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Locality: Woollahra

Phone: +61 2 9328 2733

Address: Spicer Street 2025 Woollahra, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 Have you heard the story behind the publication of this book? In the summer of 2018 Layla F Saad ran a free month-long Instagram challenge that would become an international cultural movement... Thousands of people worldwide were galvanized by the #meandwhitesupremacy challenge, examining and owning responsibility for the ways in which they uphold white supremacy. In just six months, a whopping 80,000 people downloaded her guide to the movement. And now, that guide is a... published book. Readers will go on a journey of understanding their white privilege and participation in white supremacy, so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on others. For many its an uncomfortable topic, but a very timely and necessary one. See more

24.01.2022 Tim Olsen popped in yesterday to sign some copies of his memoir, Son of the Brush. Read a bit more about his fascinating childhood below.

24.01.2022 A flick for the book-obsessed? Yes please! The Booksellers opens at Palace Cinemas on July 2nd. We cant wait!

23.01.2022 We're on the search for Sydney's CUTEST DOG! Snap your beloved pooch in our dog-friendly store and post it on Instagram using the hashtag #dogbookcomp for your chance to win an amazing prize! The best photo wins a gorgeous photography book on dogs by internationally-renowned photographer, Elliott Erwitt (valued at $120) + a $100 voucher to spend with Jersey Road Veterinary Hospital! ... Head to our Instagram page for all the info. Entries close 10.10.20.

23.01.2022 The Miles Franklin 2020 Award shortlist has been announced and this year, stories of trauma dominate. How uncanny ...

23.01.2022 Will you be joining our first Online Book Club on 4 June? Book Club Members get: - 10% off every Book Club book - Their books gift-wrapped and posted to them (postage applies)... - An exclusive and free online event with the author! - A gorgeous greeting card each month - No commitment/fees required - dip in and out as you please. Join the Book Club Event post on our page, purchase your discounted book and away you go! Our June Book Club author is the award-winning James Bradley and his new novel, 'Ghost Species.' The Australian Book Review describes it as 'a deeply considered elegy with shades of the thriller.' Listen to James read an extract below.

23.01.2022 Competition - win a set of the #InternationalBooker2020 shortlist. To enter: 1. Follow @TheBookerPrizes, like and share this post 2. Comment with a picture of y...our favourite tree using the hashtag #InternationalBooker2020 Terms and conditions: This competition is open to anyone. We are offering one set of the shortlist each week for six weeks, choosing at random from Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. You can enter on all three channels multiple times. Each Friday, the week's winner will be contacted via private message. Due to the current crisis, delivery times may be affected. Good luck! #InternationalBooker2020comp

23.01.2022 Were excited to announce our October Bookclub pick is The Survivors by Jane Harper. Jane has become a bit of an international literary sensation, with an ever-growing prize list and her previous bestseller, The Dry being adapted into a major motion picture starring Eric Bana. But lets get back to The Survivors .... Kieran Elliott is still haunted by guilt from the day a reckless mistake changed everything. The guilt resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the sm...all coastal community he once called home. 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... Join our Online Bookclub group on this page to get 20% off The Survivors and all our monthly picks!

23.01.2022 Stuck for Fathers Day ideas? Weve put together some recommendations: fiction, non-fiction, serious and silly. For Dads who love wine, history and cooking. For Dads needing a dose of wisdom. For those pining for Prague and days gone by; for the swimmers, those who love thrillers, and the Dad who fancies himself a funny guy. ... Happy Fathers Day one and all.

22.01.2022 Each year, Better Reading asks Australian readers to vote for their favourite books. The Top 100 list that results is a great resource for libraries, teachers and gift-givers. But more than that, its the annual list readers love. So Australia, this is what (some of you) voted for ....

22.01.2022 And now for something a tad lighter ... these new releases touch on the same topic in very different ways.

22.01.2022 Theres just 6 days until our first Online Book Club with James Bradley. Ghost Species is still 10% off for the speedy readers among us! Give us a call or pop in store and give the code GHOST10. Curious if the book is for you? Read an extract here: https://www.penguin.com.au//gh/extracts/2266-ghost-species... Register for the online event with James on 4 June below.

19.01.2022 A perfume that smells like a bookstore? Tell us more!

18.01.2022 Good Morning! Have you joined our Online Bookclub yet? Our September Bookclub pick is The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku. Watch his incredible TEDx talk at the link below and lets all be reminded that amidst the tangled horror of history, veins of beauty run wild. ... Click the Online Bookclub Group link on this page to receive 20% off our monthly picks! (join to access the promo code).

