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Cow Lick Books

Locality: Colac, Victoria

Phone: +61 492 838 068

Address: 90 Murray St 3250 Colac, VIC, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 The Magic Of Terry Pratchett is the first full biography of Sir Terry Pratchett ever written. Sir Terry was Britain's best-selling living author*, and before his death in 2015 had sold more than 85 million copies of his books worldwide. Best known for the Discworld series, his work has been translated into 37 languages, and performed as plays on every continent in the world, including Antarctica. Journalist, comedian and Pratchett fan Marc Burrows delves into the back story ...of one of UK's most enduring and beloved authors, from his childhood in the Chiltern Hills, to his time as a journalist, and the journey that would take him - via more than sixty best-selling books - to an OBE, a knighthood and national treasure status. Available in store now! #cowlickbooks #terrypratchett #marcburrows #themagicofterrypratchett #christmas #buylocal #discovercolac

25.01.2022 For fans of Netflix's The Last Dance, this is the definitive account of Michael Jordan's spectacular and disastrous return to basketball. As one of the greatest, most celebrated athletes in history, Michael Jordan conquered professional basketball as no one before. Powered by a potent mix of charisma, near superhuman abilities and a ferocious drive to dominate the game, he achieved every award and accolade conceivable before retiring from the Chicago Bulls and taking an exec...utive post with the Washington Wizards. But retirement didn't suit the man who was once king, and at the advanced age of thirty-eight Michael Jordan decided it was time to reclaim the court that was once his. Having closely followed Jordan's final two seasons, Michael Leahy draws a fascinating portrait of an intensely complex man hampered by injuries and assaulted by younger players eager to usurp his throne. In this enthralling book Jordan emerges as an ambitious, at times deeply unattractive character with, unsurprisingly, a monstrous ego. WHEN NOTHING ELSE MATTERS is an absorbing portrait not only of one athlete's overriding ambition, but also of a society so in thrall to its sports stars that it is blind to all their faults. Available now at Cow Lick Books, for just $22.99! #cowlickbooks #michaeljordan #thelastdance #buylocal #buycolac

25.01.2022 The baby-sitters are back in these best-selling graphic novels by Ann M. Martin and Raina Telgemeier (author of the Smile series)! A great way to introduce a whole new generation to The Baby-Sitters Club! We also have the new collection of Baby-Sitters Club novels in store :)... #cowlickbooks #babysittersclub #buylocal #buycolac

24.01.2022 Well, seeing as we came up with this whole Spend $10 at 10 idea, and it's also National Love Your Bookshop Day tomorrow, we figured we better pull out all the stops with some cracking specials for tomorrows event! So, everything on this table will be $10 tomorrow only!!! Some things up to 70% off!!!!... And, if the table starts to empty, we have even MORE stuff to refill it with!! We'll be open at the earlier time of 9am this Saturday, so call in and say hi, and grab a bargain or two! #cowlickbooks #spend10at10 #buylocal #buycolac #loveyourbookshopday

22.01.2022 Our October Pre-Owned Book Fundraiser will be raising money for the Kids With Cancer Foundation Australia and their "Scare Cancer" campaign. Pick up a Pre-Owned Book for just $2 when you make a purchase instore, and 100% of that money is donated! In September, we sold 19 Pre-Owned Books for Anam Cara House, Colac, which equals $38, but we're going to round that donation up to $100!!! So remember to take a browse through the Pre-Owned shelf when you make your next purchase here at Cow Lick! It will all culminate on October 31, with Cow Licks 1st Annual Halloween Spook-tacular!

