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AUTHOR TALK:
MEET MICHELLE PRAK

Head to the SMSA to celebrate the launch of BARREN CAPE – a taut, terrifying, and timely thriller from the queen of adrenaline-fueled fiction, MICHELLE PRAK.

This gut-churning, edge-of-your-seat ride will have you double-checking your locks and sleeping with the lights on.

Michelle will be in conversation with Catherine du Peloux Menagé from BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival, pulling apart the twists, turns, and terror lurking inside Barren Cape.


• WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL 2025
• 6pm

• Venue: Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts (SMSA), 280 Pitt Street, Sydney, 2000
REGISTER TO ATTEND - via the EVENT INFO link below.

AUTHOR EVENT
MEET JAMES L CAMBIAS

SF readers are in for a real treat just before Star Wars Day in May! US science fiction author James L Cambias is visiting Australia and looking forward to connecting with local readers for the release of the next instalment in his large scale Billion Worlds saga.

The Miranda Conspiracy is a direct sequel to The Godel Operation, a novel that inspired Paul di Filippo to coin a new sub-genre: Radical Fun SF, a blend of "solid speculative science [and] sense-of-wonder thrills." The reading experience recaptures the joy of discovering SF for veteran readers.

James will be happy to sign your books, answer your questions on all things SFF and read you a sample from his works. Don't miss your chance to meet with such a highly regarded author!

Get your books signed in person!


FREE EVENT
• SATURDAY 3 MAY, 2025
• 2pm

• Venue: GALAXY Bookshop (inside Abbey's - upstairs, lift available)
131 York Street, Sydney, 2000 (opposite QVB)
• FREE - REGISTER HERE: Eventbrite

The end of an era.
David Hall is retiring.

1997 - Earthlings landed a spacecraft on Mars and David Hall started at Abbey's. We're not saying these events are related but Dave has long had a fascination with Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Greg Waldron • 1966 - 2024

On 26 November 2024, Abbey's lost a staff member to illness who has played a long and significant role in our business. We join Greg's wife Jen and their son Dylan, their family and friends, publisher sales representatives, other booksellers and our customers in remembering Greg in our shared loss.

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10% OFF - THE NEWTOWN REVIEW OF BOOKS

Get 10% off reviewed books via the NRB website. Each review on their site has a discount link at the bottom to the book on Abbey's website.

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