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Hamnet

Actress

The Mirror & The Light

The Long Distance Playlist

Dear Girls

Sand Talk

The Dutch House

This Is How We Change the Ending

Three Women

The Girls

The Nickel Boys

It Sounded Better in my Head

Starfell: Willow Moss and the Lost Day

City of Girls

The Glad Shout

The Doll Factory

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It’s Pablo’s last morning in his shell before

It’s Pablo’s last morning in his shell before he must hatch. He’s a bit scared, but it’s time. He has a hot chocolate and a croissant for breakfast to make him feel good. He pecks one hole for an eye so he can see; two holes for his ears so he can hear; and holes for his legs so he can feel the ground… Join Pablo as he slowly but surely pecks his way to the outside world. Cleverly told with great black-and-white illustrations for really young readers, Pablo is about arriving in the big world that awaits little creatures like Pablo (and his readers)!

‘A Room of Her Own’ showcases twenty women who

‘A Room of Her Own’ showcases twenty women who honour life, beauty, and art in their homes, their salons, on their tables, and in their wardrobes. In this book, philosophers, artists, jewellers, designers, sculptors and chefs open their front doors and let us in. A sumptuous guide to the ‘New Renaissance’ of the early 21st century and the women who lie at the centre of this movement, ‘A Room of Her Own’ traces parallels between the Renaissance period of the 14th to 16th centuries and the ‘cultural rebirth’ we’re witnessing now, more than 500 years later. Artists profiled include: Alice Stori Liechtenstein (Design Curator, Austria); Marta Ferri (Fashion Designer, Milan); Lisbeth McCoy (Artist, New York); Sue Townsend (Creative Entrepreneur, Florence); Beatrix Ost (Philosopher and Artist, New York), and many more.
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We sat down with local poet, fiction writer, and e

We sat down with local poet, fiction writer, and essayist Maria Takolander to talk about her latest poetry collection, ‘Trigger Warning’ (@uqpbooks), ahead of the launch tomorrow.

Due to COVID-caps, the launch will now be held online through the @geelonglibraries. Click through to our blog post to find the webinar registration link if you’d like to attend.

We also have a limited amount of SIGNED copies in stock, so get in quick to nab one of those 🖊 ✨
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We are very chuffed to have our wonderful Josh bac

We are very chuffed to have our wonderful Josh back in the nest today. Here is the man himself, telling us all about a gripping new middle grade novel "We were Wolves" by Jason Cockcroft.

You've probably seen Jason Cockcroft's art before — it featured on the first editions of the final three books in the Harry Potter series. Turns out, he's just as good at writing as he is at illustrating.
Here, you'll get to enjoy both of his skillsets as he weaves a tale of a boy who helps his troubled father do dangerous jobs for bad men.
A beautifully dark novel with an emotional punch. Recommended for readers aged 12+. — Josh

We’re reopening (again)! We can’t wait to we

We’re reopening (again)!

We can’t wait to welcome you all back into our shop again tomorrow morning from 9:30am. Big thanks to everyone who supported us with click & collect orders during lockdown: your support means the world.

Facemasks on; QR code check-ins mandatory; 8 customers max; sanitise those hands. You know the drill!

Cute illustration of all the characters just dying to meet you by Taylah Baker.

Three sweet little hardbacks from The Bodleian Lib

Three sweet little hardbacks from The Bodleian Library at Oxford University: ‘The Book Lover’s Miscellany’, ‘A Conspiracy of Ravens’, and ‘A Barrel of Monkeys’. ‘The Book Lover’s Miscellany’ is chock-full of facts, histories and lists all about books and their materials, from a brief essay on papyrus scrolls, to a crash-course on banned books, to famous last lines, this is, quite obviously, the perfect gift for bookworms.
‘A Conspiracy of Ravens’ and ‘A Barrel of Monkeys’ are celebrations of collective nouns: the first book is all about bird groups and the second about animals. With forewords by Bill Oddie and Susie Dent respectively, and featuring illustrations by Thomas Bewick, these companion volumes are a delight to the eyes of animal and language-lovers alike.

We’ve had a number of enquiries for this book: J

We’ve had a number of enquiries for this book: Julia Banks’ ‘Power Play’, an account of gendered power imbalances in the workplace and in life, drawing from the MP’s experiences both within the Coalition and as an independent. In particular, she reflects on her resignation speech from the Liberal Party in 2018 and its impact across the nation as the speech went viral. Her book is designed as a guide for women in institutions and corporations, in parliament, and indeed in any form of employment dealing with toxic workplace cultures. It includes stories, advice, and a compelling argument for structural change.

We now have plenty of copies of ‘Power Play’ in stock for those keen to get their hands on one. We're here today until 2pm.

📚 Charlotte’s lockdown stack! 📚 An hour

📚 Charlotte’s lockdown stack! 📚

An hour an a half left to get your weekend reads sorted! We will be shut tomorrow, but back Monday from 10am.

Here are some more book ideas, this time from Book Bird Charlotte. Swipe for close-ups 👉

In this stack we have:
📕 ‘Stranger Care’ by Sarah Sentilles
📕 ‘Draw Your Weapons’ by Sarah Sentilles
📕 ‘Love Objects’ by Emily Maguire
📕 ‘Still Life’ by Sarah Winman
📕 ‘The Newcomer’ by Laura Elizabeth Woollett
📕 ‘Animal’ by Lisa Taddeo

Jump across to our website or call us on 5224 1438.

