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Lane Bookshop, 52c Old Theatre Lane, Bayview Terrace, Claremont (2026)

12/06/2026

📚 LANE IDEAS | 13th – 19th June

Another storm rolling in. The wind is up. The weekend is wide open. You know what to do.

Maggie O'Farrell's new novel Land and Ann Patchett's Whistler have both hit the shelves and are flying out the door. If you're next in line to choose for book club, get your orders in before someone else does.

📖 REVIEW

I Want Everything, Dominic Amerena
What happens when a lazy, ambitious writer tries to steal the life story of a reclusive literary legend? You get a sharp, mordantly funny debut that is part black comedy, part ethical minefield, and recently longlisted for the 2026 Miles Franklin. Susan's pick.

📰 LANE IDEAS MAGAZINE | May – June 2026
The books that made us, including Gillian O'Shaughnessy on her formative reading and the inspiration behind Salt City Runaway. Download from our website or grab a copy in store.

🎤 EVENTS

🗓 Thurs 25 June: Susan Midalia's Book Club
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks. A Pulitzer Prize winner writing about loss with the restraint of someone who has earned it. Doors 5:30pm | $5

🗓 Thurs 2 July: Search for Security, AUKUS and the New Militarism
Mark Beeson and Kanishka Jayasuriya present, with an introduction by Peter Dowding. In partnership with the AIIA. Doors 5:30pm | $15

🗓 Thurs 9 July: Richard Offen introduces Perth Then and Now
Our city, past and present, side by side. In conversation with Tony Howes. Doors 5:30pm | $15

🗓 Thurs 16 July: Sue Woolfe introduces The Girl Who Climbed on Rooves
Memory, music, and mother-daughter inheritance. In conversation with Susan Midalia. Doors 5:30pm | $15

📕 BOOK OF THE MONTH
Land by Maggie O'Farrell | $34.99
From the bestselling author of Hamnet. In store now.

☕ Morning Book Clubs run 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 10:30am. Classics and new releases. Email [email protected] to join.

📰 Full newsletter, reviews & tickets 👉 www.lanebook.com.au or http://eepurl.com/Lfk71t4P9z

12/06/2026

📚 LANE IDEAS | 13th – 19th June

Another storm rolling in. The wind is up. The weekend is wide open. You know what to do.

Maggie O’Farrell’s new novel Land and Ann Patchett’s Whistler have both hit the shelves and are flying out the door. If you’re next in line to choose for book club, get your orders in before someone else does.

📖 REVIEW

I Want Everything, Dominic Amerena
What happens when a lazy, ambitious writer tries to steal the life story of a reclusive literary legend? You get a sharp, mordantly funny debut that is part black comedy, part ethical minefield, and recently longlisted for the 2026 Miles Franklin. Susan’s pick.

📰 LANE IDEAS MAGAZINE | May – June 2026
The books that made us, including Gillian O’Shaughnessy on her formative reading and the inspiration behind Salt City Runaway. Download from our website or grab a copy in store.

🎤 EVENTS

🗓 Thurs 25 June: Susan Midalia’s Book Club
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks. A Pulitzer Prize winner writing about loss with the restraint of someone who has earned it. Doors 5:30pm | $5

🗓 Thurs 2 July: Search for Security, AUKUS and the New Militarism
Mark Beeson and Kanishka Jayasuriya present, with an introduction by Peter Dowding. In partnership with the AIIA. Doors 5:30pm | $15

🗓 Thurs 9 July: Richard Offen introduces Perth Then and Now
Our city, past and present, side by side. In conversation with Tony Howes. Doors 5:30pm | $15

🗓 Thurs 16 July: Sue Woolfe introduces The Girl Who Climbed on Rooves
Memory, music, and mother-daughter inheritance. In conversation with Susan Midalia. Doors 5:30pm | $15

📕 BOOK OF THE MONTH
Land by Maggie O’Farrell | $34.99
From the bestselling author of Hamnet. In store now.

