New location for the Book Grocer in Kingston, ACT Archive
The Book Grocer in Kingston, ACT has moved a few doors down from its old store to take up bigger premises. The new store is located at Shop 2, 1-11...
New Dymocks store to open in Wollongong Archive
After seven months without a dedicated new bookstore, Wollongong in NSW will soon see the return of Dymocks to its city centre. Dymocks is set to open a 220 sqm store in August...
New owner for Better Read Than Dead Archive
Independent Sydney bookstore Better Read Than Dead has been sold to Parkstone Investments, a private company led by businessman and arts patron Pat Corrigan. Derek Dryden, who opened Better Read...
WH Smith to open two new Oz stores in July; international stores report ‘record profit performance’ Archive
UK bookselling chain WH Smith will open two new stores in Australia this year, bringing the number of WH Smith outlets across the country to eight. A spokesperson for WH...
Dymocks Tauranga goes independent, rebrands as Chapter 2 Archive
The Dymocks store in Tauranga, New Zealand, is now trading as an independent bookstore under the name Chapter 2. Els Jones, who owns the store with her partner Phil, told...
Book Street in Toorak to close by August Archive
Independent Melbourne bookstore Book Street will close by August. Owner David Marlow told Bookseller+Publisher that the current lease on the Toorak store ends in early August, however, the store may...
New bookstores open Archive
A new Dymocks bookstore will open this week at Charlestown Square Shopping Centre in Charlestown, New South Wales. Dymocks loyalty and marketing manager Elain Richards told Bookseller+Publisher the store is 234.3 sqm...
Kobo-branded stores to open inside WH Smith stores Archive
Ebook provider and retailer Kobo announced at the London Book Fair this month that it has reached an agreement with UK bookselling chain WH Smith to open Kobo-branded ‘shops’ within...
Preliminary report recommends GST on imported goods should be payable by offshore suppliers Archive
A preliminary report commissioned by the Federal Government’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) Distribution Review has recommended that GST revenue currently forgone on imported goods below the ‘low value threshold’...
WH Smith to open second store at Melbourne’s Southern Cross station Archive
UK bookselling chain WH Smith will open a second store at Southern Cross train station in Melbourne next month. A spokesperson for WH Smith told Bookseller+Publisher that the new store,...
Shearer’s wins Business Champion Award Archive
Shearer’s Bookshop was named Australia’s Champion Specialised Retail Small Business on Saturday 21 April at the Australian Small Business Champion Awards. Shearer’s, now based in Leichhardt, first opened in 1975...
Whitcoulls to close Lambton Quay store Archive
Whitcoulls has confirmed that, after 104 years on the same site, the Whitcoulls Lambton Quay store will close at the end of May. A statement said that staff and stock...
ARBR opens two new A&R bookstores in Queensland Archive
Angus & Robertson Book Retailing (ARBR), the sister company of former REDgroup-owned newsagency chain Supanews, has opened two new Angus & Robertson (A&R)-branded bookstores in Queensland. ARBR marketing manager Michaela...
Readers of Whitehorse bookshop closes Archive
Independent Melbourne bookstore Readers of Whitehorse has closed. The store, which was located in the Centro shopping centre in Box Hill, Melbourne, finished trading on Friday 13 April. Readers of...
New owners for Melbourne secondhand bookstore Archive
Alice’s Bookshop, on Rathdowne Street in Carlton, Victoria, has been taken over by new owners Ellen Boyd and Joshua Green, reports the Age. The secondhand bookshop, which stocks approximately 18,500...
New Dymocks store opens in Melbourne Archive
A new Dymocks bookstore opened on Saturday 14 April at Knox Shopping Centre in Wantirna South, Victoria, taking the place of a space once occupied by Borders. Dymocks employee Jamie...
New bookshop opens in Hobart Archive
A new bookshop has opened at the State Cinema in Hobart, Tasmania. The State Cinema Bookstore started trading on 3 April, and is located adjacent to the State Cinema on...
‘Cash mob’ visits Sydney’s Ariel Books Archive
A group of approximately 30 people visited Ariel Books in Paddington, Sydney, on Saturday 25 March as part of a new initiative designed to support local businesses. The event at Ariel Books was...
SA changes to public holidays trading pass parliament; NSW Govt introduces changes to Boxing Day trading Archive
Retail stores in Adelaide’s central business district will be open on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday for the first time, as a result of changes to the state’s retail trading...
Australia Post to increase parcel, bulk mail prices in April Archive
Australia Post has confirmed to Bookseller+Publisher that it will increase its prices for parcel and bulk mail services by an average of 3.8% in April. A spokesperson for Australia Post...
