Bouquiniste in Kiama, New South Wales | Cafe

Bouquiniste

Locality: Kiama, New South Wales

Phone: +61 475 270 339

Address: Shop 1, Kiama Centrepoint, 106 Terralong Street 2533 Kiama, NSW, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 Sometimes choosing a book can be a big decision... and sometimes you just have to take them all.

23.01.2022 Congrats to Kristy, winner of our Trent Dalton book club competition! Also, a huge thanks to @trentdaltonauthor for this special prize. HarperCollins Books Australia * #Repost @kindlykristo with @get_repost No way @trentdaltonauthor You’re the best, chuck out the rest!! I won and I’m stoked and I can’t even speak proper right now Thanks so much @bouquinistekiama

22.01.2022 Honoured to be featured in The Well Review, A wonderful literary journal from Cork, Ireland. Thanks so much guys! The Well Review #Repost @thewellreview with @get_repost Welcome this weekend to The Bouquiniste! :... "Bouquiniste Book Cafe was founded in 2017 by Clay and Hannah, two Kiama locals with a background in writing, publishing, retail and hospitality. The bricks and mortar space at Shop 1 Kiama Centrepoint also boasts a special connection. In 1983, Clay’s parents first leased the space for their optical business and remained for 32 years, before relocating a few doors down. Clay literally grew up playing on the shop floor. In 2017, Clay and Hannah decided to lease the space again under a different name, turning their hypothetical bookstore café into a real one. And so, Bouquiniste was born. A place that welcomes a community of readers through highly curated bookshelves, book events and monthly bookclub. In old French, Bouquiniste means ‘Bookseller’, and pays homage to the hundreds of booksellers along the River Seine in Paris, where all the trinkets that decorate the bookshelves have been collected from. To Kiama, Bouquiniste means a place where you can enjoy a Brewtown espresso, a local wine, listen to some good ole Rock’n’Roll and pick up all the best books." Tune in Sunday for the team's book recommendations! #buylocal #bookshops #booksofinstagram #kiama #newsouthwales #australia #downunder #supportlocal #buylocal #indiebusiness #inspiration #bouquinistes

22.01.2022 We don’t judge books by their covers, but we do appreciate the beautiful ones. * What are you reading this weekend? Pop in for a personalised recommendation.

21.01.2022 Congratulation @elisepaterno you’ve won our Bouquiniste 3rd Birthday bookstack with signed editions of 3 of our biggest sellers! Thanks for your support!

17.01.2022 November Bookclub is The Survivors by Jane Harper. When a body is discovered on the beach, long-held secrets threaten to emerge. A sunken wreck, a missing girl, and questions that have never washed away... Monday 30 Nov via zoom. RSVP to receive zoom link. @janeharperauthor @macmillanaus

17.01.2022 Honeybee is our January Bookclub pick with an online AUTHOR EVENT with Craig Silvey. Event details to be announced. @craigsilveyauthor @allenandunwin

17.01.2022 Rupi Kaur needs no introduction! Home Body is the highly anticipated follow up to the best sellers Milk & Honey and The Sun & her Flowers. home body is a collection of raw, honest conversations with oneself - reminding readers to fill up on love, acceptance, community, family, and embrace change. Available in store and online. Rupi Kaur

14.01.2022 Five books from 2020 that you might have missed, but you definitely want to read! @sleemol @hilde.hinton @backmansk @lauraimaimessina @britrbennett

13.01.2022 We’ll be closing at midday today and all day tomorrow for a special occasion (Hannah’s 30th ) Curl up with a good read instead this weekend. Here’s a few of our top recommendations. ... @kmildenhall @stuturton @thehammernow @craigsilveyauthor @allenandunwin @simonschusterau @bloomsburypublishing See more

12.01.2022 Our kinda rainbow. If you’re looking for a beautiful coffee table book, we’ve got you covered. Available in store and online.

12.01.2022 FRIDAY WINE DOWN! * Back by popular demand, this Friday Nov 20 we’re opening for Wine Down. Two sittings. 4-5.45pm - AVAILABLE. 6-7.45pm - BOOKED OUT. Get in contact ASAP to reserve a spot.

12.01.2022 Only two days until the release of ‘A Promised Land’ by Barack Obama. * Reserve your copy now!

09.01.2022 #Repost @the.reading.edit with @get_repost I love a memoir to kick off a new year of reading. Partly because I need some variety after the fiction-fest that is December, but also to get some inspiration and motivation for the year ahead I typically wouldn’t be drawn to anything by Matthew McConaughey. I never disliked him, I just thought of him as the good-looking, rom-com actor with the Texan accent. So I was surprised that his memoir revealed so much more. It is intel...ligent, insightful, brilliantly written and wildly entertaining. In ‘Greenlights’, McConaughey retells his most pivotal, life-affirming or life-changing stories and adventures, along the way offering his bumper stickers and prescriptions for life, notes to self and ‘green light’ moments. I listened to the audiobook, narrated by the man himself. I followed it up by watching Dallas Buyers Club, the 2014 movie that earned McConaughey an Academy Award for Best Actor Thanks to Clay @bouquinistekiama for the recommendation! And thanks to Matthew McConaughey for an unexpected, entertaining start to 2021! Here’s to catching more ‘green lights’ throughout the year For more on ‘Greenlights’, see link in bio #greenlights #audiobook #bookreview #bookrecommendations #recommendedreading #readingrecommendations #memoir #bookstagramaustralia #bibliophile #bookstagram #booklover #bookblogger #booksbooksbooks #reading #books #newrelease #whattoreadnext

08.01.2022 Restocked with a few more SIGNED COPIES! Join us to discuss Jane Harper’s latest novel, The Survivors for Bouquiniste Bookclub on Monday 30th Nov at 6pm. Get in contact to join the zoom meeting. @macmillanaus @janeharperauthor

08.01.2022 Honeybee by Craig Silvey. ‘Wow. Heartbreaking, moving, insightful and raw. A must read for 2020. A must read for everyone.’ - Hannah. @craigsilveyauthor @allenandunwin

07.01.2022 Friday Wine Down this Friday! 4pm sitting - a few spaces available. 6pm sitting - BOOKED OUT. ... Books, wine, cheese & spring rolls to start the weekend See more

06.01.2022 Happy Birthday to the King! Come on in, we’ll be playing Elvis all day long.

06.01.2022 Kick off 2021 with an incredible read! How many books will you read this year?

05.01.2022 The Bookshop of Yesterday’s’a story of reading, scavenger hunts, bookshops and secrets, what more could you ask for?

01.01.2022 Celebrating NAIDOC week! This year’s theme is ‘Always Was, Always Will Be, which celebrates the ongoing custodianship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s have upheld for over 60,000 years. This is an opportunity for all people of Australia to learn about the land on which they live and to celebrate the world’s oldest continuing culture. We are celebrating by reading and supporting books by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Here are a couple of our favourites!