Abbey's Bookshop
131 York St, Sydney NSW 2000
P: 02 9264 3111
Abbey's will be hosting a Blind Date with a book in store, mini Love Your Bookshop Day cupcakes, and more to come...
Aesop's Attic
70 High St, Kyneton VIC 3444
P: 03 5422 6059
To celebrate Love Your Bookshop day Aesop's Attic will have children's book based art & craft activities from 10am until 11am.
Jill Barclay author of the book Illustrator will be their guest author at 2pm.
They have reading copies of books to giveaway and 2nd handbooks will be 50% off.
Art Gallery of NSW Shop
Art Gallery Rd, The Domain, Sydney, NSW 2000
P: 1800 679 278
The Art Gallery of NSW Shop is preparing the party for Love Your Bookshop Day with storytelling, treats, Gallery art scavenger hunts, giveaways, and of course, staff book character dress-ups. Check our More Info for story times and scavenger hunt clues!
Avid Reader
193 Boundary St, West End, QLD 4101
P: 07 3846 3422
It is showtime! And Avid Reader is all dressed up in her weekend best and feeling chuffed to be wearing the blue ribbon for bookselling.
There will be a DOG OF THE DAY competition from 8.30am - 5.00pm. Bring your dog in and photograph them with their favourite book in store and post it to instagram tagging @avidreader and the best dog photo of the day will win a prize.
Tell Avid the best opening sentence of a book you have read and go in to the draw to win a $100 GIFT VOUCHER from Avid Reader. Enter online HERE.
Fiona Stager will be juding the traditional AVID BAKEOFF. Bring your cake in by 11.00am for a midday judging.
Local picklers and fermenters are invited to compete in a pickle compeition at 11.00am for a midday judging. BEST BOTTLE OF PICKLES wins a prize.
Anita Heiss will again be giving book advice in the BOOK ADVICE BOOTH
The first twenty customers who spend over $50 get a FREE SHOWBAG so get in early.
Double Loyalty points will be given on the day.
Beachside Bookshop
Avalon Beach, 20/11-13 Avalon Parade, Sydney NSW 2107
Come down to Beachside Books for an 11% discount in store!
Beaufort Street Books
567 Beaufort St, Mount Lawley WA 6050
P: 08 6142 7996
Author of 'Zeros and Ones' and 'Off the Track' is coming in in the morning to teach everyone to make found object whistles and the store will run a loudest whistle competition. In the afternoon James Foley author of the Sally Tinker books will be coming in and there will be a special LYBD early release of the third book 'Gastronauts' only available on the day.
Benn's Books
437 Centre Road, Bentleigh, VIC 3204
P: 03 9557 3969
Benn's will be celebrating the shops 40th birthday and hopefully launching the whiz-bang new website! There will be balloons, bunting, some sweet treats and lots of very good books! Plus double points for all loyalty card holds.
Berkelouw Books Hornsby
Shop B30-33, Level 3, Westfield Shopping Centre, Pacific Highway,
Hornsby NSW 2077
P: 02 9987 2393
Book Guessing: How many books does a bookshop have? (If a bookshop could shop books?) With every purchase on August 11th you can enter to win a $25 Gift Voucher by guessing how many books there are inside our store! Winner will be announced on August 12th.
Kids Activities: We will be having a colouring-in competition and a graffiti wall for everyone to write reviews of their favourite books and list their favourite things about bookshops.
Detective Dog Story Time: Detective Dog needs your help! Someone has HIDDEN Detective Dog's bones! Join us for a special Storytime and then help us find the dog bones stashed throughout the store. First Session: 11am Second Session: 1pm
Berkelouw Books Leichhardt
70 Norton St, Leichhardt NSW 2040
P: 02 9560 3200
All staff working will be dressing up as their favourite book characters
All-day craft table to Make Your Own Bookmark
9:30am Special Party-themed Children’s Storytime with craft and songs.
11:30am Beck Feiner, author of If I Was Prime Minister and Aussie Legends Alphabet will be dropping by to sign copies.
2-3pm Kid's Short Story Competition announcement party, with Ewan Stewart & his mum (Ewan is a 4-year-old who has written a book, illustrated by his mum, which they have self-published & we are promoting). They will give a little talk to all the kids to inspire them to write & publish their own stories.
3.30-4.30pm - Children's Book Club, with a special 103-storey treehouse - themed party and Quiz.
6pm - Book Trivia Quiz, with some cheeky bubbly. This is going to be a fun evening for the grown-ups, celebrating literary and book-related trivia!
Berkelouw Books Mona Vale
12-14 Park St, Mona Vale NSW 2013
P: 02 9979 2112
Bring your kids for story time and fun activities. Anne Helen Donnelly will be reading Ori's Clean Up from 2pm - 3pm.
Better Read Than Dead
265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042
P: 02 9557 8700
At Better Read Than Dead, the staff will be dressed up as some of our favourite book characters! There will also be Love Your Bookshop themed cupcakes, a customer review writing competition, and a 'why I love my bookshop' competition with great book prizes to be won!
