Join us for a very special event where we will be joined by Author Leah Kaminsky with Authors Meg and Tom Keneally, to launch Leah's new novel Doll's Eye.

WHEN: Monday, 28th August 2023. Check-in begins at 6.45pm for a prompt 7pm start.

WHERE: Gertrude & Alice Cafe Bookstore located at 46 Hall St, Bondi Beach.

TICKETS: There are 2 ticket packages available. All tickets include a welcome drink on arrival and nibbles on the evening.

ADMISSION ONLY: $25.00 (excluding external fees). Your ticket includes admission to the event.
ADMISSION + BOOK: $50.00 (excluding external fees). Your ticket includes admission to the event, as well as a copy of Leah Kaminsky's new book, Doll's Eye (valued at $32.95). The book will be available for collection on the night.

From the award winning author of The Waiting Room and Hollow Bones.

About the book:

Sometimes there may be more to things than meets the eye.

Germany, 1933. Anna Winter returns home to find a note from her father, warning her of grave danger. She flees overnight, taking her precious doll collection with her, and sets sail for Australia. She lands a job at the Birdum Hotel and carves a new life, hiding her past from the world – until a chance encounter with an eccentric stranger, Alter Mayseh, changes everything.

Australia, 1938. A Yiddish poet fleeing persecution, Alter has seen the writing on the wall for his people. Armed with a letter of introduction from Albert Einstein, he manages his own escape from Europe and arrives in Australia in search of a safe place to call home. When fate leads him to Anna, he’s convinced he’s found his future with her. But a disturbing clue to her dark past threatens to unravel the delicate life she has built on top of the secrets left behind.

Shifting in time and place, Doll’s Eye weaves an intriguing story of love, loss and survival against a backdrop of war and displacement. Evocative and compelling, it brings into question the gap between what we see, and what we don’t.

About the author:

Leah Kaminsky is a physician and award-winning writer. Her debut novel, The Waiting Room, won the Voss Literary Prize. The Hollow Bones won both the Literary Fiction and Historical Fiction categories of the 2019 International Book Awards and the 2019 American Book Fest’s Best Book Award for Literary Fiction. She is the author of ten books and holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. www.leahkaminsky.com

About Meg and Tom:

Meg Keneally started her working life as a junior public affairs officer at the Australian Consulate-General in New York, before moving to Dublin to work as a sub-editor and freelance features writer. On returning to Australia, she joined the Daily Telegraph as a general news reporter, covering everything from courts to crime to animals’ birthday parties at the zoo. She then joined Radio 2UE as a talkback radio producer. In 1997 Meg co-founded a financial service public relations company, which she sold after having her first child. For more than ten years, Margaret has worked in corporate affairs for listed financial services companies and doubles as a part-time SCUBA diving instructor. She lives in Sydney with her husband Craig and children Rory and Alex.

Thomas Keneally was born in 1935 and his first novel was published in 1964. Since then he has written a considerable number of novels and non-fiction works. His novels include The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Schindler's List and The People's Train. He has won the Miles Franklin Award, the Booker Prize, the Los Angeles Times Prize, the Mondello International Prize and has been made a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library, a Fellow of the American Academy, a recipient of the University of California gold medal, and is now the subject of a 55 cent Australian stamp.He has held various academic posts in the United States, but lives in Sydney.