21.01.2022 The apocalyse is here in The Walking Dead AMC Edition Monopoly. Life as you've known it has given way to a bloody chaotic fight for survival. Live to see another day in AMC's The Walking Dead Monopoly as you acquire and defend safeguard locations featured throughout the hit TV series. Immerse yourself in the post zombie apocalypse in this new version of Monopoly, which will keep you on your toes. Be wary of walkers as you buy, sell, and trade locations from this juggernaut of... a TV series to combat extinction and live to see another day. The custom tokens will be easily recognised by true fans of The Walking Dead, as they include the following signature items: Michonne’s Katana, Rick’s Revolver, Carl’s Hat, Daryl’s Crossbow, Negan’s Lucille, and a Walker Head. Are you ready to take a bite out of The Walking Dead AMC Edition Monopoly... #geekout #cowlickbooks #monopoly #thewalkingdead #carrrrrlllll #christmas #buylocal #discovercolac

21.01.2022 Our very own Hungry Little Caterpillar is getting excited for Love Your Bookshop Day tomorrow! We have a variety of Hungry Caterpillar books in store, along with a range of First Readers and more for those young kids who are just starting out on their reading journey! #cowlickbooks #loveyourbookshopday #buylocal #buycolac #spend10at10

20.01.2022 Want to order a specific book for someone this Christmas? Obviously this year is a little different to other Christmas's when it comes to deliveries, and we want to make sure nobody misses out this Christmas, so if you're chasing a specific book, please come and see us before THIS FRIDAY DECEMBER 4. After Friday, we can't guarantee things will arrive in time (even though they should, but we don't want to risk anyone missing out.)... Otherwise, we recommend a gift voucher, so your special someone can pick exactly what they'd like ;) #cowlickbooks #geekout #christmasshopping #getinnow #specialorders #buylocal #discovercolac

20.01.2022 Happiness. Everyone wants more of it. But can you actually get happier? Inspirational Australian Turia Pitt dives into this idea, interviewing high-profile athletes, comedians, scientists and world experts to explore how everything from money to our relationships has an impact on how happy we can be. Happy & Other Ridiculous Aspirations is available in store now! #cowlickbooks #happy #turiapitt #buylocal #buycolac

19.01.2022 Elfie has taken to finding you specials rather than causing (too much) trouble... Todays find is the incredible "Go Away, Worry Monster!" Go Away, Worry Monster gives children this and other useful strategies to cope, showing them how to make their own Worry Monsters leave during stressful periods of their lives, from starting or changing schools, to a change in family dynamics.... #cowlickbooks #elfontheshelf #goawayworrymonster #buylocal #discovercolac

18.01.2022 When the Russian Army marches into East Prussia at the end of the war, the Wolf family must flee. Liesl, Otto and their baby sister Mia find themselves lost and alone, in a blizzard, in the middle of a war zone. Liesl has promised Mama that she will keep her brother and sister safe. But sometimes, to survive, you have to do bad things. Dangerous things. Wild things. Sometimes to survive, you must become a wolf.... We Are Wolves is available in store now! Open 9.30am-5pm, Monday to Saturday! #cowlickbooks #wearewoves #katrinanannestad #summerreading #buylocal #shopsmall #choosecolac

15.01.2022 Some more great publicity for Spend 10 at 10 In A Store With A Door! Colac 2020 with Kris and Paul Benjamin Photography featuring on WIN News Ballarat! Don't forget to get out and support our local businesses this weekend!!

15.01.2022 It's time to draw the winner of our signed Gary Ablett Jnr football jumper!! And the winner is....

15.01.2022 Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5am Club concept over twenty years ago, based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize their productivity, activate their best health and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming complexity. Now, in this life-changing book, handcrafted by the author over a rigorous four-year period, you will discover the early-rising habit that has helped so many accompli...sh epic results while upgrading their happiness, helpfulness and feelings of aliveness. The 5am Club is available in store now. #cowlickbooks #5amclub #robinsharma #christmas #buylocal #discovercolac

13.01.2022 Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz. ... Out of one of the darkest chapters of human history comes this extraordinary story of courage and hope. The Librarian of Auschwitz is available in store now. #cowlickbooks #librarianofauschwitz #buylocal #buycolac

