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25.01.2022 A sneak preview of just some of the Tassie books on sale at The Overflow Bookstore tomorrow - Sunday 16th August, 11am to 3pm. We've taken dozens of boxes of surplus Tasmanian titles up to The Overflow for the one day only sale - a not to be missed opportunity to add to your Tasmanian book collection at bargain prices. For those familiar with The Overflow Bookstore the bulk of the Tassie sale items will be found in the main "courtroom". We'll have our usual thousands of well ...priced non Tassie books as well so a great chance to load up with some great reading. The Surplus Tasmanian Book Sale starts 11am Sunday 16th of August at The Overflow Bookstore, 103 High Street, Campbell Town and runs until 3pm. Books only tomorrow... no coffees. The Book Cellar at 132 High Street, Campbell Town, continues to open daily from 10am to 4pm, serving books and coffee.

25.01.2022 A revised edition is just in of Ian Johnston's beautiful guide for boaties to South West Tasmania - The Shank Revisited, a Rutter for Anchorages in Tasmania's Southwest. Fabulous colour photos combined with essential practical information. Hardcover, 301-pages, $65.00. A handful of signed copies available. https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/the-shank-revisited-a

24.01.2022 Newly in stock at Just Tassie Books, Campbell Town, a history of colonial coins in Tasmania, softcover, $38.50. https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/dollars-rupees-rum-in

23.01.2022 A timely and very welcome return to our shelves - A Field Guide to Tasmanian Fungi is back in stock at The Book Cellar. It has been a top season for fungi with some very colourful varieties appearing in the recent moist conditions and its great to have new supplies of the ultimate guide to Tasmania's native fungi to discover more about the good, the bad and the ugly of the fungi kingdom. Available at The Book Cellar for $52.50.

23.01.2022 See also our full catalogues of Tasmania stock at http://justtassiebooks.com/catalogues.html

21.01.2022 Here's a good blokey Christmas present... Paul Abbott's tales of life in and around Tasmania's waterways - BUNYIPS, BOGANS AND BROWN DOGS, softcover book, just published, $34.95. In stock at Just Tassie Books in The Book Cellar, Campbell Town Tasmania - drop in, or phone us on 03 6381 1545 or order from our website https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/bunyips-bogans-and-br

20.01.2022 Geoffrey Blainey's new book Captain Cook's Epic Voyage - The strange quest for a missing continent, is now in stock at The Book Cellar, $34.99, softcover book. Ph 03 6381 1545 to purchase.

18.01.2022 The Overflow Bookstore will be dusting off its COVID-19 shutdown on Wednesday 24th of June to give eager book buyers the chance to pick up a bargain or two. At... this stage it's just a one day opening to test the waters .... The doors at the Overflow will be open 10am - 4pm. The Book Cellar will get the day off but will be back in action Thursday. See more

18.01.2022 The Overflow Bookstore at 103 High St Campbell Town will next be open for book sales on Saturday 3rd October 2020, 11am - 3pm. Featuring all kids books at The Overflow at half price, in addition to the many regular overflow bargains. See you there!

15.01.2022 Now in stock at Just Tassie Books / The Book Cellar, "On the Town" the story of Launceston's 19th century Brothels and the Prostitutes that worked in them. Author Dianne Cassidy examines the not so pleasant lives of the many women who worked in the various establishments of ill-repute that were dotted around the growing city. Copies of "On the Town" signed by the author available now at the Just Tassie Books online shop.... https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/on-the-town.html

15.01.2022 We have just uploaded updated catalogues of the Tasmanian books currently in stock at Just Tassie Books (in The Book Cellar, Campbell Town), including the very popular listing of some of our more interesting recent acquisitions at http://justtassiebooks.com/Acquisitions.htm Happy browsing. The Book Cellar is open 7 days, 10am - 4pm and can be contacted on 03 6381 1545 for phone orders if you are not in the local area.

14.01.2022 Woohoo! Elizabeth River frozen again this morning around the Red Bridge. Hours of fun watching ducks land and throwing ice from puddles onto the river. Less excited about frozen hot water pipes. The Book Cellar in Campbell Town will be open today, Monday 8 June 2020, 9am - 4pm.