18.01.2022 Whats the deal with all the new releases about the end of the world? Well, not all of them, but its interesting to even read the titles of some of these books ... its like the authors knew what was coming.

18.01.2022 The humble short story .... do you like it? Loathe it? Couldnt give a hoot about it? Whos your favourite short story writer? Whats the most memorable mini tale youve read? Share your comments below!

17.01.2022 Some new book news for your Wednesday evening. This one hit our shelves last week and we cant wait to (pardon the pun), dive in. When Rebecca Giggs encountered a humpback whale stranded on her local beach, she began to wonder how the lives of these great mammals might shed light on the condition of our seas. How do whales experience environmental change? Has our connection to these fabled animals been transformed by technology? What does it mean to write about nature in t...he midst of an ecological crisis? This narrative non-fiction wonder blends natural history, philosophy and science. Giggs introduces us to whales so rare they have never been named. We learn of whale pop songs that sweep across hemispheres, follow them into the deeps, climb on board Japanese whaling ships and confront the plastic pollution pervading their underwater environment. Fathoms is a work of profound insight and wonder and provides us with a compelling view of some of the most urgent issues of our time. See more

17.01.2022 The wonderful Markus Zusak popped in yesterday to sign some books. Always a pleasure to have authors in our store. Theres one VERY excited customer who will have their hands on this book next week!

16.01.2022 Good Evening All! Our November Bookclub pick is ‘Life After Truth’ by Ceridwen Dovey. This is Michael (the owner of Woollahra Bookshop’s) favourite book of 2020. Ceridwen Dovey went to Harvard with Jared Kushner (Donald Trump’s son-in-law and political advisor) and a character in the novel is based on him. ... The plot centres around the fifteen-year reunion of a group of Harvard graduates. Labouring with early middle age, family life, failed aspirations and a depressing political climate, old loves and old resentments are rekindled. And then there’s Frederick, the most infamous member of their class and senior advisor and son of the recently elected and loathed US president. And Frederick is dead. Join our Online Bookclub Group on this page for an exclusive discount on all Bookclub books! We will wrap and post the book to you on request and deliver free if you live locally.

15.01.2022 ASK THE AUTHOR! Do you have a question for Tara June Winch, author of The Yield and the 2020 winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award? Submit your question in the comments and Tara will answer as many as she can in a video available on Tuesday 25 August!... All questions will be considered and Tara will answer as many as she can in a video recording. If your question is picked, your name will appear on the video screen. Ask away!

14.01.2022 Sometimes we just like to celebrate the beauty of book covers. Here’s this week’s collection. For more inspiration, check out our archived stories on Instagram.

14.01.2022 Hi folks, It looks like we're in for a chilly week ahead! Don't forget to hop online Thursday night (register at the link below) for author James Bradley's talk on his new novel, 'Ghost Species.' ... In a recent piece written for TheGuardian James said: 'I began writing Ghost Species just after my fathers death. It will be published a few weeks after my mothers. It was edited while bushfires raged up and down Australias east coast, in a city thick with smoke and grief, and will be published in a world paralysed by a pandemic. Perhaps unsurprisingly therefore, it is a book that is, in many ways, defined and suffused by the sense of loss so many of us feel at the moment. But it is also a book that seeks to remind us that even out of the most seismic loss and grief, new configurations are always possible.' Register at the link below + get 10% off James' book in-store with the promo code 'GHOST10.' See you Thursday!

14.01.2022 COMPETITION TIME!* The Miles Franklin Literary Award is being announced tomorrow and we have a fantastic prize to celebrate this beloved event. One lucky person will win a Miles Franklin Book Pack: all six shortlisted novels, valued at $170 are yours to win!... To enter, simply: 1. Like this post. 2. Tag 3 of your book-loving friends (the person who does the tagging gets entered, so encourage your friends to spread the love!) 3. Follow us on Instagram and repeat steps 1&2. Remember you have to follow us / enter on both Insta AND Facebook to be eligible. Winner will be chosen at random. Good luck! *open to NSW residents only. #milesfranklin #competition #win #booksbooksbooks #tarajunewinch #giveaway #woollahrabookshop #bookstagram #booksofig #literature #bookpile See more

13.01.2022 Our Online Book Club author, James Bradley is on ABCs The Drum at 6pm tonight!

13.01.2022 The Booker long list is here! Tell us: do you follow the big literary prizes? Do you love a good prize-winner? Or do you shun them? Whats your favourite: Booker, Pulitzer, Miles Franklin, Costa, Vogel?

