Candelo Books

09/09/2026

What are we reading? -'Department of the Vanishing' by Johanna Bell.

Johanna Bell is a poet, an award winning children’s book author and now has written her first verse novel which promptly won the 2025 Tasmanian Literature award.

The 'Department of the Vanishing’ of the title, is a near future government department that collates archival material on extinct species. Ava Wilde is tasked with archiving the Lyrebird, a task that uncovers threads of a family mystery. Like a lyrebird gathers songs, Johanna Bell has gathered photos, poetry, scientific facts and fictional news stories to create a spellbinding narrative of the extinction crisis, twisted around a mystery and a love story. George Orwell meets Dorothy Porter, brilliant and unforgettable.

will be at talking both Children’s imagination and Tasmania's Vanishing Wild.

07/09/2026

Headland Writers Festival with .repost
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🎟️ Already bought your Headland Pass? Time to choose your sessions!

We know some passholders have found the new booking system a little tricky to navigate (and we hear you!). We’re working with our ticketing provider to make things easier.

In the meantime, we’ve put together this simple step-by-step guide to booking your sessions.

Our biggest tip: LOG IN FIRST. Once you’re logged in, your pass is linked to your account and you can select your Pass Redeem option when booking each eligible session — no need to enter a validation code each time.

Weekend Pass holders can choose up to 8 eligible sessions, while Saturday and Sunday Pass holders can book eligible sessions on their pass day.

👉 Swipe through the slides before you start.
🎟️ Remember to complete checkout so your session tickets are confirmed.
❤️ And if you get stuck, please get in touch. We’re happy to help.

Already have your pass? Now’s a great time to lock in your sessions before popular events fill up.

06/09/2026

Spring has arrived and with it comes the new Reading guide and new releases arriving in store. Compiled with the contribution of booksellers all around Australia, the Reading Guide is your reference for what to read this season, including:

Australian Fiction- new Holly Ringland, Liane Moriarty, Oma Musa, Meg Mason and debut fiction from Mary Colussi (appearing at )

Non-Fiction- Richard Flanagan and two authors appearing at Headland Writers Festival- Amy Remeikis and Toby Walsh

Kids books- including Hannah Sommerville (Headland Writers Festival)

+ so much more. Pick up a guide this week.

03/09/2026

Just in time for Father’s Day - ’The Second Child’ takes us back into the world of Stalin and his brutal right-hand man Lavrentiy Beria, that so brilliantly portrayed in ‘The First Friend’. This time it is in the closing stages of the Second World War. A dark satire that lays bare the violence, chaos and political machinations of this period while casting a keen key to our current world.

01/09/2026

Look who's landed! The second in the DUCK 🦆 series for young readers – When Nature Calls by local author

Matt will be appearing at in October. Session tickets are available now!

28/08/2026

🚨 YES! YOU CAN BUY A TICKET TO JUST ONE SESSION!🚨

Seen something on the Headland Writers Festival program you’d love to catch, but can’t make a whole day or weekend of it?

Individual session tickets are just $35.

No pass required. No need to commit to the whole festival. Just choose the writers, conversations and ideas you want to hear — and come along.

📚 One session. One ticket. $35.

Of course, if you want to settle in for the day (or the whole glorious weekend), Day and Weekend Passes are still available too.

But if there’s one session you’ve got your eye on — book it! We’d love to see you there.

🎟️ Tickets + program: headlandfestival.com.au

And please help us spread the word: you absolutely CAN buy individual tickets to Headland Writers Festival! 🙌

22/06/2026

Books for kids to feed their curiosity 📚💡

20/06/2026

True Crime author of Duncan McNab giving the captivated audience at Headland Theatre some intriguing insights into the many sides of Erin Patterson and the mushroom murders 🍄‍🟫

ABC South East NSW Bega journalists Josh Becker and Eddie Williams were on hand to dig into the details 🪏

Thank you to Fungi Feastival for putting on the event and Tathra Hotel for the delicious

Hachette Australia Books

17/06/2026

The fungi season is upon us and to celebrate, we'll be attending True Crime author Duncan McNab's in-conversation with ABC South East's Eddie Williams at Headland Theatre this Saturday for the Fungi Feastival.

Duncan's 'Recipe for Murder' is THE definitive account of Erin Patterson and the mushroom murder trial that enthralled the world.

So put your caps on, open your gills & shed some spores and join us for an evening of intrigue and murder.

Tickets: www.headlandtheatre.com.au

Book sales and signing following each session.

Tathra Hotel Hachette Australia Books

Tickets are moving fast for this one 🔥. The definitive account of Erin Patterson and the mushroom murder trial that enthralled the world.

Duncan will be in conversation with Josh Becker for the 11:00am session and Eddie Williams for the 5:00pm session - both from ABC South East.

Tickets at www.headlandtheatre.com.au

Only now is the true callousness of Erin Patterson being revealed. And Duncan McNab reveals all about the case.

These are the facts:

On 29 July 2023 in Leongatha, a small town in rural Victoria, family and friends of local woman Erin Patterson sat down for Saturday lunch. On the menu, Beef Wellington. The next day, four of the guests were hospitalised. Within a week, three of them were dead. When Erin Patterson was arrested and charged with three counts of murder and five of attempted murder, the case captured media attention around the world. A jury of her peers have now decided that Erin Patterson deliberately poisoned her estranged husband’s parents, aunt and uncle. The lunch was a recipe for murder. Her crocodile tears and feigned illness did not fool the police or the jury.

But was this the first time Erin Patterson tried to poison someone she loved? And how did she prepare? Patterson’s cruelty in watching four people who had been nothing but kind and loving to her eat a meal she knew would kill them was the ultimate act of betrayal.

Bestselling author, investigative journalist and former detective, Duncan McNab has sifted through the evidence and attended the nine-week trial to explain in gripping detail the sequence of events that left Gail Patterson, Don Patterson and Heather Wilkinson dead and Ian Wilkinson fighting to survive. With forensic detail he shows how the lethal plot unfolded and reveals the many ways Patterson followed through with no pity for her victims. He delivers an explosive book that gives us the whole, cold, calculating story.

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15/06/2026

We're so thrilled to be a part of this wonderful event!