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Benn's Books

Locality: Bentleigh, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 9557 3969

Address: 437 Centre Road 3204 Bentleigh, VIC, Australia

Website: https://www.bennsbooks.com.au/

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25.01.2022 We're still open and our staff are available to process your purchases. Once again we're offering click and collect as well as home delivery (within 5km of the shop and aiming for next day). Please feel free to contact the shop via phone or email if you have any questions. Purchasing can be made via our website or over the phone. Stay safe and calm everyone. We know what to do.

22.01.2022 Fabulous October new releases... #CraigSilvey #Honeybee #MarilynneRobinson #Jack #RichardFlannigan #TheLivingSeaofWakingDreams #IanHoskins #Rivers... #DavidAttenborough #ALifeonOurPlanet #GarryLinnell #Moonlite #IanRankin #ASongfortheDarkTimes #MonicaMcInerney #TheGodmothers #newreleases #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal See more

22.01.2022 Alice came back! We now have a plentiful supply of signed copies of #inpraiseofveg by #alicezaslavsky @aliceinframes. What a champ! Did you know her gorgeous book has just received praise from none other than goddess of the kitchen herself #nigellalawson. That means there's got to be some damn fine recipes in there! @inpraiseofveg is a veggie food lovers delight full of inventive, healthy food adventures. #vegitarianfood #healthyfood #vegitariancookbook #veganrecipes #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal

22.01.2022 All day today, Fri 20th November, and over this whole weekend we're offering members of our Regular Reading Program the chance to gain 2 points for every dollar spent. A great way to get the Christmas shopping under way. #doublepoints #regularreadersprogram #loyaltypoints #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal #shopbentleigh

21.01.2022 What a wonderful job we have all done over these last months! It's with more than a little joy that we welcome our customers back into our store. To ensure a smooth return to normal trading we are asking that customers follow all relevant social distancing guidelines and keep their visits brief. We will need to limit the number of customers in the store to a maximum of 12 at any given time and ask for your understanding that at times we may need to ask customers to wait outsi...de. . OUR STORE TRADING HOURS ARE 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm Saturdays 10am to 4pm Sundays and public holidays . We continue to encourage customers to use our comprehensive website as a first option to browse and, where possible, make use of click and collect purchasing. We hope to be able to offer some form of free local delivery going into December, but this may become untenable as the shop and the streets get busier. . We thank you all so much for the support and kind words we have received during the Stage 4 lockdown and look forward to seeing you in-store again soon. . #beautifulmelbourne #welldoneeveryone #welcomeback #staycovidsafe #melbournereopens #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal See more

21.01.2022 March new releases have hit the shelves and there's quite a few to get excited about. Here's just a small selection - the full list of highlights is over at our website. Link in bio. FICTION #KlaraandtheSun #KazuoIshiguro From the bestselling and Booker.Prize winning author of Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day, a stunning new novel that asks, what does it mean to love? .... FICTION #ThePerformance #ClaireThomas The breakout literary sensation of 2021, THE PERFORMANCE is a tightly woven examination of women's inner lives that is enthralling, profound and deeply human. . BIOGRAPHY / SOCIETY #TheBelieverEncounterswithLoveDeathandFaith #SarahKrasnostein The Believer looks at the stories we tell ourselves to deal with the distance between the world as it is, and the world as we’d like it to be. . BIOGRAPHY #EmotionalFemale #YumikoKadota A passionate account of the toxic culture of bullying and overwork that junior doctors can experience in the workplace as part of their training. . MIDDLE GRADE #EdgeofThirteen #NovaWeetman Thirteen-year-old Clem deals with fitting in and falling out in this authentic story of friendship, from a beloved middle-grade author. . FIRST READERS #MaryHastheBestPet #SchoolofMonsters #SallyRippin A NEW SERIES!!! With tumbling rhymes and an infectious sense of humour, the weird and wonderful students at the School of Monsters are guaranteed to spark a love of reading! . #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #indiebookshop #bookshop #newreleases #bookrecommendations #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal See more

21.01.2022 I hope everyone is taking a bit of time out for themselves during this necessary quite time. Good walks, good talks, good thoughts. Keep going beautiful Melbourne.

