MRRW Festival Author's Books
There is nothing the Margaret River BookShop crew loves more than being the official bookseller for the Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival. We love connecting readers with their favourite authors, discover new voices and celebrate the power of storytelling. You will find our festival bookshop in the foyer of the HEART from Friday 17th May – 19th May Sunday
How We Love: Notes on a life by Clementine Ford
$32.99 AUD
Category: MRRW Festival Author's Books | Reading Level: very good
A deeply personal exploration of love in all its forms from a feminist icon and bestselling author of Fight Like a Girl and Boys Will Be Boys. There is love in this place, just like there is love everywhere we care to look for it. There is beauty and there is hope and there is a boy and there is a mothe ...Show more
Return Ticket by Jon Doust
$29.99 AUD
Category: MRRW Festival Author's Books
It's 1972. When hot-headed, impetuous Jack Muir gets off the ship in Durban, he fails to get back on. Instead, he sails into misadventure, fleeing the stifling town of Genoralup to try to lose himself in South Africa at the height of apartheid. But the past has a way of catching up with you, and soon Ja ...Show more
The Good State - On the Principles of Democracy by A. C. Grayling
$22.99 AUD
Category: A.C.Grayling
The foundations upon which our democracies stand are inherently flawed, vulnerable to corrosion from within. What is the remedy? A. C. Grayling makes the case for a clear, consistent, principled, and written constitution, and sets out the reforms necessary-among them addressing the imbalance of power be ...Show more
The Frontiers of Knowledge: What We Know About Science, History and The Mind by A. C. Grayling
$24.99 AUD
Category: A.C.Grayling
In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5 per cent of the universe; pre-history is still be ...Show more
The History of Philosophy by A. C. Grayling
$24.99 AUD
Category: A.C.Grayling
The first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world's most eminent thinkers The story of philosophy is an epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents. It explores some of the most creative minds in history. B ...Show more
The Therapist by Hugh Mackay
$32.99 AUD
Category: MRRW Festival Author's Books
The Therapist, from bestselling author Hugh Mackay, is a powerful and poignant story of deception, ambiguity, lust and love – and the challenge of living with the consequences of our actions. A VIVID PORTRAYAL OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE Martha Elliott, maverick psychotherapist, harbour ...Show more
I Don't - The case against marriage by Clementine Ford
$34.99 AUD
Category: MRRW Festival Author's Books | Reading Level: near fine
Incendiary feminist and bestselling author Clementine Ford presents the inarguable case against marriage for the modern woman. Provocative, controversial and above all, compellingly and persuasively argued. I want this book to end marriages. But more importantly, I want it to prevent marriages. Women a ...Show more
The Lonely Lighthouse of Elston-Fright (An Elston-Fright Tale) by Reece Carter
$17.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Authors | Series: An\Elston-Fright Tale Ser.
Danger, darkness and a mysterious legacy unveiled in this magical seaside adventure by the bestselling author of A Girl Called Corpse. Being a Lightkeeper is Very Serious Business. Nobody in Elston-Fright believes in magic anymore. Well, nobody except for Flip Little, his nan and his friends: a girl c ...Show more
Carousel by Brendan Ritchie
$22.99 AUD
Category: MRRW Festival Author's Books
Trapped in a giant shopping centre should be the dream. They have everything they need, except a way out. Nox is an arts graduate wondering what to do with his life. Taylor and Lizzy are famous indie musicians, and Rocky works the checkouts at Target. When they find themselves trapped in a giant shoppin ...Show more
Mia: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones by Dianne Wolfer
$16.99 AUD
$18.99 (10% off)
Category: Childrens Authors | Series: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones Ser.
A powerful story of one girl's experience of 2019's Cyclone Veronica in Western Australia. Mia is used to cyclone build-ups, but the noise and energy of the wild rain squalls keep her awake half the night. What if the cyclone hits before Mum gets back? As wild winds batter the coast, Mia knows she must ...Show more
Scout and the Rescue Dogs by Dianne Wolfer
$17.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Authors
A celebration of community, adventure, kindness and, above all, dogs! The summer holidays have finally arrived and Scout can’t wait for her adventure in the big rig with Dad. They’re on a mission to deliver donations of dog food to animal rescue shelters right across the state. There’ll be lots of mus ...Show more
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
$22.99 AUD
Category: MRRW Festival Author's Books | Series: Don Tillman | Reading Level: very good
Don Tillman is getting married. He just doesn't know who to yet. But he has designed the Wife Project, using a sixteen-page questionnaire to help him find the perfect partner. She will most definitely not be a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker, or a late-arriver. Rosie Jarman is all these things. She is also ...Show more