Books We Love

The Good Girl Stripped Bare

The Break

The Essex Serpent

Wilder Country

The Scent of You

Commonwealth

The Lines on Nanna’s Face

The Heart’s Invisible Furies

The Snow Child

The Earth Book

The Catawaumpus Cat

The Bone Sparrow

The Fall

The Mother’s Promise

My Name is Lucy Barton

The North Water

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Window refresh 💅🏻 So many new goodies prou

Window refresh 💅🏻

So many new goodies proudly on display in our (slightly early) April window!

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Book Bird Sarah’s latest reads: 🐳’Playgro

Book Bird Sarah’s latest reads:

🐳’Playground,’ Richard Powers
🐳 ‘Reservoir Bitches,’ Dahlia de la Cerda
🐳’The Pisces,’ Melissa Broder

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“It’s new and it’s blue!” 💙🩵 New,

“It’s new and it’s blue!”

💙🩵 New, blue fiction on the shelves 💙🩵

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We have PLENTY of the new Hunger Games instalment,

We have PLENTY of the new Hunger Games instalment, ‘Sunrise on the Reaping,’ ready and waiting for you… although, it has been zooming out the door since it arrived yesterday, so if you’re keen beans, give us a call!

☎️ 5224 1438

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📣 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT We are so excited to ann

📣 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

We are so excited to announce our first in-store event for 2025: a celebration of contemporary nature writing with award-winning authors Gregory Day (VIC) and Jane Rawson (TAS).

We will be discussing Greg Day’s poetry collection ‘Southsightedness’ (@transitloungepublishing) and Jane Rawson’s memoir ‘Human/Nature’ (@newsouthpublishing) on Wednesday 30 April, 6pm.

Jane and Greg will be in conversation with bookshop manager, Charlotte. Book sales and signings will be available on the night.

Tickets: $18 (+bf) via Eventbrite. Follow the link in our bio.

Attendees will also be able to browse the shop before and after the talk and receive 10% off any purchases made on the night.

Limited seats available. We have capacity of 20 people for this event, so book your spots quickly!

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We had a superb night last night speaking with Mar

We had a superb night last night speaking with Mark Smith at Belmont Library about his latest novel, ‘Three Boys Gone.’ We gained such insight into all the ideas and questions that informed this heart-in-mouth thriller—big themes such as duty of care, responsibility (to others and to oneself), misogyny and discrimination, and the professional versus the private self.

Big thanks to everyone who came along and made this a booked-out event. And of course to the Library for hosting.

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💚 MORE STOCK HAS LANDED! Not sure we’ve tak

💚 MORE STOCK HAS LANDED!

Not sure we’ve taken quite so many phone calls about a psychology/personal development title in years! So we’re delighted to let you know that ‘The Let Them Theory’ by Mel Robbins is finally back in stock and we’ve got heaps…

Never heard of it? Well…

‘The Let Them Theory’ is about rethinking the power we give to others over our own feelings and reactions. In her book, New York Times bestselling author Mel Robbins outlines how two words, “let them,” can set you free.

As Robbins writes: “By letting other people live their lives, you finally get to live yours.”

Swipe to take a sneak peek at the contents pages and see if this book is for you!

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Sarah’s latest reads make for a hefty pile! Sa

Sarah’s latest reads make for a hefty pile!

Sarah’s 2025 reading list so far has featured:
📕 ‘Health,’ by Shawana Andrews, Sandra Eades & Fiona Stanley
📕’Cleopatra and Frankenstein,’ by Coco Mellors
📕’Trust,’ by Hernan Diaz
📕’The Best Australian Science Writing 2024’
📕’The Message,’ by Ta-Nehisi Coates
📕’On This Ground: Best Australian Nature Writing’

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“Oh for a book and a shady nook, either indoors

“Oh for a book and a shady nook,
either indoors or out,
with the green leaves whispering overhead,
or the street cries all about…”

~ John Wilson

A gorgeous new gifty option for new-baby presents.

A gorgeous new gifty option for new-baby presents. ‘My Memory Box’ contains two mini books, 4 boxes for early treasures (a curl of hair, first socks), a cloth bag, writing paper and envelope, and a picture frame. The embroidery-style illustrations are by Chloe Giordano, creator of the best-selling book, ‘Read to Your Baby Every Day.’

In store now ❤️

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Big thanks to the lovely Sean Wilson for stopping

Big thanks to the lovely Sean Wilson for stopping by the shop to sign copies of his gorgeous and heart-wrenching novella, ‘You Must Remember This.’

The Guardian calls it a “short but searching account of dementia,” “a detailed portrait… beautiful, intimate and terrifying.”

Signed copies in store. Thanks to @affirmpress for organising Sean’s visit to The Book Bird ❤️ 🖊️ 📕

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Hidden delights at The Book Bird… When treasur

Hidden delights at The Book Bird…

When treasure-hunting in the bookshop, don’t forget to peer at slender spines, check the shady corners of shelves, and get into all those nooks and crannies, because you never know what you might find.

Here is a selection of literary bounty ripe for discovery! Like the look of these? Send us a DM — such jewels don’t last.

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February window coming in hot! (Quite literally 🥵☀️)

Cool off at The Book Bird today until 5pm. The air con is pumping, the books on the shelves are chattering, and your local booksellers are keen to talk about this month’s new releases.

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Book Bird Charlotte has been on an Elizabeth Strou

Book Bird Charlotte has been on an Elizabeth Strout binge of late, reading all of her novels TOTALLY out of order, but apparently it doesn’t really matter.

You can go chronologically through the lives of Strout’s memorable characters Olive Kitteridge, Lucy Barton and Bill Burgess—or not. Either way, you will fall in love with these rather ordinary people and their ordinary lives as they navigate the trials of everyday existence. It’s Strout’s incomparable writing that really makes these novels so special.

Hard to compare her to anyone else, but Charlotte thinks readers of Tom Lake by Ann Patchett will love Strout. Highly recommend.

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UPDATE: This giveaway has now concluded. Congratul

UPDATE: This giveaway has now concluded. Congratulations @tobyaross! Your prize is ready for collection. 📚

GIVEAWAY TIME! 📚

Summer is the BEST time to head down our beautiful coastline and see what treasures you can find. To help you identify what exactly it is you’re seeing, we have a copy each of Tim Godfrey’s ‘Shore Life of the Great Ocean Road’ and the ‘Marine Field Guide’ to give away.

To go in the running, tag a friend in the comments. One tag equals one entry, so go nuts! We will draw the winner later this week. The winner must be able to collect their prize from our store in Geelong West.

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