20.01.2022 For lovers of her work, the lastest in Cassandra Clare's Last Hours series, the fourth series in The Shadowhunter Chronicles, is now out. . Our heroine Cordelia Carstairs seems to have everything she ever wanted. She’s engaged to marry James Herondale, the boy she has loved since childhood. She has a new life in London with her best friend Lucie Herondale and James’s charming companions, the Merry Thieves. She is about to be reunited with her beloved father. And she bears the... sword Cortana, a legendary hero’s blade. But the truth is far grimmer... . There is also a COLLECTOR'S FIRST EDITION coming out for anyone who's a total die hard fan. It features ten black-and-white character silhouettes by celebrated cut-paper artist Kathleen Jennings and a bonus short story. This version will be available from the 17 March. Call or email to secure a copy! Hardback $32.99 . #cordeliacarstairs #jamesherondale #chainofiron #lasthours #lasthoursseries #shadowhunter #cortana #shadowhunterbooks #shadowhunterworld #cassandraclare #teenfiction #youngadultbooks#yafantasy #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookshop #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal See more

20.01.2022 From the bestselling and Booker Prize winning author of Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day, a stunning new novel - his first since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature - that asks, what does it mean to love? Our bookseller Cecilia gives us her review... . A restrained elegance is Kazuo Ishiguro’s signature style, and his eagerly anticipated new novel displays this to superlative effect. Girl AF Klara (an Artificial Friend) contemplates her place in Manager’s store, t...hen, later, her place with her human companion. Although not of the latest AF series, Klara’s observational qualities soon mark her out as unusually different to the others, and soon we, the reader, are treated to some of the most sublime and quietly considered studies of the limited world around her. Klara’s solar nourishment is provided by The Sun, and her wonder and awe at this relationship becomes pivotal to the novel’s journey. From the author of The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, Klara and The Sun is a moving and poetic examination of the heart both human and artificial. #klaraandthesun #kazuoishiguro #bookrecommendations #bookreview #bennsbooks #indiebookstore #independentbookstore #bookshop #shoplocal #shopbentleigh

18.01.2022 Hello lovely Melburnians! How are todays numbers! 2!!! Oh my goodness, we have all done so well. Here's to seeing light at the end of the lockdown tunnel. . If anyone is brave enough to contemplate what 2021 is going to look like, we just received a big delivery of calendars. I know...its a strange concept, but you never know, what was the most useless and under utilised item of 2020 might hopefully be brimming with catch-ups, dinner dates and movie nights in the near future!! If you'd like to browse, they are currently featured on the bottom of the website homepage. . #welldonemelbourne #endinsight #goodbye2020 #2021calendar #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal #shopbentleigh

18.01.2022 Our shop is open again! We hope these past few days haven't been too difficult for you. But hey, here we are, the sun's shining and all is ok. Well done everyone! . If you'd rather stay curled up and quite, how about getting swept away by a richly imagined and somewhat saucy fantasy novel? The next installment of#sarahjmaas #crownofthornsandroses series #acourtofsilverflames is out now. #bennsbooks #independentbookshop #booksuggestions #bestsellers #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal

18.01.2022 The countdown to Christmas has begun and this year we're encouraging everyone to shop early and shop local. Download your copy of our Christmas Gift Guide from our website to see a selection of some of the best titles coming out this Christmas. We're still offering free local delivery to reduce the number of people instore at any given time. Happy shopping. www.bennsbooks.com.au #christmasgiftguide #xmasgiftguide #christmasshopping #shoplocal #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #indiebookshop #christmasgifts #summerreading #centreroadbentleigh

