Eltham Bookshop

06/06/2026

Chatterbooks Children’s Bookclub at Eltham Bookshop invites 7-11 year olds to meet author Fiona Wood and her new book. Sunday 28th June 3.00pm to 4.00pm It will be a magical afternoon as she discusses her book and helps the young audience create their own imaginative stories and illustrations, BYO pencil and notebook to get inspired and share some news of the best books you have read in the month of June. Bookings are essential. Call 94398700 or visit the link in the bio.

05/06/2026

After the rain…just a walk away in the Gum Tree Reserve. Guarded and looked after by brave naturalists.
Combined with today’s occurrence records that show where they grow in the wild, we reconstructed the evolutionary journey of these orchids.

Listen to the ancient story:

CSIRO traced back the evolutionary origins of greenhood orchids to 32 million years ago, at the beginning of Oligocene. This is shortly after Australia completely separated from Antarctica, which resulted in the onset of a new sea current around the south pole, and subsequently in profound changes in the world’s climate and the vegetation of Australia. All major greenhood orchid lineages arose while Australia travelled north to today’s geographic position during the Miocene. During this time, the Australian continent experienced increased aridification and seasonality, resulting in strong vegetational changes from rainforest to more open sclerophyllous vegetation.
Our research showed that the majority of today’s greenhood orchid species are of remarkably young origin, having evolved only over the past 2.5 million years.

03/06/2026

A NOVL experience comes your way. If you are 12years old and above this Bookclub could be for you. We start with with her new The Wild Unknown. Book discussion, snacks and conversations . Call 94398799 to book in or visit the link in the bio.

02/06/2026

02/06/2026

Join us for our June Far Out Sci Fi/Fantasy bookclub on June 18th at 6.00pm to discuss Endling by Tasmanian based author Keely Jobe. On the cutting edge of speculative fiction the themes of symbiosis underpin a page turning novel. Meet a bunch of avid, curious, articulate readers aged 20 - 70 plus in the ambient surrounds of . Kelly will join us by zoom so get your copy today from the bookshop and find your questions. Sci Fi critic Farah Henderson, author of Female Man, will be with us to give some expert perspectives. Bookings are essential. Call 94398700 or visit the link in the bio.

30/05/2026

Far Out Bookclub invites you to join our vibrant articulate Bookclub to discuss speculative fiction on the cutting edge of the genre. We meet in the warm ambient surrounds of the bookshop and talk from 6.00pm until 7.30pm until the cows come home. You will meet kindred spirits ages 20- 73. Our book for June is Endling by Tasmanian author, who will join the meeting on zoom. Farah Henderson, author of Female Man will be there to give her perspective as a critic of sci fi/fantasy books. Call us on 94398700 or book via the link in bio.

30/05/2026

An Enigmatic afternoon with Adelaide based with her new book The Enigmatic Echidna. FREE event organised by Deepdene u3A. Very limited spaces. Please call 94398700 or email us [email protected] to join the invitees list.

27/05/2026

This audacious brilliant internationally acclaimed scientist who calls Eltham home has launched her life’s work S*x, Genes and Chromosomes at La Trobe University recently. Distinguished Professor Jennifer A Marshall Graves OAM has written a book for all of us and for her peers, students and colleagues. Unstoppable Jenny is now off to post a handwritten letter to David Attenborough requesting him to endorse the opera she has composed - Origins - of the Universe, of Life, of Species, of Humanity” which will be performed by 300 singers in Adelaide in August. Here is a taste of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRH7MD7F4U0 SIGNED copies of her book are available and you should be looking to book tickets to Adelaide.