Uncle Peter's Books in Clunes, New South Wales | Book shop

Uncle Peter's Books

Locality: Clunes, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6629 1053

Address: 29 Main St 2480 Clunes, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.unclepetersbooks.com

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20.01.2022 Well that’s 2020 finished and sorted!We would like to wish everybody an inspiring and safe year ahead. Thank you to all our customers for being all-round pleasant, enthusiastic and kind during these covid times. Thank you for crossing the threshold, getting lost in the maze of spines, spending some time in the bookshop and ultimately finding your book. And also, big appreciation to all our online customers, all across Australia and the world, for keeping us busy with your thirst for knowledge and stories. Happy New Year to all

19.01.2022 Another celebrity (Santa) visiting Uncle Peter's Books this afternoon. Merry Christmas to all from everyone at Uncle Peter's Books.

18.01.2022 New bookshelves for our Religion and Sport books in the Backroom. Dalai Lama happy too

17.01.2022 rain...thunder...small hail...2:45pm...cars with lights on...jacarandas in flower against dark storm clouds...a siren...bookshop open...halloween vibes

17.01.2022 We're now open: . Monday-Friday 10am-3pm Saturday & Sunday 11am-3pm .... Christmas and Boxing Day we will be closed, yet open every other day . See more

13.01.2022 Roald Dahl . (13 September 1916 - 23 November 1990) . 'Boy: Tales of Childhood' (1984) Jonathan Cape... . An autobiography full of funny anecdotes and humorous snippets of Roald Dahl’s childhood. . Dahl writes of some of his childhood memories: I have never been able to get them out of my mind. Some are funny. Some are painful. Some are unpleasant. I suppose that is why I have always remembered them so vividly. All are true. . .....Dahl! Come here! The other boys melted away with the speed of light and I crept forward to receive my orders. Go and heat my seat in the bogs, Wilberforce said. I want it warm. I hadn’t the faintest idea what any of this meant, but I already knew better than to ask questions.I hurried away and found a fellow servant who told me the meaning of this curious order. It meant that the Boazer wished to use the lavatory but that he wanted the seat warmed for him before he sat down. The six House lavatories, none with doors, were situated in an unheated outhouse and on a cold day in winter you could get frostbite out there if you stayed too long. This particular day was icy-cold, and I went out through the snow into the outhouse and entered number one lavatory, which I knew was reserved for Boazers only. I wiped the frost off the seat with my handkerchief, then I lowered my trousers and sat down. I was there a full fifteen minutes before Wilberforce arrived on the scene. ‘Have you got the ice off it? he asked Yes Wilberforce. Is it warm? It’s warm as I can get it, Wilberforce, I answered. ‘We shall soon find out, he said You can get off now. I got off the lavatory seat and pulled up my trousers. Wilberforce lowered his own trousers and sat down. Very good, he said. Very good indeed. He was like a wine taster sampling an old claret. I shall put you on my list, he added... From then on, all through winter, i became Wilberforce's favourite bog-seat warmer, and I used always to keep a paperback book in my pocket to while away the long bog-warming sessions...I must of read the entire works of Dickens that winter...." See more

11.01.2022 We have a whole new Craft section at the bookshop. It's a wall-to-ceiling bookshelf with deeper shelves to house these wonderful larger format books. The bookshelf is a crafty project in itself

11.01.2022 Long before Billy Bluegum made his trek to fame in the pages of ‘The Magic Pudding’, readers of the Bulletin delighted in the activities of Lindsay’s most popular bear . Through two tumultuous decades, Billy’s adventures reflected the social and political turmoil of a country suffering the birth pains of nationhood and soon to plunged into world war . Society, marriage and divorce, elections, conscription and war, the horse races and Christmas--all are dealt with in Lindsay’s... inimitable style; his wry and witty captions and the final piquant touch . This selection includes both the first and last Billy Bluegum pictures drawn by Lindsay See more

11.01.2022 ..The moving finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.....

10.01.2022 Visitors to our shop have admired a lot of recent additions - book boxes out the front, a new display window, and extra shelving throughout the shop. The curved shelves are especially popular. Here are the carpenters responsible - Mick (on the right) and his team of Will and Nathan. I was allowed to take their photo for this page as long as I captured their best side. Not sure if I managed it . . . .

10.01.2022 weekend warrior

06.01.2022 Golden Circle Tropical Recipe Book . Published by Golden Circle, Brisbane (1962) . By Ruby Borrowdale ‘Home Economist’... . Brimming with never-to-be-repeated recipes! . ‘Improve the flavour of boiled tongue by adding a teaspoon each of whole cloves and whole peppers, two bay leaves and a diced onion to the cooking water. Serve sliced with Golden Circle Pineapple.’ See more

04.01.2022 book nook....saturday afternoon sunshine

03.01.2022 Once owned by German painter Rinaldo Werner (1842-1922), Emily Beaufort’s ‘Egyptian Sepulchres and Syrian Shrines: Vol. 1 and 2 (1862) is today on it’s way to Melbourne, Australia.

03.01.2022 Schools out! . We are open everyday except the Monday of the long weekend: Monday- Friday OPEN 10am-3pm Saturday & Sunday OPEN 11am-3pm... Monday 5th October CLOSED (Monday 28th September OPEN 10am-3pm) See more

01.01.2022 ...still loving on Roald Dahl books

01.01.2022 Our old webpage (www.unclepetersbooks.com.au) is no longer. If in the past you may have ‘bookmarked’ us on your browser, you can now simply find us here at: unclepetersbooks.com