10.01.2022 FROM THE BESTSELLING CREATOR OF DOG MAN AND CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS Welcome to the Cat Kid Comic Club, where Li'l Petey (LP), Flippy, and Molly introduce twenty-one rambunctious, funny, and talented baby frogs to the art of comic making. As the story unwinds with mishaps and hilarity, readers get to see the progress, mistakes, and improvements that come with practice and persistence. Squid Kid and Katydid; The Cute, Little Fluffy Cloud of Death; and Veggie Rappers are just some of... the mini-comics that are included as stories-within-the-story, each done in a different style, utilizing humor and drama, prose and poetry, drawing, painting, photography, needlepoint, and clay. Readers of all ages will unleash their own creativity as they open the door to visual comic book storytelling with the help of Dav Pilkey and his heartfelt, humorous, and amazing cast of characters in the Cat Kid Comic Club. #cowlickbooks #catkid #comicclub #davidpilkey #christmas #buylocal #discovercolac

09.01.2022 Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics is a landmark celebration of the remarkable life and career of a country music and pop culture legend. As told by Dolly Parton in her own inimitable words, explore the songs that have defined her journey. Illustrated throughout with previously unpublished images from Dolly Parton’s personal and business archives. Mining over 60 years of songwriting, Dolly Parton highlights 150 of her songs and brings readers behind the lyrics.... #cowlickbooks #dollyparton #songwriter #mylifeinlyrics #christmas #buylocal #discovercolac

08.01.2022 Worry Monster loves "helping" Archie worry, especially the night before he starts his new school. Archie feels so anxious that his head hurts, his tummy flutters and his heart pounds. He soon realizes the only way to feel better is to make Worry Monster go away. He does his belly breaths and faces facts to challenge his inner fears. Children have the potential to engage and empathise with Archie and Worry Monster both through the text and the subtle gestures and fleeting emot...ions captured in the beautiful illustrations. Encouraging children to name their anxiety is an evidence-based, current strategy used by psychologists to assist children in separating themselves from their anxiety. Go Away, Worry Monster gives children this and other useful strategies to cope, showing them how to make their own Worry Monsters leave during stressful periods of their lives, from starting or changing schools, to a change in family dynamics. Created by an author and illustrator passionate about helping children to cope with common emotional difficulties, this is an invaluable, life-changing resource for young children and their parents in guiding emotional development. Go Away, Worry Monster! is available in store now! #cowlickbooks #goawayworrymonster #buylocal #buycolac

08.01.2022 IT'S FINALLY HERE!!! Hollowpox - Book #3 in the Nevermoor series!! Morrigan Crow and her friends have survived their first year as proud scholars of the elite Wundrous Society, helped bring down the nefarious Ghastly Market, and proven themselves loyal to Unit 919. ... Now Morrigan faces a new, exciting challenge: to master the mysterious Wretched Arts of the Accomplished Wundersmith, and control the power that threatens to consume her. But a strange illness has taken hold of Nevermoor, turning its peaceable Wunimals into mindless, vicious unnimals on the hunt. As victims of the Hollowpox multiply, panic spreads. And with the city she loves in a state of fear, Morrigan quickly realises it is up to her to find a cure for the Hollowpox, even if it will put her - and the rest of Nevermoor - in more danger than ever before . . . "Hollowpox - The Hunt For Morrigan Crow" is available in store and online now! #cowlickbooks #hollowpox #nevermoor #buylocal #buycolac