☕ Morning Book Clubs run 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 10:30am. Classics and new releases. Email [email protected] to join.

📰 Full newsletter, reviews & tickets 👉 www.lanebook.com.au or see our Bio 🔗

06/06/2026

📚 LANE IDEAS | 6th – 12th June

It was bitterly cold on Thursday night. You came anyway. Gillian O'Shaughnessy's evening was one of those nights that reminds you why bookshops exist: fifty flash fiction stories, a room full of readers, and Tim Winton's word "startling" doing exactly what it promised. Signed copies of Salt City Runaway are still in store. For now.

📖 REVIEWS

The Python's Kiss, Louise Erdrich
Twenty years of stories. Ojibwe heritage threaded through every sentence without ever raising its voice. Erdrich lets the stone be a stone, the dress be a dress, and the meaning land where it should: right in your chest. Gabi's pick.

May We Feed the King, Rebecca Perry
An archivist, a king, and a 750-year-old castle. Sounds like a riddle. Reads like a revelation. Perry's debut is quietly gripping, and the final instruction to "pay attention" is advice you'll wish you'd taken from page one. Peta's pick.

🎤 EVENTS

🗓 Thurs 25 June: Susan Midalia's Book Club
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks. Loss, love, and a Pulitzer Prize winner writing with the restraint of someone who has earned it. Doors 5:30pm | $5

🗓 Thurs 2 July: Search for Security, AUKUS and the New Militarism
Mark Beeson and Kanishka Jayasuriya present, with an introduction by Peter Dowding. In partnership with the AIIA. Timely does not begin to cover it. Doors 5:30pm | $15

🗓 Thurs 9 July: Richard Offen introduces Perth Then and Now
Our city, then and now, side by side. Boom, bust, demolition, renewal. Doors 5:30pm | $15

🗓 Thurs 16 July: Sue Woolfe introduces The Girl Who Climbed on Rooves
Memory, music, and mother-daughter inheritance. In conversation with Susan Midalia. Doors 5:30pm | $15

☕ Morning Book Clubs run 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 10:30am. Classics and new releases. Email [email protected] to join.

📰 Full newsletter, reviews & tickets 👉 www.lanebook.com.au or http://eepurl.com/TqGT1oUNbc

06/06/2026

📚 LANE IDEAS | 6th – 12th June

It was bitterly cold on Thursday night. You came anyway. Gillian O’Shaughnessy’s evening was one of those nights that reminds you why bookshops exist: fifty flash fiction stories, a room full of readers, and Tim Winton’s word “startling” doing exactly what it promised. Signed copies of Salt City Runaway are still in store. For now.

📖 REVIEWS

The Python’s Kiss, Louise Erdrich
Twenty years of stories. Ojibwe heritage threaded through every sentence without ever raising its voice. Erdrich lets the stone be a stone, the dress be a dress, and the meaning land where it should: right in your chest. Gabi’s pick.

May We Feed the King, Rebecca Perry
An archivist, a king, and a 750-year-old castle. Sounds like a riddle. Reads like a revelation. Perry’s debut is quietly gripping, and the final instruction to “pay attention” is advice you’ll wish you’d taken from page one. Peta’s pick.

🎤 EVENTS

🗓 Thurs 25 June: Susan Midalia’s Book Club
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks. Loss, love, and a Pulitzer Prize winner writing with the restraint of someone who has earned it. Doors 5:30pm | $5

🗓 Thurs 2 July: Search for Security, AUKUS and the New Militarism
Mark Beeson and Kanishka Jayasuriya present, with an introduction by Peter Dowding. In partnership with the AIIA. Timely does not begin to cover it. Doors 5:30pm | $15

🗓 Thurs 9 July: Richard Offen introduces Perth Then and Now
Our city, then and now, side by side. Boom, bust, demolition, renewal. Doors 5:30pm | $15

🗓 Thurs 16 July: Sue Woolfe introduces The Girl Who Climbed on Rooves
Memory, music, and mother-daughter inheritance. In conversation with Susan Midalia. Doors 5:30pm | $15

☕ Morning Book Clubs run 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 10:30am. Classics and new releases. Email [email protected] to join.