📚 Anna’s Lockdown stack! 📚 A bunch of gre

📚 Anna’s Lockdown stack! 📚

A bunch of great recommendations from Chief Book Bird Anna. Swipe for a closer look 👉

In this stack we have:
📕 ‘China Room’ by Sunjeev Sahota
📕 ‘A Town Called Solace’ by Mary Lawson
📕 ‘The Price of Two Sparrows’ by Christy Collins
📕 ‘Who Is Maud Dixon?’ by Alexandra Andrews
📕 ‘The Truth About Her’ by Jacqueline Maley

🛍 NOTE: If you’re in need of some great reads this weekend, get your click & collect orders in ASAP! Our window is open 10am - 2pm today but CLOSED tomorrow. Jump online or call us on 5224 1438.

‘Grumble Boats’ is all about dealing with grum

‘Grumble Boats’ is all about dealing with grumpy, gumbly, rumbly moods. Something we can all relate to right now regardless of age!

When little Emma can’t go to the pirate party with her brother Tom and has to stay with Grandma instead, she becomes pretty darn grumpy. She wanted to go to the party too. But Mum and Dad reckon she’s still too young. Luckily, Grandma has a tactic (a frankly genius one, if you ask us) for sending the grumbles on their way. Enter: grumble boats.

We’re not going to spoil the story by telling you exactly what grumble boats are, but suffice to say that the book even comes with instructions at the back so you can make your own! Another excellent picture book from Melbourne legends Affirm Press.
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The extension of the lockdown is not the news any

The extension of the lockdown is not the news any of us were wanting to receive but here we are.

In light of this, we simply can’t bear the thought of having our readers going without books for the next week.

We will resume our click & collect service from Wed 21st – Tuesday 27th July, from 10am – 2pm. We will be CLOSED on Sunday 25th July.

Please note: all orders must be prepaid prior to arriving at our takeaway window. We are unable to take payment at the door.

If using the online store isn’t your cup of tea we can always assist you over the phone.

You can reach a Book Bird on 5224 1438 during the above hours.

Stay well Bookworms 🐤

Lisa Taddeo’s explosive debut book, ‘Three Wom

Lisa Taddeo’s explosive debut book, ‘Three Women’, was one of Book Bird Charlotte’s top reads of 2019: a work of narrative non-fiction exploring the desires and sexual identities of three women in America. Now, Taddeo has turned her attention to fiction, channelling everything she learnt from the real lives of those three women into the fictional life of Joan, the protagonist in Taddeo’s first novel, ‘Animal’. Joan describes herself as ‘depraved’; she only seems to pursue compromised relationships with men, particularly unavailable, married men. She sees her sexual self as messy and dysfunctional, and she knows this stems from a world-shattering event that happened in her childhood. Addressing an unknown ‘you’ and slowly revealing the origins of Joan’s depravity, ‘Animal’ is an unflinching examination of transgression. Some of the scenes are deliberately confronting and thus this novel is not for anyone squeamish around sex. It would suit readers who loved Melissa Broder’s ‘Milk Fed’ and Ella Baxter’s ‘New Animal’.

Jerry Saltz, Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic at

Jerry Saltz, Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic at New York magazine, often gets asked: ‘How can I be an artist?’ Friends and strangers alike started approaching Saltz with this question after he penned an article about his experience burning out as a young artist, and turning to art writing instead. Over his career in the field Jerry Saltz has acquired some core principles about what it means to be an artist. We love Saltz’s democratic approach to art and the principles he lays out in 63 short, accessible notes. Saltz writes that you don’t have to go to graduate school to be an artist, but you do need to be curious. You do need to recognise convention, and resist constraint. You need to put in the work, preferably from the moment you wake up. You need to look, really look… Each of these snippets is chock-full of wisdom, and comes with a bunch of exercises to get the creative juices flowing. A great resource to jump-start your art practice.

🖊 Local legend Scott Stuart popped by the shop

🖊 Local legend Scott Stuart popped by the shop recently to sign copies of his latest picture book, ‘The Very First You’.

‘The Very First You’ is all about the fact that there is no one else in the universe quite like you - no one who has your voice, your smile, your laugh, or your mind - and that’s a pretty spectacular thing.

We love Scott’s work and the energy he brings to everything he does. We dare you to try not to smile while reading this book to your little ones! 😃

We love books that take place over a single day, o

We love books that take place over a single day, or even a few hours, and observing how authors manage to pack in a whole world and a fully-fledged story into such a constrained timeline. A recent novel we read that did this really well was ‘A Room Called Earth’ by Madeleine Ryan, which mostly took place at a party and a house in Toorak. Taylor Jenkins Reid’s new novel, ‘Malibu Rising’, is likewise set at a party and a big, fancy house, but this time in 1983 in California. It’s the end of summer, and Nina Riva is hosting her annual bash. Invitations to the party are coveted as the famous Riva siblings will be in attendance: surfers and models, a photographer and a musician. By midnight the party gets out of control, and by morning the Riva mansion is on fire. But before the house itself goes up in flames, other fires are stoked: between lovers, rivals, and within the Riva family. The latest from Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of ‘Daisy Jones and the Six’, promises to be an engrossing read.