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See our full 🗞️ weekly newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/fzu2iMCviZ 🐈‍⬛ There is something deeply reassuring about a bookshop that opens its weekly newsletter with sea monsters. Not quarterly earnings. Not a rebrand. Not a wellness pivot involving turmeric. Sea monsters. Homer had his sirens. Verne had his giant squid. Peter Benchley had a rubber shark and a sequel nobody asked for. What is our fascination with the deep sea? Prema Arasu has The Book of Sea Monsters and Vampire Squid — a poet placing our relationship with the deep blue yonder under the microscope, whilst also diving between the pages of some of literature’s finest works to explore this theme further. See our website or the link below to get your ticket to Prema Arasu on Thursday 21st May @ the Lane. ✨ This week at The Lane 📖 The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry An Irish Times Bestseller set in a mid-west Californian mining town in the 1800s, when everyone came from somewhere else but America. The grittiness of Irish writing that cakes the dirt to your shoes. A horseman, a poet, a rollicking ballad of a novel — endorsed by Colum McCann and Lindsay, which is all the passport you need. 📘 Drawing Nudes While Making Other Plans by Zoe Gaetjens Funny, bright and heartwarming. A teenage girl named Cleo Markson who plans everything — first kisses, school days, friendships — until a summer art class without her sister forces her to stumble beautifully through life unscripted. For anyone who has ever had a plan fall apart and found something better. Aria's pick. 🗓️ On the calendar 14 May: Ian Kemish — Australia's former High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea discusses diplomacy, conflict and Two Islands. A recluse named Slow Fergus, a Balkan war crimes witness, and an isolated Scottish isle. Trent Dalton called it "utterly captivating." Presented with the Australian Institute for International Affairs. https://aiiawa.glueup.com/event/in-conversation-with-ian-kemish-diplomacy-papua-new-guinea-and-storytelling-178844/ 20 May: Non-Fiction Book Club — Going Nuclear by Tim Gregory. What if climate change isn't an environmental problem but an energy one? A leading chemist argues the atom will save the world. Bring your opinions. Leave your half-lives at the door. $5. https://www.trybooking.com/DLWHJ 21 May: Prema Arasu — sea monsters, vampire squid and the literature of the deep, in conversation with Professor Alan Jamieson, Director of the Minderoo–UWA Deep Sea Research Centre. Wetsuits optional. $15. https://www.trybooking.com/DKCKK 28 May: Susan Midalia's Book Club — Trip by Amie Barrodale. A mortally funny debut about a mother's love that defies all odds, including death. From Florida's Gulf Stream to Munich-bound aeroplanes. Ottessa Moshfegh called Barrodale "the most important writer of my generation." $5 including wine and nibbles. https://www.trybooking.com/DLZSD 4 June: Gillian O'Shaughnessy launches Salt City Runaway with Susan Midalia — flash fiction from Fremantle to the Goldfields. Dead bats rain from the sky. A woman offers Lou Reed her last cigarette at a suburban bus stop. Tim Winton: "A chorus of tiny stabs whose sly work is done before the wounds even register." $15. https://www.trybooking.com/DKHIT ☕ Looking for a daytime book club? Our morning clubs meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 10:30am — upcoming titles include Ivan Southall and Dorothy L. Sayers. Email [email protected] to join. 🌷 Still looking for the perfect Mother's Day gift? Download our curated catalogue in store or online. 🍂 Our Autumn catalogue is out now — the season's biggest releases, waiting to be discovered. 🔗 Find it all at https://lanebook.com.au #TheLaneBookshop #LaneIdeas #PerthBooks #Claremont #IndependentBookshop #PremaArasu #IanKemish #SusanMidalia #GillianOShaughnessy #GoingNuclear #MothersDay