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Better Read Than Dead

Locality: Newtown, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 9557 8700

Address: 265 King Street 2042 Newtown, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.betterread.com.au/

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25.01.2022 maar bidi is an inspired and inspiring collection from Magabala Books It’s also our November The Indigenous Literacy Foundation Book of the Month, with 15% of the sales going straight to the ILF. Our events manager and bookseller Bron says, The stories and poems in maar bidi were written during workshops held at the University of Western Australia’s School of Indigenous Studies and the students came from as far afield as Queensland and NSW. I love the fact this book gives ...them the opportunity to speak for themselves, rather than being spoken about, studied, legislated about or reported on by others. Each of these young writers offers a unique voice and approach to storytelling and, when read together, the works offer a rare perspective an insight into what it means to be young, black and passionate in Australia. Purchase a copy instore or online; http://www.betterread.com.au//maar-bidi-next-generation-bl

19.01.2022 Thinking of joining a book club? Our November meetings will be held on Zoom, and everyone is welcome! Find out what we’re reading in the image below, and head to https://www.betterreadevents.com/ to RSVP.

19.01.2022 We seeing you all in-store and are so grateful to have been able to stay open in various forms throughout 2020! However, we understand that visiting in person may not be possible for everyone and are committed to continuing to provide other means to #shoplocal. Our Summer Reading Guide will be released this Saturday online - and our biggest and most comprehensive guide to September to January new releases yet! Stay tuned for its launch on the weekend; and we look forward to you visiting us in person or online.

17.01.2022 Drumroll Please! Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo is our bestselling book of 2020! Here’s the full list;... Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe Phosphorescence by Julia Baird The Yield by Tara June Winch A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie Tu Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton Normal People by Sally Rooney Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi Do you have a favourite of these 12 fantastic reads? #betterreadthandead #betterreadbookshop #bestsellers #toptwelve #books #bookshop #girlwomanother #darkemu #phosphorescence

15.01.2022 Our first Summer Reading Guide giveaway, featuring Aussie fiction titles by Nardi Simpson, Sofie Laguna, Craig Silvey and Chris Hammer! To enter and go in the running to win this book stack, let us know in the comment section below what your favourite Australian fiction read of all time is and why? Make sure you’re following us and tag a friend who might like to enter too in your response.... Winner will be announced on November 23! Aus residents only. We’ve read and reviewed each of these titles in our latest reading guide, available to read via the link in our bio. Thanks Allen & Unwin Books and Hachette Australia Books!

14.01.2022 Drumroll, please! Congratulations Lino printing with Maggie Stein for your winning design, featured here on the cover of our Summer Reading Guide! Out online today, our Summer Reading Guide is our biggest and most comprehensive guide to September to January kids and adults new releases yet, alongside our Books of the Month and Favourite Books of 2020! ... You can purchase the titles featured over the phone, online or in-store! We have free shipping Australia-wide and complimentary gift wrap. Happy reading! https://issuu.com/betterr//summer_reading_guide_2020_links

09.01.2022 It’s giveaway time and yes, all of these Summer Reading Guide titles are up for grabs! Every Tuesday we’ll be giving away a book stack on our socials and through our eNews, with themes ranging from translated fiction to cookbooks, Books of the Month to Aussie non-fiction. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s Australia Fiction selection and the steps on how to enter! We’ll also be giving away kids book stacks over on Better Read Kids, every Thursday!... Be sure to tag below some friends who you think would be keen to enter too. Good luck!

09.01.2022 Wrapping up our feature on this year’s bestsellers is our #brtdtopten from the Book Nook! Our Book Nook contains poetry, fiction, memoir and anthologies, alongside a plethora of other Indie titles, imported books, rarities and staff picks. It is specially curated by our booksellers and can be found between our fiction shelves. These are some of the Nook’s bestsellers from 2020.... Bluets and The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson Collisions: A Liminal Anthology, edited by Leah Jing McIntosh, Cher Tan, Adalya Nash Hussein and Hassan Abul Throat by Ellen Van Neerven Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler Red Doc by Anne Carson Guwayu - For All Times, commissioned by Red Room Poetry, edited by Jeanine Leane If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar Maar Bidi, edited by Elfie Shiosaki and Linda Martin McSweeney’s 62: The Queer Fiction Issue, guest edited by Patty Yumi Cottrell #betterreadthandead #betterreadbookshop #bestsellers #topten #brtdbooknook #booknook #staffpicks

08.01.2022 Our readers are going cookbook crazy this week, with Ottolenghi's Flavour, Cornersmith's Use it All and Nat's What I Reckon's Uncook Yourself making the #brtdtopten this week! Other bestselling cookbooks include - To Asia with Love by Hetty McKinnon - Vegan with Bite by Shannon Martinez... - SIMPLE by Ottolenghi - Comida Mexicana by Rosa Cienfuegos - Australian Food by Bill Granger - Saturday Night Pasta by Elizabeth Hewson - In Praise of Veg by Alice Zaslavsky The The Booker Prizes winning Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart has also topped the bestseller list again this week! #betterreadthandead #betterreadcooks #cookbooks #topten #brtdtopten #shuggiebain #bestsellers #bookstack #flavour

02.01.2022 It may be the last day of National NAIDOC Week, but we’ll continue to celebrate First Nations stories and share our favourite reads with you all Here’s a selection of titles featured in our Summer Reading Guide, ranging from picture books to adult fiction, poetry to sports biography! We are also eagerly awaiting the release of Bindi by Kirli Saunders - Bindi and Loving Country by Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou. #alwayswasalwayswillbe... https://issuu.com/betterr//summer_reading_guide_2020_links