Canberra bookshops under the weather

Tuesday, 6 March 2007 Books+Publishing

Following the severe storm that lashed Canberra with golf-ball sized hailstones and 50km/h winds last Tuesday evening (27 February), several Canberra bookshops have spent the past week replacing damaged stock and shop fittings. Michael Preiss, manager of Smith's Alternative Bookshop in Canberra's central business district Civic, estimates that the store lost...