasure to host Foreign Correspondents Damien Cave and Nick Bryant on Wednesday June 13 at Moby Dicks, Whale Beach. Together they discuss the experience of living abroad, what defines the Australian character and Why America is no longer the great nation it was.

A truly engaging and powerful discussion on the war in Ukraine. Hosted by Lowy fellow Richard McGregor, with Bobo Lo and Zoya Sheftalovich. Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine has turned global politics upside down. The US and Europe have co-operated more closely than they have for decades, along with allies like Australia, reinvigorating the West. Germany has committe

Our guest is Anthropologist Wade Davis who’s written a best seller on Colombia... its beauty, people and the nation's entanglement with the cocaine trade and the 50 year Colombian Civil War...His new book is entitled 'Magdalena River of Dreams: A Story of Colombia'Wade is interviewed by Martin Kane one of your friendly booksellers at Bookoccino.