Australia's new favourite crime author Benjamin Stevenson has followed up his enormously popular novel Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone with a sequel called Everyone on this Train is a Suspect, and we will be lucky enough to host him in Geelong in October!...

We are beyond excited to welcome award-winning author Charlotte Wood to The KO Creative Studio in October to discuss her new novel Stone Yard Devotional (release date 3 October). Charlotte will be in conversation with The Book Bird Store Manager Charlotte Guest....

Join us on Wednesday September 27th for an in-conversation evening with landscape designer Philip Withers & horticulturist, writer, and conservationist AB Bishop, to celebrate their new book Naturescapes. The authors will be in conversation with THE KO Director,...

The Local Word Writers Festival is back for a second year running and we're thrilled to be the official bookseller for the event! The festival will take place over two days on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th August and features a range of workshops and panel discussions...

AUTHOR TALK: WIFEDOM WITH ANNA FUNDER Join us for an evening with Miles Franklin-award winning author, Anna Funder, for a conversation about her latest release, Wifedom. Wifedom is a genre-bending biography of George Orwell's wife, Eileen O'Shaughnessy, from one of...

We are extending our Christmas opening hours to maximise your book-browsing and book-buying time! You will find us manning the fort on these days, between these times... From Sunday 4 December Monday to Friday 9:00am – 5:30pm Saturday 9:00am – 5:00pm Sunday 10:00am –...

Dear Readers, If you’ve been into the shop over the past few months, you may have noticed that I’ve started to resemble our Book Bird logo – a little plump around the belly. While I have been enjoying a serious intake of snacks, I would like to share with you all that...

Join us at The Book Bird - Geelong's only independent bookshop - for an epic Love Your Bookshop Day celebration! From 2pm - 4pm on Saturday 8 October, local jazz band Hot Club Swing will serenade us with their incredible music, and we shall have bubbles and nibbles...

Join us on Monday 24th October, 6pm, at The Ko Creative Studio Newtown for an in conversation event with celebrated author Diana Reid to launch her highly-anticipated new book Seeing Other People. The Ko's co-director Olivia will sit down with Diana to chat about the...