Crime Night with Tim Ayliffe and Michael Robotham

Name: Crime Night with Tim Ayliffe and Michael Robotham
Start: 2026-03-31T18:00:00+1100
End: 2026-03-31T20:00:00+1100
Location: Avalon Beach Surf Life Saving Club

Tue, 31 Mar, 6pm - 8pm AEDT

Avalon Beach Surf Life Saving Club

Avalon Beach NSW, Australia

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Take a walk on the dark side as Bookoccino kicks off our 2026 Events Season with a 'Crime Night' featuring award-winning authors, and former journalists, Tim Ayliffe and Michael Robotham. It promises to be a lively discussion about why the crime genre continues to dominate the bestseller charts and what’s behind our cultural fascination with murder. From TV drama series to true crime podcasts, people can’t get enough of criminal masterminds. From international mystery to outback noir, the genre caters for all. As Michael Robotham says, “It’s not a question of why we write them - it’s why you read them.”

Tim Ayliffe’s latest book, DARK DESERT ROAD is very much ripped from the headlines drawing on real-life events involving sovereign citizens and domestic terrorism. Michael Robotham’s latest THE WHITE CROW is set along London’s East End, featuring a rich gangster and police constable navigating the thin blue line separating her professional work from her notorious crime family.

Bangalley Bar at the Avalon Surf Club is open from 5pm, so come early, purchase a drink and enjoy the view before the event starts at 6pm.

Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity

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Just steps from the surf at Avalon Beach, an hour north of Sydney, Bookoccino is a community cultural hub and one of Australia’s most distinctive independent bookstores - a gathering place for ideas, writers and readers of every age.

At the heart of what we do is bringing together local, regional and international voices - from emerging writers to bestselling authors and journalists - for lively, thoughtful conversations about books, ideas and the world around us. Our events offer the Northern Beaches community access to some of the most engaging literary minds and public thinkers working today.

Founded in 1992 as “a bookstore for people who really enjoy books,” that spirit still defines us. Owned by former New York Times foreign correspondent and author Raymond Bonner, our shelves hold more than 10,000 carefully curated titles across fiction, politics, history, art, food and children’s literature.

Our events have featured leading Australian and international writers including - Geraldine Brooks, Richard Flanagan, Richard Fidler, Julia Baird, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Trent Dalton, Richard Walsh and Lionel Shriver.

Bookoccino is proudly a computer-free bookstore and café - a small rebellion in favour of conversation, curiosity and the simple pleasure of reading.