Events
An Evening with Jaclyn Moriarty
Jaclyn Moriarty is the internationally bestselling author of novels for children, young adults and adults. Jaclyn’s books have been translated into several languages, won the NSW Premier’s Literary Award, the Queensland Literary Award, the Aurealis Award and named as CBCA Honour Book and Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor book. They have also been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, the Nebula Prize and the Russell Prize for Humour Writing for Young People. A former media and entertainment lawyer, Jaclyn grew up in Sydney, lived in the US, UK and Canada, and now lives in Sydney again..
DATE - Tuesday 4 August 2026 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (UTC+09:30)
Location - Payneham Library (Payneham Hall)
Tickets - $10
An evening with Liane Moriarty
Liane Moriarty is the Australian author of ten internationally bestseller novels, including the No. 1 New York Times bestsellers The Husband’s Secret Big Little Lies, Truly Madly Guilty and Apples Never Fall and the No. 1 Australian bestseller Here One Moment.
Her books have sold more than twenty-five million copies worldwide, including four million in Australia and New Zealand, and have been translated into more than forty languages.
Monday 31 August 2026 6:30 PM, The Regal Theatre
Tickets
Event Only - $25
Book with Event Entry - $60
An evening with Tess Woods
A sweeping story of sisterhood, love and defiance, The Cairo Bridal Shop by Tess Woods blends family drama, romance, politics and the stories of the ancient pharaohs to create an unforgettable portrait of modern Egypt. The novel follows three sisters bound by their late mother’s bridal shop and by the lives they are fighting to claim. Sarah longs for a child while trapped in a crumbling marriage, Aya risks everything to save the man she loves from political imprisonment, and Lola grapples with her identity in a society where being herself could cost her everything.
Tess is the author of the breakout novel The Venice Hotel, which achieved significant commercial success, hit #3 in the Australian Fiction chart in its first week.
Date - Tuesday 1 September 2026 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (UTC+09:30)
Location - St Peters Banquet Hall, 101 Payneham Road, St Peters SA 5069
Tickets - $10
An evening with Holly Ringland
An evening with Holly Ringland in conversation with Rebecca Morse
From the international bestselling author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart and The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding, comes a luminous, deeply emotional, and utterly absorbing novel about belonging, memory, and the loves and landscapes that make us - and what it takes to come home to ourselves and each other. The World Beneath Her Feet is immersive Australian storytelling at its finest.
Copies of The World Beneath Her Feet will be available for purchase on the night. Holly will be signing copies of her book after the event.
Date - Monday 21 September 2026 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (UTC+09:30)
Location - The Regal Theatre, 275 Kensington Road, Kensington Park SA 5068
Tickets - $15
Book + Ticket - $50
An evening with Li Cunxin
An evening with Li Cunxin in conversation with Elspeth Hussey
In Mao’s Last Dancer, Li Cunxin stole our hearts with his inspirational rags-to-riches story of being plucked from obscurity as a child in Communist China to become one of the world’s most acclaimed ballet dancers. Now, Li returns to captivate readers with what happened next in his extraordinary life as he is faced with new challenges that further test the strength of his spirit and the depth of his resilience in The Lucky Son.
Ticket Only - $25
Ticket + Book - $61
Book HERE
Copies of The Lucky Son will be available for purchase on the night. Li will be signing copies of his book after the event.
An Evening with Ben Crowe
An evening with Ben Crowe in conversation with Rebecca Morse.
Ben Crowe is one of the world's most in-demand professional mentors and leadership coaches. His career began at Nike, working in international sports marketing with many of the world's most famous athletes, before he left to follow his purpose of helping athletes separate what they do from who they are, and find perspective and meaning.
As a mindset coach he has changed the lives of many of the world's most successful sportspeople, including Grand Slam champions Ash Barty and Dylan Alcott, surfing world champions Stephanie Gilmore and Molly Picklum, as well as NBA basketball teams, professional football teams and the Australian cricket team.
Join Dillons Bookshop and Norwood Payneham and St Peters Library for this exciting event.
Copies of Where the Light Gets In will be available for purchase on the night.
Norwood Concert Hall, 175 The Parade, Norwood SA 5067
Dervla McTiernan - Author Talk
Join Dervla McTiernan as we celebrate the release of her latest thriller, Three Reasons for Revenge, at The Regal Theatre.