18.01.2022 A small selection of MID-MARCH new releases. CONTEMPORARY FICTION #TheCommitted by #VietThanhNguyen Viet Thanh Nguyen returns with a sequel to his 2016 Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Sympathizer. Set in Paris in the 1980s The Committed follows the unnamed narrator's arrival as a refugee trying to assimilate into a culture full of new dangers and challenges. (Includes references to drugs, gang violence, prostitution, racism, and sexual violence)... . POLITICS #AmericanKompromat by #CraigUnger Kompromat n. Russian for 'compromising information' American Kompromat unravels the Russian-influenced operations that amassed the dirty little secrets of the richest and most powerful men on earth. . CRIME/THRILLER #TheDisappearanceofStephanieMailer by #JoëlDicker A twisting new thriller from the author of The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair. A crime solved decades earlier is questioned by a journalist who believes a mistake was made. But before she can give any more details, Stephanie Mailer mysteriously disappears. . CONTEMPORARY FICTION #DoubleBlind by #EdwardStAubyn Following three friends and their circle through a year of transformation, Double Blind is about the headlong pursuit of knowledge - for pleasure, revelation, money, sanity, survival - and the consequences of fleeing what we already know about others and ourselves. . CRIME #TheFineArtofInvisibleDetection by #RobertGoddard Umiko Wada is the secretary to a private detective in Japan. Nick Miller lives in London and never knew his father, and was always told he wasn't missing much. When a chance encounter brings Wada and Nick together, they couldn't know the series of violent events set off by their investigations. . BIOGRAPGHY #MyYearofLivingVulnerably by #RickMorton In early 2019, Rick Morton, author of acclaimed, bestselling memoir One Hundred Years of Dirt, was diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder - which, as he says, is just a fancy way of saying that one of the people who should have loved him the most during childhood didn't. . #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookshop #newreleases #bookrecommendations #whattoreadnext #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal See more

18.01.2022 Coming out of their boxes RIGHT NOW! New #treehousebooks from #andygriffiths and #terrydenton #130storeytreehouse adds another 13 levels to their amazing treehouse world - including a toilet paper factory and mechanical grandparents. Very timely! . #bestsellers #middlereaders #funreading #kidsbooks #kidslovereading #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal

14.01.2022 We had a quick visit from the effervescent #alicezaslavsky today. Unfortunately we only had 1 copy of her fab book #inpraiseofveg left in stock for her to sign, but hopefully she'll be available to pop in and sign more copies when they come in over the next week or so. Lovely to meet you @aliceinframes and congratulations on you beautiful book. #vegitarianfood #vegitariancookbook #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal

14.01.2022 We love it when friends of the bookshop get their work published. Last week we received an advanced reading copy of local author and good customer Melissa Manning's forthcoming novel 'Smokehouse' which is being published by University of Queensland Press early in 2021. We can't wait to sink our teeth into it. Set in southern Tasmania, the linked stories in Smokehouse bring into focus a small community and capture those moments when life turns and one person becomes another. Well done Melissa and we hope it's a roaring success for you. #lissmanning @lissycmanning @uqpbooks #uqp #localauthor #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal

14.01.2022 In need of an uplifting book that will help the kids see the good side of lockdowns? Windows is an uplifting story of how humanity has pulled together during the Coronavirus pandemic. . Written from Patrick Guest's (author of The Second Sky and The Dress-Up Box) own experience of having to leave the family home due to his son's Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Windows shows how five kids from different parts of the world connect and draw strength from their communities from behin...d the safety of their own windows. . Heartwarming, hopeful and surprisingly funny, Windows will resonate with families all over the world and become a valuable time capsule of what life was like in 2020. #patrickguest #windows #picturebook #upliftingstories #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal See more

14.01.2022 STAFF MEMBER CECILIA'S REVIEW of 'The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman' by Julietta Henderson . Norman Foreman is twelve years old and a sufferer of chronic psoriasis. But he’s also a kid with gravitas (according to his Mum, Sadie), who dreams of performing at the Edinburgh Comedy Fringe Festival with his best friend, Jax. That is, until Jax dies. Sadie, self-confessed worst mother in the world, will do anything to get him to the Fringe to honour his friend, find out who is N...orman’s father, and somehow, along the way, help allay his grief. Funny, touching and incredibly uplifting, this endearing novel explores a child’s grief with empathy, pathos and humour. Norman’s character will stay with you long after the last page. #thefunnythingaboutnormanforeman #normanforeman #juliettahenderson #staffreview #bookreview #newreleases #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal See more