📰 Full newsletter, reviews & tickets 👉 www.lanebook.com.au or in our Bio🔗

29/05/2026

📚 LANE IDEAS | 30th May – 6th June

Rain on the forecast. Cold snap rolling in. The long weekend stretching out before you like an unread novel. There is, frankly, no excuse not to visit Old Theatre Lane.

📖 REVIEWS

“Every Valley” by Charles King
The untold story behind Handel’s Messiah, told with the kind of sweep that makes you rise to your feet, whether or not there’s a monarch in the room. Peta’s pick.

“Your Life Without Me” by James Meek
Meek asks the questions most novelists are too polite to raise. Morally confronting, intellectually generous, and quietly devastating. Susan’s pick.

🎤 EVENTS

🗓 Thurs 4 June | Gillian O’Shaughnessy introduces “Salt City Runaway”
Fifty piercing flash fiction stories. Tim Winton calls it “startling.” We call it essential. Doors 5:30pm | $15

🗓 Thurs 2 July | Beeson & Jayasuriya introduce “Search for Security: AUKUS and the New Militarism” - in partnership with the AIIA. Timely doesn’t begin to cover it. Doors 5:30pm | $15

🗓 Thurs 9 July | Richard Offen introduces “Perth Then And Now”
Our home city, past and present, side by side. Doors 5:30pm | $15

🗓 Thurs 16 July | Sue Woolfe introduces The Girl Who Climbed on Rooves
Memory, music, and mother-daughter inheritance. Doors 5:30pm | $15

☕ Morning Book Clubs : 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 10:30am. Classics and new releases. Email [email protected] to join.

📰 Full newsletter & tickets 👉 www.lanebook.com.au

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29/05/2026

📚 LANE IDEAS | 30th May – 6th June

Rain on the forecast. Cold snap rolling in. The long weekend stretching out before you like an unread novel. There is, frankly, no excuse not to visit Old Theatre Lane.

📖 REVIEWS

"Every Valley" by Charles King
The untold story behind Handel's Messiah, told with the kind of sweep that makes you rise to your feet — whether or not there's a monarch in the room. Peta's pick.

"Your Life Without Me" by James Meek
Meek asks the questions most novelists are too polite to raise. Morally confronting, intellectually generous, and quietly devastating. Susan's pick.

🎤 EVENTS

🗓 Thurs 4 June | Gillian O'Shaughnessy introduces "Salt City Runaway"
Fifty piercing flash fiction stories. Tim Winton calls it "startling." We call it essential. Doors 5:30pm | $15 https://www.trybooking.com/DKHIT (3 tickets left)

🗓 Thurs 2 July | Beeson & Jayasuriya introduce "Search for Security: AUKUS and the New Militarism" - in partnership with the AIIA. Timely doesn't begin to cover it. Doors 5:30pm | $15 https://www.trybooking.com/DMMIS

🗓 Thurs 9 July | Richard Offen introduces "Perth Then And Now"
Our home city, past and present, side by side. Doors 5:30pm | $15 https://www.trybooking.com/DMMVV

🗓 Thurs 16 July | Sue Woolfe introduces The Girl Who Climbed on Rooves
Memory, music, and mother-daughter inheritance. Doors 5:30pm | $15 https://www.trybooking.com/DMMWE

☕ Morning Book Clubs : 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 10:30am. Classics and new releases. Email [email protected] to join.

📰 Full newsletter & tickets 👉 www.lanebook.com.au

22/05/2026

Lane Ideas | 23rd – 29th May 🐈‍⬛ Where browsers are always welcome...