05.01.2022 Nat’s What I Reckon was the tattooed lockdown saviour we didn’t know we needed, rescuing us from packet food, jar sauce and total boredom with his hilarious viral recipe videos that got us cooking at home like champions again. Now that we’ve cooked our way out of lockdown and are wondering what the hell to do next, our favourite ratbag is back and he’s ready to teach us more about life in this thoroughly unhelpful (but maybe actually kinda helpful?) self-help guide. Nat’s a...lready shown us that jar sauce can get f*cked. But what else is sh*t and what’s actually not sh*t? Is it all as bad as we feel like it is most of the time? With Nat’s nine no-nonsense rules, you’ll be on the road to being a better d*ckhead faster than you can say ‘quarantine spirit risotto with parzley on top’. And if you screw it up: it doesn’t bloody Parramatta, champ. #cowlickbooks #natswhatireckon #uncookyourself #christmas #buylocal #discovercolac

04.01.2022 Based on the awe-inspiring viral video that had over 60 MILLION views earlier this year, The Great Realisation is a post-pandemic bedtime tale that has captured the hearts of young and old alike. It captures, with magical resonance, the thoughts and feelings of millions worldwide as we adapt to a new way of life, cast aside old habits and reflect on what truly matters to us. Check out The Great Realisation in store today!... #cowlickbooks #thegreatrealisation #buylocal #buycolac

04.01.2022 The worlds greatest Christmas movie has just been released in a brand new 30th Anniversary Collectors Edition!! Get into the Christmas spirit with John McClane! Available in store now!... #geekout #cowlickbooks #diehard #christmasmovie #theBESTchristmasmovie #yippiekiyay #buylocal #discovercolac

03.01.2022 A huge thank you to everyone that supported the Spend 10 at 10 initiative in Colac today! Great to see so many people out supporting local business!!! To celebrate, we've decided that the $10 specials table will remain for all of next week!!! So call in and grab some more bargains!!!... *specials table may infact be remaining because Kris is too lazy to move it... #cowlickbooks #spend10at10 #buylocal #buycolac

03.01.2022 Did anyone catch Kris on ABC RN Life Matters on Thursday morning? He was joined by Mandy from Bookety Book Books across the pond in New Zealand, speaking about what it's like opening a bookshop in 2020. Check it out below!

03.01.2022 One of the most anticipated books of 2020 has arrived at Cow Lick Books! The international bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe, Trent Dalton returns with a glorious novel destined to become another Australian classic Darwin, 1942, and as Japanese bombs rain down, motherless Molly Hook, the gravedigger's daughter, is looking to the skies and running for her life. Inside a duffel bag she carries a stone heart, alongside a map to lead her to Longcoat Bob, the deep-countr...y sorcerer who she believes put a curse on her family. A story about gifts that fall from the sky, curses we dig from the earth and the secrets we bury inside ourselves, All Our Shimmering Skies is an odyssey of true love and grave danger, of darkness and light, of bones and blue skies. It is a love letter to Australia and an ode to the art of looking up - a buoyant, beautiful and magical novel, abrim with warmth, wit and wonder. All Our Shimmering Skies is available in store now! #cowlickbooks #trentdalton #buylocal #buycolac

02.01.2022 Cow Lick Books - "the best book shop in VICTORIA" according to someone speaking to a couple of tourists out the front of the store earlier. We didn't see your face, but appreciate your words!!!

01.01.2022 Today is Love Your Bookshop Day 2020!! We want to thank everybody who has supported us since we took over the shop back in February. What a wild ride this year has been so far! Don't forget, today is also Spend 10 at 10 In A Store With A Door! Colac 2020, so call in for one of our MANY $10 bargains. Plus, rumour has it that The Mad Hatter and Spider-Man will be instore and roaming the streets throughout the day! Although after COVID, Spider-Man may more be like Peter B. Parker from "Into The Spider-verse"... Slightly overweight, with a beard

01.01.2022 If you thought pooing on everyone was bad, then STICK AROUND! Coz things are about to get WAAAAAY worse for TIMMY. Now he's the MOST HATED thing in the world-people hate him more than brussels sprouts and stinky cheese... even more than wedgies! And now he's ON THE RUN!... Timmy The Ticked Off Pony #2: Bite Me arrives in store this Thursday October 1st! #cowlickbooks #buylocal #buycolac