13.01.2022 In store tomorrow JAN 20 and we can't wait! Harry Potter meets Men in Black in this exhilarating debut middle-grade fantasy, the first in a trilogy filled with #blackgirlmagic from @bb_alston Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing older brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good.... So when she discovers a ticking briefcase in his closet containing a nomination for a summer tryout at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, she’s certain the secretive organisation holds the key to locating Quinton if only she can wrap her head around the idea of magicians, fairies, aliens, and other supernatural creatures all being real. Now she must compete for a spot against kids who’ve known about magic their whole lives. No matter how hard she tries, Amari can’t seem to escape their intense scrutiny and doubt especially once her own supernaturally enhanced talent is deemed ‘illegal’. With an evil magician threatening the supernatural world, and her own classmates thinking she’s an enemy, Amari has never felt more alone. But if she doesn’t stick it out and pass the tryouts, she may never find out what happened to Quinton ... . #AmariandtheNightBrothers #AmariPeters #NominationDetected #middlereaders #newreleases #kidsliterature #getlostinagoodbook #bennsbooks #independentbookshop #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal

13.01.2022 #theickabog is now in stock! #jkrowling has invited children from around the world to illustrate this fabulous story of a kingdom in search of the legendary Ickabog. Fear and faith meets power struggles and a search for the truth. #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal

11.01.2022 What the kids read this Feb. Look at all these wonderful reading choices the kids of Bentleigh made last month! You've got to love a kid with their head in a book. #topten #februarybestsellers #kidsbooks #AmariandtheNightBrothers (#1 Supernatural Investigations) #BBAlston... . #TheTraitor (Wolf Girl #4) AnhDo . #Bluey andFriends: A Sticker Activity Book . #CodeNameBananas #DavidWalliams . #TheDeepEnd (#15 Diary of a Wimpy Kid) #JeffKinney . #CatKidComicClub (#1) (HB) #DavPilkey . #Smile (#1) Raina Telgemeier . #FlightoftheGriffin (#3 Rise of the Mythix) #AnhDo . #TheDragonetProphecy (#1 Wings of Fire) #TuiSutherland . #Ninja Toys! (#7 Ninja Kid) #AnhDo #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookshop #indiebookstore #bookrecommendations #childrensbooks

11.01.2022 Today is International KINDNESS Day. As it should be every day, be gentle to each other and to yourselves good people. #internationalkindnessday #bekind #begentlewithyourself #kindnessiscontagious #bennsbooks

10.01.2022 From November 1 - 12 Australia Reads inviting Australians of all ages and from all walks of life to share and celebrate the joys of reading. Whether you’re picking up a book for the first time or your head is already stuck in one, there’s plenty of books, activities and events as part of our festivities. On Thursday 12 November we’ll celebrate Australian Reading Hour. You’re invited to stop what you’re doing for an hour, pick up a book and read to yourself or the children in ...your life. Join us and unwind, get inspired and find joy in books! To celebrate Australia Reads has commissioned 4 wonderful short form books for First, Middle and Teen readers - for only $2.99 each! #annafienberg #tashi #jacquelineharvey #kensyandmax #peterhelliar #frankiefish #willkostakis #thegreatesthit #AustraliaReads #Bookstagram #BackYourBookshop #AmReading #BookRecommendation

08.01.2022 We've just received our first delivery of books for November and the shelves are well stocked with great titles for Christmas. Too many to mention here really but here are some snaps of what was unpacked this week. Highlights include... . #SophieLaguna #InfiniteSplendours #RosalieHam #TheDressmakersSecret #WilliamMcInnes ##ChristmasTales... #SallyHepworth #TheGoodSister #PhilipSalom #TheFifthSeason #DonDeLillo #TheSilence (*top pick for me!) #RamonaKoval #AlLettertoLayla #PeterFitzSimons #BreakerMorant #EleyWilliams #TheLiarsDictionary #KailasWild #The99thKoala #MalcolmKnox #TruthIsTrouble and there are so many more but I'll save that for another post! . We are back to normal trading hours - open Saturday 9am to 5pm and Sunday 10am - 4pm. We'd love to see you in-store soon! #newreleases #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal See more