Join number one internationally bestselling and award-winning author, Dervla McTiernan as we celebrate the release of her latest thriller, Three Reasons for Revenge.
Tickets HERE - $15
Victoria Purman at the Regal Theatre
Join us for the exciting launch of Victoria Purman’s brand new novel The Marriage Trap!
From bestselling Australian author, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles, they embrace freedom.
Tickets - $12
Purchase HERE
Meet the Author - Sarah Bailey
In conversation with Michelle Prak, Sarah will discuss her latest novel, Click.
Sarah Bailey is a Melbourne-based writer with a background in advertising and communications.
Click is the second book featuring journalist Oli Groves. A taut crime thriller about a city on edge, a killer playing games, and the two women determined to bring him down.
Tickets - $10
Book HERE
Penguin Fantasy Festival
Featuring international bestselling Penguin authors Stacia Stark, alongside Australian favourites Lily Crozier, Bronte-Marie Wesson and Braidee Otto, this is a bookish event not to be missed.
An Afternoon with Yanis Varoufakis & Friends
Join the Australia Institute for an Afternoon with Yanis Varoufakis and Friends, featuring Yanis Varoufakis, Dr Bob Brown, Professor Clare Wright, Hannah Ferguson and Dominic Guerrera. At Adelaide Town Hall, tickets available here for $49 ($29 for concession).
In his most personal book yet, Raise Your Soul: A Personal History of Resistance, Yanis Varoufakis tells the engrossing story of his political awakening. This captivating portrait is told through the extraordinary lives of five women, and the West's tumultuous history from 1924 to the present.
Yanis Varoufakis will be in conversation with Professor Clare Wright, award-winning historian, author, broadcaster, podcaster and public commentator.
This will be preceded by a discussion of culture, community, and the stories we tell, featuring environmentalist, doctor, campaigner, and former Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens, Dr Bob Brown. Bob is the founder of the Bob Brown Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which works to protect nature through direct action, legal defence, and science. He will be in conversation with Hannah Ferguson, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cheek Media Co., and Dominic Guerrera, Ngarrindjeri and Kaurna poet, writer, artist and curator, recipient of the 2021 Oodgeroo Noonuccal Indigenous Poetry Prize and 2024 David Unaipon Prize.
Books from Australia Institute Press and the authors attending will be available for purchase at the venue. A book signing will follow the event.
Trent Dalton In Store Signing
Join us in store for a special book signing with bestselling author Trent Dalton, celebrating the release of his highly anticipated new novel, Gravity Let Me Go. Meet Trent, have your book personally signed, and be part of this exciting literary moment.
Chris Hammer in conversation with David Sly
In Conversation with David Sly
Dillons Bookshop and Norwood Payneham and
St Peters Library Service invite you to an evening with Chris Hammer discussing his new book, Legacy
October 24th
6.30pm (doors open from 5.45pm)
Norwood Concert Hall
175 The Parade Norwood
Tickets $5 - Bookings are essential:
Dillons Bookshop 83310946 or Book here
An Evening with Jane Caro
From feminist icon, social commentator and Walkley Award winning journalist, Jane Caro, comes another gripping thriller with a moral dilemma at its core.
Join Jane and host Victoria Purman as they discuss Jane's new book LYREBIRD.
Tickets - $10
Wednesday 30 April 2025 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
In Conversation with Dr Karl
Join us for a wonderful evening at the Regal Theatre with Dr Karl as he discusses his long-awaited autobiography, A Periodic Tale, My Sciencey Memoir. Hear about how he came to be a household name. Get to know a side of Karl you haven’t been privy to before!
Tickets - $10
Andy Griffiths Live
Join us for an exciting event with children’s author Andy Griffiths. Author of best seling Treehouse series, Andy will introduce his newest adventure series Land of Lost Things illustrated by Bill Hope.
When: Tuesday 20th of August at 4pm (Doors open 3:30pm)
Where: Norwood Concert Hall
Tickets: $5
Buy instore or here.
In Conversation with Bonnie Garmus - Matinee Session
Mark your calendars (and secure your tickets) for our much-anticipated event on the 20th of May, where we will be hosting a conversation with superstar US Author Bonnie Garmus.
Bookings are essential and can be made online HERE, in store or over the phone on 8331 0946.