The Little Bookroom and Lost in Books collaborate on ‘All the Ways to be Smart’ giveaway
Melbourne specialist children’s bookshop The Little Bookroom and Sydney-based multilingual children’s bookshop and social enterprise Lost in Books are collaborating on a picture book giveaway. Based in the culturally diverse...
The Little Bookroom to hold kids book festival in Melbourne
Melbourne children’s bookshop The Little Bookroom will hold its first kids book festival in October, called Kids Book Fest. Held at the Fitzroy Town Hall, the one-day event will feature...
The Little Bookroom opens ‘big sister’ bookshop in Northcote
Melbourne children’s bookstore The Little Bookroom is opening a new independent ‘big sister’ bookshop, called Neighbourhood Books, in the inner northern suburb of Northcote. Located at 55 High Street in...
The Little Bookroom launches in-store parent-teacher events
Melbourne children’s bookstore The Little Bookroom has launched its first in-store information event for parents and teachers. The first event in what the store hopes to turn into a once-a-term...
Little Bookroom launches online store
Melbourne children’s bookseller the Little Bookroom has launched an online store, powered by ecommerce platform shopify. Store owner Leesa Lambert told Bookseller+Publisher that the online store currently has around 300...
The Little Bookroom to open second store in Melbourne CBD
The owners of The Little Bookroom have announced that they will open a second store in Melbourne in early 2011. Leesa Lambert, who owns the children's bookstore with her parents...
The Little Bookroom celebrates 50 years
The Little Bookroom in Melbourne will celebrate its 50th anniversary on the 13 October. The children's bookstore first opened its doors in the Melbourne CBD on the 13 October, 1960....
Albert Ullin wins Leila St John Award
Albert Ullin OAM has received the annual Leila St John Award, presented by Victorian branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA). ‘His outstanding contribution to Children’s Literature in...
Ullin presented with Lifetime Achievement Award
Albert Ullin, the founder of iconic children's bookshop The Little Bookroom, was presented with a lifetime achievement award on Monday night at the Australian Booksellers Association annual dinner. The Little...
Little Bookroom sold to former employees
The Little Bookroom in Melbourne, Australia's oldest specialist children's bookshop, has a brand new pair of owners. Former employees Leesa and Lesley Lambert are now running the Little Bookroom, much to the...