Big week for book launches

Bob Abbot does the honours at the Apollonian.

Last week was a big one for book launches around the shire, with authors eager to get their babies on the shelves before the Christmas rush, even if only just.

Well-known sports journo and broadcaster Peter Meares had the legendary sports commentator Gordon Bray fly up from Sydney to do the honours for his first novel, The Long Shot, at Noosa Rugby Club, while former Noosa mayor Bob Abbot launched his Boreen Point neighbor Max Bannah’s illustrated childhood memoir Three Times My Grandmother Called Me A Liar at the Apollonian Hotel.