📖 Reviews

📘John of John by Douglas Stuart — Glasgow again, but softer this time; a novel that lets the silences do the work.
📙Going Nuclear by Tim Gregory — a fearless case that nuclear is not just the answer to net zero, but a quiet revolution hiding in plain sight.

☕ Morning Book Clubs Spaces available. 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 10:30am–12pm, in store. Upcoming titles include Ivan Southall and Dorothy L. Sayers. Email [email protected] (subject line: "Morning Book Club").

📰 Lane Ideas Magazine May–June edition out now — featuring Gillian O'Shaughnessy on the books that made her.

🎤 Events

📅 Thurs 4 June Gillian O'Shaughnessy — Salt City Runaway In conversation with Susan Midalia
Doors 5:30pm | Talk 6pm The Lane Bookshop, Claremont Tickets from $15 https://www.trybooking.com/DKHIT

📅 Thurs 2 July Mark Beeson & Kanishka Jayasuriya — Search for Security: AUKUS and the new militarism In partnership with AIIA
Doors 5:30pm | Talk 6pm The Lane Bookshop, Claremont Tickets from $15 https://www.trybooking.com/DMMIS

📅 Thurs 9 July Richard Offen — Perth Then And Now In conversation with Tony Howes
Doors 5:30pm | Talk 6pm The Lane Bookshop, Claremont Tickets from $15 https://www.trybooking.com/DMMVV

📅 Thurs 16 July Sue Woolfe — The Girl Who Climbed on Rooves In conversation with Susan Midalia
Doors 5:30pm | Talk 6pm The Lane Bookshop, Claremont Tickets from $15 https://www.trybooking.com/DMMWE

🍂 Autumn catalogue out now — download via the link below.

Full newsletter and tickets 👉 www.lanebook.com.au

15/05/2026

🐙 What is our fascination with the deep?

Homer had his sirens. Verne had his giant squid. Peter Benchley had a rubber shark and a sequel nobody asked for.

Dr Prema Arasu explores the monsters of the deep with Professor Alan Jamieson, Director of the Minderoo–UWA Deep Sea Research Centre. Wetsuits optional.

🗓️ Thursday 21 May | 📍 The Lane Bookshop | 🎫 $15
Book now — link in bio or see our website www.lanebook.com.au.

15/05/2026

🐈‍⬛ This week we asked ourselves a dangerous question: which books made you who you are?

The answers are in our latest Lane Ideas Magazine — fantasy, fairy tales, journalistic histories, children's classics and more. Whether they changed us for better or worse, we’ll let you decide.

Pick it up in store or download it online.

✨ This week in The Lane Newsletter 🗞️ see here to access the full copy http://eepurl.com/uBIpKdXEsN

📖 The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout (Pulitzer-winner) — A man, a secret, a country losing its mind, and the devastating discovery that the people closest to us are the ones we know least. Susan's pick.

📘 Free Love by Tessa Hadley — late-sixties London, a middle-class woman walks out on her marriage for a younger man, and Hadley refuses every easy moral the setup invites. Gabi’s pick.

🗓️ On the calendar

20 May: Non-Fiction Book Club — Going Nuclear by Tim Gregory. A chemist argues the atom will save the planet. Net zero meets the nucleus. Bring opinions, leave your half-lives at the door. $5.

21 May: Prema Arasu — The Book of Sea Monsters and Vampire Squid. From Homer's sirens to the Mariana Trench, in conversation with Professor Alan Jamieson of the Minderoo–UWA Deep Sea Research Centre. Wetsuits optional. $15.

28 May: Susan Midalia's Book Club — Trip by Amie Barrodale. A mortally funny debut about a mother's love that defies all odds, including death, told with the kind of absurd tenderness that makes you laugh and then immediately regret it. $5 including wine and nibbles.

4 June: Gillian O'Shaughnessy launches Salt City Runaway — fifty flash fictions from Fremantle to the Goldfields. Dead bats rain from the sky. Lou Reed gets offered a cigarette at a bus stop. Tim Winton called it "a chorus of tiny stabs." $15.

