Books

Fitzsimons’ book describes the life of Weary Dunlop both before, during and after World War 2 when he continued to advocate and care for POWs. It is an important and well-written book about the life of a man whose courage and character is an example to us all.

Mary-Faeth Chenery, a local Daylesford resident, has been working to foster peace for most of her life and has now written a children’s book titled We Can Be Peace. The book gives children, their families and their teachers help to think about how to foster peace in our world.

Last week, the community gathered at Radius Arts in Hepburn Springs for a moving and deeply emotional launch of Crossroads – My Stories of Balibo, a new book of poetry and prose by local storyteller Anne E. Stewart. The event, marking the 50th anniversary of the murder of five Australian journalists in East Timor.

Lesley Hewitt It’s NAIDOC  week (6th-13 July 2025) when we celebrate and recognize the history,...

Join Nick Place, co-author of “Stalin’s Wine Cellar” and local Yandoit wine maker, James Cuming from Corner Block Winery for a fireside chat about at Yandoit Cultural on Saturday, June 28.

The Medicinal Garden is a beautifully illustrated book that provides detailed information on various plants including how to sow and grow the plants, harvesting and drying details and information on how to prepare the plants and what they can be used for.

Now that school is back, the Paradise Books Review Crew is back at work reviewing books for young readers. The Review Crew is a monthly free program run by Devon at Paradise Bookshop for local kids aged 10–15 years old. They meet after school on the last Monday of every month to read and review new books and help curate the Young Adult and Junior Fiction shelves.

Les Pitt’s Mud, Blood and Gold provides brief vignettes of some of Daylesford’s founders and administrators, a summary of the various goldmines and leads, the development of the Daylesford Hospital, some of the scandals of the era and the establishment of some of the institutions we still have today.

Federation University Honourary Professor Barry Golding launched his new book, Six Peaks Speak, Unsettling Legacies in Southern Dja Dja Wurrung Country, at the Castlemaine Visitor Information Centre last week in front of a diverse crowd of about 100. The book tells the stories of six significant volcanic peaks in the Central Victorian goldfields.