08.01.2022 Happy quite Cup Day beautiful Melbourne. Benn's is open from 10 - 4 today. Xxx

06.01.2022 And November will be the new December too! . With Victorian retail finally opening up again this week we now have to figure out how to shop safely and with ease. The good folk at #loveyourbookshopday #australianbooksellersassociation and the #australianpublishersassociation have kicked off a campaign to encourage everyone to start their Christmas shopping a little bit earlier this year. . Two logistical factors are also at play here. Firstly, it's very likely Aust Post is go...ing to be slammed this Xmas with possible long delivery delays and secondly, the publishing industry is a bit unsure of the international supply chain at present. . So, to avoid any disappointment, we're encouraging everyone to start planning how they'll shop this festival season. Our November new releases will be out in a week or so and this will represent the best of what's on offer this year. . Click and collect will also be encouraged, as we're most likely going to have some tight limits on instore customer numbers. We'll also keep offering some form of local delivery, but yet to iron this out. . Either way, hooray for a 'normal' lead up to the end of year celebrations. Well done everyone. Now, what to give those loved ones... . #shopearly #shoplocal #christmas2020 #sillyseason #shopwithease #bennsbooks #xmasgifts #independentbookstore #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shopbentleigh See more

06.01.2022 Our NOVEMBER NEW RELEASES showcase is now up on the website. Go to our homepage to browse. #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal

05.01.2022 Looking for a good read to while away the summer holidays and really let go of the last fragments of 2020? . Here's a few titles we think will sooth and nourish all your holiday needs. - Lucky's by #AndrewPippos... - Bluebird by #MalcolmKnox - The Morbids by #EwaRamsey - Searching for Charlotte: The Fascinating Story of Australia's First Children's Author by #KateForsyth & #BelindaMurrell - Nothing to See Here by #KevinWilson - Room for a Stranger by # MelanieCheng - The Strays of Paris by #JaneSmiley - The Best Kind of Beautiful by #FrancesWhiting - Before the Storm by #DiMorrissey . #summerreading #whattoreadnext #holidayreading #thepleasureofagoodbook #goodbye2020 #hello2021 #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #indiebookshop #booksuggestions #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal #shopbentleigh See more

03.01.2022 We had a visit from #SofieLaguna today and she has very kindly signed copies of her latest book #InfiniteSplendours for us. Thanks Sofie! . Here's a review of the book by our bookseller Cecilia. . Sofie Laguna, Miles Franklin award-winning author and bearer of a swag of commendations and short listings, has the uncanny ability to channel her young characters’ voices and innermost thoughts as they struggle to understand what is happening around them. Her latest novel, Infinite... Splendours, is a pledge of voice to the unheard and untold stories that belong to those truly in arrested development. In 1953, Lawrence Loman’s 10-year-old young life has been completely derailed by an act of familial betrayal. As an adult, and with an innate artistic ability, the aftershocks continue to ripple outwards. Only the solace of the Letters of the Masters art book, (given by his betrayer), provides a filter and detail for a lens to view the world, that, despite its harm, can sometimes be a world of infinite splendours. Redemption comes, but at a cost. Sofie Laguna’s bravest and most empathic work yet. . #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal See more

03.01.2022 OUT NOW! Fresh out of its embargoed box, the latest in the #jackwestjr series is ready to be read. #thetwolostmountains sees #matthewreilly return to the adventures of Jack and his rabble as they try to rescue Jack's daughter from the clutches of Sphinx and ultimately save the world from the Omega event. Goodness! That should keep you busy for a while. $39.99 Click and collect or request home delivery. #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookstore #bestsellers #fantasyfiction #getlostinabook #whattoreadnext #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal

02.01.2022 It's a bit sad that we can't be with you all in person today...but boy oh boy... we've been feeling the love for months now! . What an incredible, beautiful, supportive, well read community we are a part of. From all the social media shares, to the big shopping sprees to keep lockdown boredom at bay, you have all made it very clear how much you love your little local bookshop. And we are so very grateful for it. You have kept us afloat through these crazy days. . Here's to ...a summer of delicious reading for both young and old as we maintain our little bit of social distancing going forward. . Thanks again and we look forward to seeing you all really soon. Happy Saturday. Happy sunny weekend. Happy Love Your Bookshop Day. (We're open all day and still doing deliveries and contactless collection from the shop door.) #lybd2020 #loveyourbookshopday #loveyourbookshopday2020 #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal @shopbentleigh @bentleigheastofficial See more

01.01.2022 Just arrived in this morning. The much anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs #apromisedland by #barackobama This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama's conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day. *sigh* . #americanpolitics #toberead #memoir #penguinbooksaus #bennsbooks #independentbookstore #bookstore #centreroadbentleigh #shoplocal