Events at the Book Cow
We love holding events for book lovers at the Book Cow or nearby. Whether for kids, adults, fiction or non-fiction - if it is about a book we love to have a chat about it.
Here you can find out about our upcoming events.
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Events Coming Up
Cadance Bell in conversation with Kaya Wilson
Cadance Bell in conversation with Kaya Wilson
Cadance Bell in conversation with Kaya Wilson
Friday 12 August at 5:30pm
Book Cow Kingston
Together with our friends at Meridian and A Gender Agenda, we are excited to be hosting Cadance Bell, author of The All Of It: A Bogan Rhapsody, in conversation with Kaya Wilson.
About The All of It:
What’s it like to grow up in an Aussie family that has a man of every flavour? A bank robber, an
Friday 12 August at 5:30pm
Book Cow Kingston
Together with our friends at Meridian and A Gender Agenda, we are excited to be hosting Cadance Bell, author of The All Of It: A Bogan Rhapsody, in conversation with Kaya Wilson.
About The All of It:
What’s it like to grow up in an Aussie family that has a man of every flavour? A bank robber, an infamous sports umpire, several different breeds of drug addict (collect the whole set!), a roster of crafty swindlers, an attempted murderer and the local town drunk. And what if you had a secret so ghastly that you feared it made you more disgraceful than all of your roguish ancestors combined?
Seven years ago, Ben was a millennial with a death wish. He was loveless, overweight, crashing in his parents’ rumpus room and blinking his life away in a haze of marijuana vape. Then one day Ben decided to change everything – starting with the Ben bit. Becoming Cadance was more than a gender transition: it was a transition in every way, fear to acceptance, from self-loathing to love, anger to kindness. She was determined to experience the all of it.
Written with dazzling creativity and exuberance, The All of It is a wild coming-of-gender memoir like no other. Tender, tragic, hilarious and life-affirming, it will leave you understanding a little more about trans people, rural Australia, family, millennials and the beautiful contradictions of our kaleidoscopic world.
About Cadance:
Cadance ‘Cady’ Bell is an Australian storyteller whose writing has appeared in publications including the Guardian and the popular queer blogs Rainbow Roo and I Miss Pockets. She has written, produced and directed dozens of award-winning short films, music videos and TV commercials. Her documentary films include The Rainbow Passage for Network 10 and Screen Australia, and Who I Am, the world’s first documentary exploring the intersection of gender diversity and neurodivergence.
She has performed at events such as Queerstories and the Antidote Festival at the Sydney Opera House. In 2020 she shared a virtual stage with Dr Anthony Fauci and Bill Gates with the Poplabs Social Impact Incubator, with her mission to ‘unmake prejudice’ by encouraging audiences to know LGTBQIA+ stories. Cady is a co-founder of Rainbow Day, which celebrates its twentieth year in 2022, having raised almost $1 million for charitable causes. And she is the founder of Threeki, which seeks to promote mindful kindness. She is currently working on a science-fiction novel: Letters to Our Robot Son. Cadance lives in New South Wales with her fiancée Amanda. She likes Pokémon Go and short walks to the fridge. She is openly transgender and freaking loves burritos.
About Kaya:
Kaya Wilson is a writer and tsunami scientist based in Canberra. He was the winner of the 2019 Writing NSW Varuna Fellowship, a runner-up in the 2019 Kill Your Darlings New Critic Award and was shortlisted for Penguin Australia’s 2019 Write It Fellowship. As Beautiful as Any Other is his first book.
Book Cow Book Chat with Anna Battese
Cadance Bell in conversation with Kaya Wilson
Cadance Bell in conversation with Kaya Wilson
Wednesday 17 August at 4:30pm
Book Cow Kingston
Calling all teachers, educators, librarians and fans of great children's books... Join us for a chat with Anna Battese while she is in Canberra and Queanbeyan visiting schools to talk about her new junior fiction series PD McPem's Agency for Mysterious Mysteries.
We were so excited to have A
Wednesday 17 August at 4:30pm
Book Cow Kingston
Calling all teachers, educators, librarians and fans of great children's books... Join us for a chat with Anna Battese while she is in Canberra and Queanbeyan visiting schools to talk about her new junior fiction series PD McPem's Agency for Mysterious Mysteries.
We were so excited to have Anna launch the second book in her series The Puzzling Pet Parade last month, that when we heard she was back in Canberra we just had to have her drop by for a chat about all things kid's books; what it is like to be an author and how to engage kids in reading and writing.
Anna is a bookworm, baker and children’s book maker.
Once a marine biologist, she now spends her days writing children’s stories full of adventure, heart and the occasional (but always friendly) shark. She lives in Naarm-Melbourne with her little girl, their mischievous labradoodle and an imaginary octopus named Hans Gruber.
Her junior fiction series, PD McPem’s Agency for Mysterious Mysteries is out now with Yellow Brick Books with two cases for kids to get into. Its a perfect early chapter book for young readers and adults alike. Both books are illustrated by Ruth Mary-Smith.
Storytime in the Square
Cadance Bell in conversation with Kaya Wilson
Storytime in the Square
Every Tuesday at 11am - join us for a story, some music and lots of fun.
No need to register - just come along! Check our social media for the book we will be reading.