Caravan of dreams: Kerry Ridley on My Little Bookshop
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
Kerry Ridley is the owner of My Little Bookshop, a mobile bookseller that travels around Perth and regional Western Australia. Here she shares her bookseller's diary. The idea of starting...
My life in books: Tim Gott from Devonport Bookshop
Thursday, 7 November 2019
Tim and Anne Gott have owned the Devonport Bookshop for almost 25 years. In his bookseller’s diary, Tim shares stories from his bookselling career and observations on Devonport’s urban renewal....
Place of exchange: Jane Stratton on Lost in Books
Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Lost in Books is a multilingual children’s bookshop in Fairfield, Sydney. A project of the Think+Do Tank Foundation, the shop’s mission is to celebrate and support multilingual literacy and creativity....
All hands on deck: Inside The Little Bookroom with Michael Earp
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Situated in Melbourne’s inner north, The Little Bookroom is Australia’s oldest dedicated children’s bookshop. In his bookseller’s diary, children’s literature specialist Michael Earp reveals how a combination of experience, new ideas...
Tales of the unexpected: Events at Riverbend Books
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
Events manager Vicky Tosh shares the joys and hiccups of managing author events at Brisbane’s Riverbend Books. Before I was hired at Riverbend Books, I had never worked in a...
Sister act: The story of The Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Co-owner Mary Wadsworth tells the story of The Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop in Auckland, New Zealand. In 1965 Dorothy Butler established the bookshop that my sister Helen and I now...
The secret diary of Shaun Bythell
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Shaun Bythell owns Scotland’s largest second-hand bookstore The Bookshop, Wigtown and is the author of Diary of a Bookseller (Profile). He will deliver a keynote address at this year’s Booksellers...
A full program: Jennifer Jackson shares her bookseller’s diary
Tuesday, 3 July 2018
Paper Bird Children’s Books & Arts is a bookshop, arts centre and culture hub with a wide scope. Director Jennifer Jackson discusses its evolution. Paper Bird Children’s Books & Arts...
Prime location: thriving in sobering times at Avenue Elsternwick
Friday, 20 April 2018
When Melbourne’s Avenue Bookstore owner Chris Redfern opened a second store in Elsternwick in 2012, the year after the REDgroup collapse, some were sceptical. Bookseller Savannah Indigo explains how the...
Warm welcome: Kyneton’s Squishy Minnie
Monday, 23 October 2017
When children’s bookstore Squishy Minnie opened in the Victorian town of Kyneton, it filled an important gap in the regional community. Owner and manager Kristen Proud shares her bookseller’s diary....
Read centre: Bookselling in the Alice with Red Kangaroo Books
Monday, 17 July 2017
Alice Springs’ Red Kangaroo Books is likely the only bricks-and-mortar bookshop between Port Augusta, Darwin, Broome and Broken Hill, and serves a community of academics, health professionals and artists. Manager...
Brave new world: Sydney’s Beachside Bookshop
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Sydney’s Beachside Bookshop, which specialises in teen fiction, celebrated its one-year anniversary earlier this year. Owner and second-generation bookseller Libby Armstrong shares her bookseller’s diary. ‘Oh, you’re very brave.’ If...
Rundle in the jungle: On Dymocks Adelaide
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Dymocks Adelaide franchise owner Mandy Macky has led the Rundle Mall store since 1991, through microfiche, continuous-feed computer sheets and a relocation. She shares her bookseller’s diary. Standard Books was...
Along came Harry: On the launch of Harry Hartog Woden
Thursday, 6 October 2016
In 2014, Harry Hartog Woden store manager James Redden had the ‘humbling and terrifying’ experience of launching a new bookselling brand. He shares his bookseller’s diary. It was both humbling...
Right place, right time: The Younger Sun pop-up continues to grow
Monday, 11 July 2016
Starting out as a summer pop-up shop, Melbourne’s The Younger Sun has stepped out of the shadows of the ‘Big Sun’ to become ‘a bit of an institution’, according to...
Expounding and expanding: On Wellington’s Unity Books
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Books, people, ideas and a strong sense of community are at the heart of Unity Books in Wellington, writes co-owner and manager Tilly Lloyd. I doubt many Australian sports people,...
Pearce and co: A history of the Hobart Bookshop
Monday, 21 March 2016
Christopher Pearce followed his father Cedric into bookselling, working first at Fullers and then the Papua New Guinea Bookshop before opening the Hobart Bookshop with his partner Janet, writes bookseller...
