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Indie Top 10 Books

1

Bring Up The Bodies, Hilary Mantel (HarperCollins)

2

Fifty Shades of Grey, E L James (Random House)

3

The Mountain, Drusilla Modjeska, (Random House)

4

All That I Am, Anna Funder (Penguin)

5

Fifty Shades Darker, E L James (Random House)

6

City of Lost Souls: Mortal Instruments, Cassandra Clare (Walker Books)

7

Fifty Shades Freed, E L James (Random House)

8

The Light Between Oceans, M L Stedman (Random House)

9 The Boy Who Fell to Earth, Kathy Lette (Transworld)
10

The Woman Who Changed Her Brain, Barbara Arrowsmith-Young (HarperCollins)

 

 

Leading Edge Indie bestsellers to week ending 12th May 2012. Source: Nielsen BookScan


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Winner of the  NSW and ACT

Specialist Bookshop of the Year 2011

 

"1971-2011- Celebrating 40 Years in Business!" The Children's Bookshop, established in 1971, is the oldest specialist children's bookshop in NSW Australia and we sell books for adults too! Our strength has always been the expert advice provided by the dedicated and enthusiastic staff who enjoy finding the right book for the young reader and adults alike. Our range of books includes picture books, poetry, classics, information books and contemporary fiction to suit a wide range of interests, ages an abilities. This tradition of retail excellence continues.

Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5-30pm, Sat 9am-3pm

Remember Storytime for Pre-schoolers Tuesday and Friday Mornings at      9-45am during School Term.

The Adult Book Clubs meet ONCE per month. There are currently FOUR GROUPS. The group meets Tuesday evenings at 7-30pm (to 8-30pm), meeting either on the First (The Street Sweeper), the  Second (Japanese Poetry), Third (The Great Gatsby) or Last Tuesday (A Moveable Feast).

Book News

Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel. In Bring up the Bodies, the sequel to the Man Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel explores one of the most mystifying and frightening episodes in ... read more

Updated: 18/05/2012 1:29 PM

The Mountain by Drusilla Modjeska. In 1968, Leonard, an Oxford anthropologist, arrives in Papua New Guinea with his alluring Dutch wife, Rika. When Leonard leaves to film the remote villages high in ... read more

Updated: 18/05/2012 1:31 PM

Eleven Seasons by Paul D. Carter. The Australian/Vogel's Literary Award winner 2012. 'Some guys are good at school and telling jokes or they have the latest stuff. Others are cricketers and ... read more

Updated: 15/05/2012 11:02 AM

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman. 1926. Tom Sherbourne is a young lighthouse keeper on a remote island off Western Australia. The only inhabitants of Janus Rock, he and his wife Isabel live a ... read more

Updated: 4/05/2012 1:11 PM

Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James. When literature student Anastasia Steele interviews successful entrepreneur Christian Grey, she finds him very attractive and deeply intimidating. Convinced that ... read more

Updated: 20/04/2012 8:47 AM


Features

The shortlist for this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are:

Blood (Tony Birch, ... read more

Updated: 3/05/2012 3:23 PM

Text Publishing have just released their Text Classics series, designed to unearth some of the lost marvels of our literature.  The collection allows readers to rediscover wonderful books ... read more

Updated: 26/04/2012 5:00 PM

Secrets of the Tides is an exciting debut novel by Hannah Richell.   It is a taut and gripping family drama revolving around the troubled relationships of ... read more

Updated: 12/04/2012 9:25 AM

Store Events

Meet Author / Illustrator Oliver Jeffers!

Venue

: The Children's Bookshop
Date : 24/05/2012  4-30-5-30
Meet Acclaimed International Children’s Author Davide Cali!

Venue

: The Children's Bookshop
Date : 26/05/2012  11-12
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