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Neighbourhood Books

Locality: Northcote, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 8679 6777

Address: 55 High Street 3070 Northcote, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.neighbourhoodbooks.com

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24.01.2022 Happy Treehouse Day! : It’s always a pleasure to be back adventuring in the marvellous imaginations of @andygbooks & @terrydbooks : Mum’s and Dad’s and grownups caring for kids can expect studied silence and riotous laughter ringing out today as the little ones meet with their old friends Andy and Terry back in the treehouse, now with 13 more storeys!... : In store now, order via phone and website before 12 to get your copy today @macmillanaus #middlegradebooks See more

23.01.2022 Congratulations to Douglas Stuart with his debut novel, Shuggie Bain! The winner of The 2020 Booker Prize. Grab a copy at your local bookshop https://www.bookse...llers.org.au/find-a-bookshop @douglas_stuart #breakingnews #congratulations #winner #BookerPrize #BookerPrize2020 #DouglasStuart #ShuggieBain #booksellerschoice #yourreadingguide #aba #australianbooksellersassociation #loveyourbookshop #ShopEarly #ShopLocal #independentbookstore #loveyourlocal #indiesfirst #independentbookstore

23.01.2022 Dr Lowitja O’Donahue is a powerful and unrelenting advocate for her people and an inspiration to many. She was an Australian of the Year, and sat opposite former a Prime Minister Paul Keating in the first negotiations between Australian Government and Aboriginal people, a negotiation that has had lasting impact . This is her story . #Lowitja #IndigenousReads #Memoir #Biography #WestgarthVillage #AusLit #NonfictionBooks

20.01.2022 We have some copies of THE SMART WIFE, by local academics Yolande Strengers & Jenny Kennedy, published by @mitpress : This deep dive into the feminist discourse of AI is fascinating and enlightening. We’ve all noticed that many interactive entities from supermarket checkouts to automated telephone services are identifiably feminine. Kennedy & Strenger point to this as a design strategy for AI to appear non-threatening and even serve as convenient foil for AI malfunction (rea...d: ditzy girlfriend vs. computer error). : Shockingly (?) Siri and Alexa were originally programmed to endure sexual pestering with flirtatious sequiters and has only been reprogrammed post #metoo. This book outlines the ways in which the vast gender disparity in the tech industry and the programming of ‘female’ virtual assistants has resulted in the alarming creation of subservient Smart Wives, who can manage all your appointments, is available 24/7 and can return abuse with cosy, mannered affection. : AI’s potential is mindboggling and it’s ethical and practical uses is a contentious philosophical field. This book is such a great contribution to the discussion. #heysiri #alexa #ai #feministtech #dontharrassyourrobotforheavenssake See more

19.01.2022 Animals Make Us Human - pre-order now! - https://mailchi.mp/neighbourh/love-your-bookshop-day-797465

18.01.2022 Today’s picks from the Art section : TRUTH BOMB is a collection of feminist philosophy in art from inside & outside The Gallery directly from the minds/ mouths of brilliant contemporary artists. : THE SHORT STORY OF WOMEN ARTISTS is a pocket guide to key movements, works, breakthroughs and themes by art historian extraordinaire, Susie Hodge.... : MIRAGES a beautiful, heavy, monograph on the art of Laurent Durieux. Durieux’s poster art in the film industry is singular, illustrious and outright pretty. Forward by Francis Ford Coppola, this book is dream for any cinephile. #art #feminism #cinema #history #culture #bookcrush See more

18.01.2022 Non fic picks from Leni for your Thursday. : QUEER INTENTIONS Amelia Abraham’s examination of contemporary queer life. A heartfelt, intelligent, intersectional collection of essays that are numerous and curious. : A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEP you had no idea what a huge role sheep have played in the development of our culture and society. This book rolls through the rampages of Genius Kahn, the Medici Dynasty, Scottish highlands clearances, cheese-making, W...oolley jumpers, fortune-making industries and on and on and it’s gorgeous. : A YEAR IN THE ART WORLD I would sell as much of my soul as I could spare to go to an art gallery. This book is a nice substitute. See more

17.01.2022 We’re getting ready for welcome-back-Wednesday, book family! Very relieved that most of our neighbouring traders will reopen along with us. Thank you for supporting us little locals. We wouldn’t have made it through without you. xx

16.01.2022 Something for everyone in this weekends #poetrypicks : : Well done on another lockdown week Melbourne. Hope everyone is hanging in there and reading through it. -... Leni See more

16.01.2022 Wishing The Little Bookroom a happy 60th birthday - https://mailchi.mp/neighbourh/love-your-bookshop-day-797453

15.01.2022 Wishing The Little Bookroom a happy 60th birthday - https://mailchi.mp/neighbourh/love-your-bookshop-day-797453

