Lily and Hugo’s children’s bookstore to open in Sunbury
Lily and Hugo’s bookstore for children will be opening soon in Sunbury, on the outskirts of Melbourne. Leigh Redman spoke with Books+Publishing about the new venture, which he and co-founder...
Books Kinokuniya to open first Melbourne store
Books Kinokuniya will open its first flagship Melbourne store at Melbourne Central, with the bookshop scheduled to open in the first half of 2028. Ahead of the store’s launch, the...
Fino Books opens in Melbourne
New bookshop Fino Books opened on 20 June in Melbourne’s Fitzroy North. With a brief of “finding inspiration new and old”, the store is stocking a mix of new and...
QBD opens Mirrabooka store
QBD has opened a new store in the Perth suburb of Mirrabooka, Western Australia. The store, which opened on Saturday 20 June, is located in Square Mirrabooka. With the addition...
New bookshops in Victoria, Queensland and online
Three recent bookstores have launched with a focus on building and serving communities, both local and special-interest. Under the Elms Bookshop opened in the Victorian town of Camperdown in early...
Shelf Lovers reopens “pocket-sized” store in Brisbane
Queensland LGBTQ+ bookseller Shelf Lovers has opened a new “pocket-sized” store, adding a bricks-and-mortar outlet to its existing online presence. Located in the Gender Health Australia clinic in the Brisbane...
Online queer bookshop Obsidian opens in Sydney
Obsidian Bookshop, a new online-only queer bookshop, has opened in Sydney, reports Star Observer. The bookshop is run by librarian Billy Hambides, artist Archer Nox and photographer Bowen Halkett. “All...
The Bookshop opens in Colac
Recently, The Bookshop opened in the Victorian town of Colac. Owner Kris Seabert spoke with Books+Publishing about his vision for the shop. Why did you decide to open a bookshop? Do...
The Little Bookroom opens in Brunswick East, Victoria
The Little Bookroom recently reopened its doors at a new location in Brunswick East, Victoria. After crowdfunding to cover costs to move the store, new owner Michael Earp spoke to...
Pigface Bookstore opens in Perth
Pigface Bookstore opened on 12 September in Perth, after completing renovations. The new bookstore occupies the bottom floor of a shop on Barrack Street in Perth’s city centre, with plans...
Frankfurt 2025 to allow book sales ‘from the moment the Fair opens’
The Frankfurt Book Fair will allow publishers to sell books from their stand ‘from the moment the Fair opens on the Wednesday,’ reports BookBrunch. PR manager for the fair Frank Krings...
Enamoured Books opens in Auckland
Enamoured Books, Aotearoa New Zealand's first dedicated romance bookshop, opened in Auckland in May of 2025. Founder Ruby Wallace spoke with Books+Publishing about her vision for the shop. Why did you...
Amplify Bookstore opens physical store
Amplify Bookstore, which opened in 2020 as an online-only bookseller specialising in in books by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) authors, has opened a physical bookshop in Melbourne....
Arnold opens Ladyhawke bookshop in Ivanhoe
After a ‘three-year sunny accident’ in Queensland, editor and bookseller Alison Arnold sold The Junction Bookstore in Noosa Junction and returned to Melbourne. Arnold spoke to Books+Publishing about the new...
Book Face opens store in Northbridge, NSW
Bookselling chain Book Face has opened its fifth store—a bookstore in the Sydney suburb of Northbridge. Store manager Luke Holmes said that the company opened a bookstore in the area...
QBD Books opens new Melbourne shop; launches author program
QBD Books will open a new shop at the Watergardens Shopping Centre in the suburb of Taylors Lakes in Melbourne’s northwest. The shop will hold opening celebrations on 4 May,...
QBD Books opens Dubbo store
Bookselling chain QBD Books will open its 87th store in the NSW central west town of Dubbo, at the shopping centre Orana Mall on 12 August. QBD Books CEO Nick...
Dymocks opens Eastgate Bondi Junction store
Bookstore chain Dymocks opened has opened a new franchise store at the Eastgate Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Franchise owners Bill Wang and Candy Liu said they...