Stoneman’s Bookroom
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Secrets of a showbiz dame
Former Chewton resident and beloved Aussie entertainer Stan Munro is set to return to Castlemaine this Friday to launch his new book Stan Munro –Secrets of a Showbiz Dame. From the grey streets and isolation of the Welsh valleys, to the glittering stages of Sydney’s Kings Cross, Stan Munro has lived a life larger than…
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Politics, competition and prone to extremes
Gillian Wills wrote Big Music, her debut novel, because she wanted people to know what goes on behind the concert curtain. Music is so readily available, it’s easy for people to overlook the dedication and hard work involved in becoming a performer. There’s a misconception that conservatoriums are peaceful, genteel places. Undeniably exhilarating, they are…
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Great Australian Bookshop Tour
Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion are visiting Stoneman’s Bookroom in Castlemaine and Aesop’s Attic Bookshop in Kyneton, on Saturday, March 30 as part of their Great Australian Book Tour.
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A maid among men
It’s 1968 and 19-year-old Dimity Pettifer, a young Arts undergraduate at Melbourne University, has left home for the first time and gone to live at the all-men’s Queen’s College as a student maid. The world is at her feet and a realm of possibilities open before her. A Maid Among Men is a fascinating new…