With almost four decades of life in Bondi, Melanie and Remo Giuffré are the ultimate local storytellers. Together they are the unstoppable creative powerhouse behind the popular Bondi Observer blog, REMORANDOM series and new book  Love, Bondi.

Join the Giuffrés as they share their passion for creativity, and reflect on their favourite Bondi stories, people and memories in a celebration of ingenuity and community.

Features an interview and “show and tell” segment with objects, people, and images.

Remo Giuffré is an entrepreneur with a long track record as a creative director, connector and brand builder. He founded the REMO General Store in 1988, the General Thinking network in 2001, TEDxSydney in 2009 and Bondi Observer (with wife Melanie) in 2015. His most recent endeavour is the REMORANDOM book series and Substack – a curation of snack-sized facts, stories, ideas and observations designed to inform and entertain a global community readers. Uncommon knowledge for curious minds. Everything interesting. He has lived by the beach in Bondi for 40 years. His motto: Do Good Work. Have Some Fun.

Melanie Giuffré left her home in Adelaide to travel the world at the age of 19, landing eventually in Paris where she lived and worked for five years, establishing an agency representing hair and make-up artists. Returning to Australia in 1987, she settled in Sydney where her then-eponymous Melanie Dames Agency expanded its remit to represent photographers. Her work as the editor of Bondi Observer and the author of Love, Bondi manifests a rekindled focus on her longstanding passions for photography, curation – and the power of community. Melanie lives with Remo nearby the beach in North Bondi.

This Bondi Books & Ideas Weekend event is presented by Waverley Council, with support from Gertrude & Alice Cafe Bookstore.