13.01.2022 What the neighbourhood is reading - https://mailchi.mp/neighbourh/love-your-bookshop-day-797445

12.01.2022 Putting together my memoirs was sometimes like pulling teeth. It was a harrowing exercise, and at times nearly killed me : The third instalment to Jimmy Barnes’ memoirs is here and it’s a truly beautiful third act. Jimmy’s knack for storytelling comes as a surprise to exactly no one but his talent for revealing the smooth centres of objects and characters in natural possession of rough exteriors makes for soulful, reflective reading. Extract in @guardianaustralia today, big stack of KILLING TIME at NB this morning. @harpercollinsaustralia #rockmemoirs #australianmusicroyalty #jimmybarnes #workingclassman

12.01.2022 Biography and memoir/witness statement of two incredible leaders in thought and action. : Both in store now.

12.01.2022 These beautiful books are perfect companions to each other. From @newsouthpublishing LIVING WITH THE ANTHROPOCENE compiles essays by Australian writers/ ecologists/ farmers/ ornithologists/ activists/ artists for a uniquely Australian perspective on what it means to live in a changed & changing climate and the effects of that transformation in all its prolific reach. : A LETTER TO LAYLA by Ramona Koval follows the author and her research around the world. Visiting eminent paleo-archeologists, robotics technicians, attending a ‘festival against death’, an ice age cave all the while writing back to her granddaughter whose birth at a time of unparalleled human crisis inspired Koval’s quest - to discern ‘if human ingenuity could save us from ourselves’. From @text_publishing

12.01.2022 Not long now! We’re sooooo looking forward to welcoming you back!

11.01.2022 New in nonfiction, Lucy Delap’s Feminisms looks to the global past to give us a usable history of the movement against gender injustice. In Feminisms, we find familiar stories--of suffrage, of solidarity, of protest--yet there is no assumption that feminism looks the same in each place or time. Instead, Delap explores a central paradox: feminists have demanded inclusion but have persistently practiced their own exclusions. Some voices are heard and others are routinely muted. In amplifying the voices of figures at the grassroots level, Delap shows us how a rich relationship to the feminist past can help inform its future. . #NewReleaseSaturday #FeministReads #NonfictionBooks #NeighbourhoodNonfiction #WestgarthVillage #Northcote3070 #ShopLocal #BackYourBookshop #ClickForVic

10.01.2022 We couldn't have done this without YOU - https://mailchi.mp//spring-new-releases-to-look-forward-to

09.01.2022 A huge, hearty HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our sister store @little_bookroom on the occasion of its very distinguished 60th year! : So much of what we can do at Neighbourhood is due to the combined experience, passion and eternal we-can-do-it attitude that has made The Little Bookroom the oldest specialty children’s bookshop on the planet! What an achievement and what a legacy! : Huge thanks to (and pride in) all who have lead the way over the decades and immeasurable love and wishes t...o Leesa, Ian and Lesley (and all our talented, kind, savvy colleagues) on this auspicious day. It’s a pleasure to be a team, all together. : HB to our HQ! : @piccolo_angelo_photography See more

07.01.2022 Goodmorning and happy Monday to our favourite city in the world! : Bit of nerve-wracking weekend wasn’t it? but we all have so much to be proud of, we’ve been doing it, and we’re doing it! : Wishing everyone a great day ... #melbourne2020#zerozero #determination #hometown See more

07.01.2022 Congratulations to debut (!) author, Douglas Stuart on his Collection of the 2020 Booker Prize for his novel SHUGGIE BAIN : This heart-rending novel is a trove for all class conscious readers. It’s particular time and space, Thatcher-era Glasgow, is brought vividly to life, in all its complex, loaded, context. It’s funny, sad, lyrical, tight-knit and wistful. :

07.01.2022 Well that was an anticlimactic weekend announcement. We are back to waiting, with baited breath, until we can welcome you back again. In the meantime, here is what you've been reading this week. GhostsDolly Alderton 32-year-old Nina Dean is a successful food writer with a loyal online following, but a life that is falling apart. When she uses dating apps for the first time, she becomes a victim of ghosting, and by the most beguiling of men. [ 1,457 more word ] https://neighbourhoodbooksblog.wordpress.com//bestsellers/

06.01.2022 Welcome back, soon, dear friends! - https://mailchi.mp/neighbourhoodbooks/welcome-back

04.01.2022 Just some of the riches of October New release fiction by local and international authors that are sending us into a what-to-read-first headspin. : Stay tuned for the equally exciting new release non-fic : Last quarter of 2020 here we go! What a year! Such a lot of good book action still to come.

04.01.2022 T H A N K Y O U ! ! ! We feel extremely loved! #LYBD2020... : @piccolo_angelo_photography xx

04.01.2022 New books from Barack Obama, Don Watson, Rebecca Solnit and more... - https://mailchi.mp/neighbo/new-obama-watson-solnit-and-more

01.01.2022 Fareed Zakaria on CNN in June 2017 : One of the biggest threats...isn’t big at all. Actually it’s tiny, microscopic, thousands of times smaller than the head of a pin. Deadly pathogens, either man-made or natural, could trigger a global health crisis and the United States is wholly unprepared to deal with it...Densely packed cities, wars, natural disasters and international air travel mean that a deadly virus propagated anywhere can be transmitted around the the world within... 24 hours...When the crisis comes, we will wish we had more funding and more global cooperation. But then, it will be too late : #nonfiction #pandemic #budget2020 See more