☕ Looking for a daytime book club? Morning clubs meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 10:30am — upcoming titles include Ivan Southall and Dorothy L. Sayers. Email [email protected] to join.

🍂 Our Autumn catalogue is out now — the season's biggest releases, waiting to be discovered.

🔗 Find it all at https://lanebook.com.au or http://eepurl.com/uBIpKdXEsN

08/05/2026

See our full 🗞️ weekly newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/fzu2iMCviZ

🐈‍⬛ There is something deeply reassuring about a bookshop that opens its weekly newsletter with sea monsters.
Not quarterly earnings. Not a rebrand. Not a wellness pivot involving turmeric. Sea monsters.

Homer had his sirens. Verne had his giant squid. Peter Benchley had a rubber shark and a sequel nobody asked for. What is our fascination with the deep sea? Prema Arasu has The Book of Sea Monsters and Vampire Squid — a poet placing our relationship with the deep blue yonder under the microscope, whilst also diving between the pages of some of literature’s finest works to explore this theme further. See our website or the link below to get your ticket to Prema Arasu on Thursday 21st May @ the Lane.

✨ This week at The Lane
📖 The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
An Irish Times Bestseller set in a mid-west Californian mining town in the 1800s, when everyone came from somewhere else but America. The grittiness of Irish writing that cakes the dirt to your shoes. A horseman, a poet, a rollicking ballad of a novel — endorsed by Colum McCann and Lindsay, which is all the passport you need.

📘 Drawing Nudes While Making Other Plans by Zoe Gaetjens
Funny, bright and heartwarming. A teenage girl named Cleo Markson who plans everything — first kisses, school days, friendships — until a summer art class without her sister forces her to stumble beautifully through life unscripted. For anyone who has ever had a plan fall apart and found something better. Aria's pick.

🗓️ On the calendar
14 May: Ian Kemish — Australia's former High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea discusses diplomacy, conflict and Two Islands. A recluse named Slow Fergus, a Balkan war crimes witness, and an isolated Scottish isle. Trent Dalton called it "utterly captivating." Presented with the Australian Institute for International Affairs. https://aiiawa.glueup.com/event/in-conversation-with-ian-kemish-diplomacy-papua-new-guinea-and-storytelling-178844/

20 May: Non-Fiction Book Club — Going Nuclear by Tim Gregory. What if climate change isn't an environmental problem but an energy one? A leading chemist argues the atom will save the world. Bring your opinions. Leave your half-lives at the door. $5. https://www.trybooking.com/DLWHJ

21 May: Prema Arasu — sea monsters, vampire squid and the literature of the deep, in conversation with Professor Alan Jamieson, Director of the Minderoo–UWA Deep Sea Research Centre. Wetsuits optional. $15. https://www.trybooking.com/DKCKK

28 May: Susan Midalia's Book Club — Trip by Amie Barrodale. A mortally funny debut about a mother's love that defies all odds, including death. From Florida's Gulf Stream to Munich-bound aeroplanes. Ottessa Moshfegh called Barrodale "the most important writer of my generation." $5 including wine and nibbles. https://www.trybooking.com/DLZSD

4 June: Gillian O'Shaughnessy launches Salt City Runaway with Susan Midalia — flash fiction from Fremantle to the Goldfields. Dead bats rain from the sky. A woman offers Lou Reed her last cigarette at a suburban bus stop. Tim Winton: "A chorus of tiny stabs whose sly work is done before the wounds even register." $15. https://www.trybooking.com/DKHIT

☕ Looking for a daytime book club? Our morning clubs meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 10:30am — upcoming titles include Ivan Southall and Dorothy L. Sayers. Email [email protected] to join.

🌷 Still looking for the perfect Mother's Day gift? Download our curated catalogue in store or online.

🍂 Our Autumn catalogue is out now — the season's biggest releases, waiting to be discovered.

🔗 Find it all at https://lanebook.com.au

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