14.01.2022 For aficionados of Tasmania's mountains... Bill Wilkinson, author of The Abels, has just released a first photographic volume capturing the essence of exploring... Tasmania’s many and varied mountains: PURITY - ABELS PHOTOGRAPHY I. Hardcover, 66-pages, $25. Now available from Just Tassie Books at The Book Cellar in Campbell Town. Drop in, or phone us on 03 6381 1545 to purchase a copy. http://justtassiebooks.com/Acquisitions.htm

13.01.2022 We used to make buses in Tasmania... now in stock, a history of the Tasmanian bus factory Ansair Kingston 1987-1995 by Grant Wise. Softcover book, signed by the author, $79.99. To purchase, drop in to the bookshop, or phone us on 03 6381 1545 or use our online bookstore at https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/ansair-kingston-1987-

13.01.2022 Tasmanian Shipwrecks Volume One is back in print - the new 3rd edition is currently available from Just Tassie Books at The Book Cellar, $59.99. Large format, hardcover with dustjacket. Buy over the phone 03 6381 1545 or online. https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/tasmanian-shipwrecks-

13.01.2022 The Coast - new hardcover history of the East Coast of Tasmania covering European settlement at Scamander, Beaumaris, The Gardens, Anson Bay, Eddystone Point and Musselroe Bay $69. A handful of signed copies available for the early birds. https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/the-coast.html

12.01.2022 Abalone diving in Tasmania is a topic of great interest to many of our bookshop customers. We continue to seek out old copies of books on this subject on their behalf, but in the meantime, this new DVD by Garry Kerr might be of interest? An Oral History on Film of Abalone Diving Tasmania, $34.95, 63 minutes duration. https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/a-history-of-abalone-

12.01.2022 For the Campbell Town locals... the salmon truck is in town today.

12.01.2022 Lots of interesting old books coming in at present, so the latest acquisitions shortlist is being updated every few days - keep an eye on it at http://justtassiebooks.com/Acquisitions.htm Also some new Tassie titles in stock, including the Saroo Brierley / Lion follow-ups of Little Lion (for children) and Lioness, and Blue Water Classics - a hefty photographic portrait of players in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, by Andrew Wilson. Lots of Christmas ideas! Open 7 days, 10-4, ph 03 6381 1545

10.01.2022 The story of Tasmanian Teddy Sheean is told in the book by Dr Tom Lewis: Honour Denied, available for $34.95 from Just Tassie Books at The Book Cellar in Campbell Town. https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/Honour-Denied.html

10.01.2022 The Cider Duck, vintage Tasmanian children's book set in Richmond, by Joan Woodberry and Molly Stephens. In stock at Just Tassie Books in Campbell Town, well-worn, missing dustjacket, $45.

09.01.2022 And as The Book Cellar is also the home of Just Tassie Books, we are open too!

08.01.2022 It's almost Spring so it's time for a clear out! This Sunday, August 16th, we'll be clearing out surplus Tasmanian stock at The Overflow Bookstore between 11am and 3pm. It's a one-day only sale and will feature hundreds of familiar and less well known Tassie books as well as books by Tasmanian authors. We're loading up plenty of boxes from our storeroom and taking them up to The Overflow Bookstore where they'll be on sale along with our regular load of discounted books. The Overflow Bookstore at 103 High Street, Campbell Town will be open on Sunday from 11am to 3pm. The Book Cellar at 132 High Street is open daily from 10am to 4pm.

07.01.2022 There is a lot of interest in local Tasmanian histories at present, as residents are showing more interest in their own backyard and people from elsewhere are pondering a move in the future. There are a range of different titles about our own Campbell Town, ranging from the high end/scarce collectible books, to those still available new, such as Campbell Town on Elizabeth by Pridmore, at just $14.50. In stock now at The Book Cellar beneath Foxhunters Return, in Campbell Town... open 7 days.

07.01.2022 The Plonkermaker is now in stock at Just Tassie Books, in The Book Cellar at Campbell Town... new, softcover, $24.95. The Plonkermaker is Paul Tapp's memoir of growing up in the Tasmanian mining hamlet of Rossarden. Just Tassie Books / The Book Cellar, open 7 days, 10am-4pm, ph 03 6381 1545.

04.01.2022 Volume Two of 366 Days of Tasmania has just been released and is in stock at Just Tassie Books in The Book Cellar. A snippet of Tassie history for every day of the year... such as, the discovery of diamonds at Corinna on the West Coast on this day, 8th December, back in 1894. Illustrated with black and white photos (but no maps to the diamond mine, sorry). Softcover book, 226-pages, $34.95. https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/366-days-of-tasmania-

02.01.2022 Truganini Journey through the Apocalypse by Cassandra Pybus now in stock $32.99

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