12.01.2022 Meet the winner of our Cutest Dog Competition! The gorgeous Miss Penny is sitting on Jackson’s lap; Jason is holding her adorable baby sister, Phoebe. A huge thank you to everyone who entered and to Jersey Road Vets for partnering with us!

09.01.2022 A fascinating review of a fascinating book! Click the link below to learn more about Howard Means 10,000-year history of swimming. In store now for $29.99.

09.01.2022 We speak with Fernanda Melchor, author of #InternationalBooker2020 shortlisted novel Hurricane Season. For more, tune in for the watch party on Thursday at 5pm BST on Facebook and YouTube.

09.01.2022 We feel so lucky that we were able to stay open the past few months, while bookshops the world over were forced to shut their doors. And a big thank you to our wonderful customers near and afar for sticking with us.

08.01.2022 Happy #bookfacefriday, yall! This title is running out the door. Enjoy the weekend!

07.01.2022 We don't need to tell you that 2020 has been an ... interesting year for many. For us booksellers, it has been rewarding (being able to stay open for our customers during lock down; sharing our passion for books as saviours of boredom!) and also frustrating. The publication dates of so many books were pushed back this year - in some cases for months. Shipments from overseas got stuck in limbo and countless author tours cancelled.... If you're planning on stuffing your stockings full of books this Christmas, we strongly advise that you order early. Ordering early will help you: 1. Avoid missing out on delayed re-orders of sold-out books. 2. Avoid the crowds that our bookshop always experiences in December. As always, local delivery is free and all books will be beautifully gift-wrapped. Thanks!

06.01.2022 Although our humble Bookclub isnt QUITE as big as Good Morning Americas () we are glad to be keeping company with the big guys! Kevin Kwans anticipated new novel is 20% off for Bookclub Members. Simply join the group on our Facebook page (so you can compare notes when youve read it) and phone us to order using the code VANITY20.

06.01.2022 Have you spotted any of these wee words of wisdom? The I Know This To Be True series is perhaps the antidote weve all been searching for. Theyve been created in collaboration with the Nelson Mandela Foundation and feature some big names answering big life questions and sharing their stories, guiding ideals and wisdom. Theyre for anyone hoping to make a positive impact on the world. Amen to that.

05.01.2022 I'm BEYOND THRILLED to announce that "Sex & Vanity" will be made into a major motion picture by Sony and SKGlobal!!!

04.01.2022 Another day, another fabulous Australian debut... Imbi Neeme recently shared the elevator pitch for her prize-winning debut novel: no two people experience the same thing in the same way, especially when they are sisters ... but totally more interesting than that. You could certainly say shes taken this everyday truth and catapulted it into the literary atmosphere. The Spill is about a car overturning on a remote Western Australian road. The passengers are two sis...ters and their alcoholic mother. No one is injured, but the impact is felt for decades. Exploring the cycles of love, loss and regret that follow a family over time, its a moving portrait of sisters falling apart and finding their way back again. In store now for $32.99

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02.01.2022 * JOIN OUR ONLINE BOOK CLUB AT THE LINK BELOW! * Our July Bookclub pick is Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan. Kwan, of Crazy Rich Asians fame returns with this glittering tale of a young woman who finds herself torn between two men.... Moving between playgrounds of privilege, peppered with decadent food and fashion, Sex and Vanity is a truly modern love story, a daring homage to A Room with a View and a hilarious comedy of manners set between two cultures. BOOKCLUB BENEFITS: Pre-order by 30 June and be one of the first in Australia to read it. Receive 20% off the book! Have your book beautifully wrapped and (locally) delivered, posted (postage applies) or collect in store. Receive a gorgeous handmade greeting card to use as you please. GET YOUR DISCOUNTED COPY USING THE CODE VANITY20: Call: 9328 2733 Email: [email protected] In person: pop in and say hi! THEN: Pour a cocktail and read. Hop back online and discuss what you liked (or didnt like) about it with other Bookclub members!

01.01.2022 ATTENTION ALL CRIME AND THRILLER WRITERS! Why wait to make crime pay? Is there a manuscript in your bottom drawer just waiting to be finished? Have you got a bu...rning idea for the perfect crime on paper? The call for entries for the Allen & Unwin Books Crime Fiction Prize opens on 31st August. Both debut writers and already-published writers are eligible to enter. Entries close 26 February 2021. This exciting award includes a publishing contract with an advance against royalties of $AUD 25,000. Find out more and apply, apply, apply! https://www.allenandunwin.com//1683-announcing-the-allen-u . . . #writingprize #publicationopportunity #crimefiction #actwriters #writingopportunities #manuscripts #callforwriters