They have some exciting author visits and events planned too:
10.30am: Story Time with Matt Cosgrove and Macca the Alpaca!
1.00pm: Natural Born Loser Oliver Phommavanh Book Launch
Boobook on Owen
1/68 Owen Street, Huskisson NSW 2540
P: 02 4441 8585
BooBook on Owen will be hosting a Pepper Pig Party, Book Busking, a raffle to win a coffee table book (with all proceeds going to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation) and cake and coffee in the sun.
BOOK FACE Gungahlin
The Marketplace, Shop H41
33 Hibberson Street,
Gungahlin, ACT 2912
P: 02 6255 7067
BOOK FACE Gungahlin will be hosting a dress up competition all day. Dress up as a book character to win prizes.
Larry Brandy from the Wurundjeri tribe will have a stall all day with boomerages and activity books to teach people about Indigenous culture.
A raffle giveaway in store plus scribble wall on the front window for people to say why they love their bookshop.
There will also be a book giveaway competition on Facebook everyday from the 1st. Click the photo's of last years books below to enter a competition.
BOOK FACE Macarthur Square
Macarthur Square Shopping Centre
Shop U118 Level 3
200 Gilchrist Drive
Campbelltown NSW 2560
P: 02 4628 8981
Two author signings, free balloons, lollipops and colouring - plus they're giving away a prize pack valued at over $100.
BooksPlus Bathurst
157 Howick St, Bathurst NSW 2795
P: 02 6331 5994
BooksPlus are hosting a Love Your Bookshop Day Eve event with local author Aoife Clifford - Second Sight.
On the day there will be puzzles, prizes and trivia through out the day
Collins Booksellers Moonee Ponds
67 Puckle St, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039
P: 03 9372 0585
Collins Moonee Ponds have planned quite the party with free face painting, gift bags, awesome prizes, and for a gold coin donation the popular 'Blind Date With a Book' with all proceeds going to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.
Collins Booksellers Traralgon
74 Seymour St, Traralgon VIC 3844
P: 03 5176 2506
Come along to the store to celebrate with special discounts, giveaways and prizes, activities and balloons and so much more!
Dillons Norwood Bookshop
Blind Date with a Book.
Dress Up Competition – come in dressed up as a book character and be entered into the draw to win a fabulous prize (our staff will also all be dressed up!).
LYBD wall – write why you love bookshops on our LYBD wall, post a selfie with the hashtag #LYBDDillons and go into the draw to win a prize. Make a purchase in store and go into the draw to win a book hamper!
Children's Storytime – 10.30am & 3pm
Dymocks Canberra
Canberra Centre, Shop CL17, Bunda Street, Canberra ACT 2601
P: 02 6257 5057
Local author, Daniel Agnew, will be promoting their new release, there will be a giveaway of reading copies, plus more to come!
Dymocks Hobart
Centrepoint Shopping Centre, Shop 206/207, Level 2, 70 Murray Street, Hobart TAS 7000
P: 03 6231 6656
From 10:30 to 2:30: We'll have free facepainting and storytelling - there'll be Blind Date with a Book, balloons, giveaways, colouring in competitions and our Young Adults' bookclub - Rebels of the Shelves will be having a Rebels' Riddles Treasure Hunt involving other shops in the centre...
AND we'll be renaming all the gelato at White Cow's famous gelateria after some of our favourite titles!
Dymocks Joondalup
Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City, 16/420 Joondalup Dr, Joondalup WA 6027
P: 08 9300 0895
Join Dymocks Joondalup for prizes and some delicious nibbles to create a festive atmosphere while you browse the store. Spend $30 or more in store and have a free spin at our Prize Wheel to win a prize, including $5 Dymocks vouchers, special advance reading copies of books, goodie bags and other exiting items. Plus we'll have a kids activity station will keep the young ones entertained!
Dymocks Karrinyup
Shop F121, Level 1/Karrinyup Shopping Centre, Shop F121, Level 1, 200 Karrinyup Rd, Karrinyup WA 6018
P: 08 9445 9992
Join us on Saturday August 11th in store to help us celebrate! We're planning to do some awesome activities with afun twist for every customer that shops...A PRIZE WHEEL! Spend $30 or more in store and have a free spin at our Prize Wheel to win a prize, including $5 Dymocks vouchers, special advance reading copies of books, lucky dips and other exiting items.
Dymocks Morley
Galleria Shopping Centre, Shop 36, 4 Collier Road, Morley WA 6062
P: 08 9276 7500
Spend $30 or more instore and have a spin on the Prize Wheel. Prizes include Dymocks vouchers, advanced reading copies and goodie bags.
Fairfield Bookshop
117A Station St, Fairfield VIC 3078
A line-up of 10 fantastic authors from 10:30AM - 2:30PM!
They will be decorating the window with the names of peoples favourite books. Any purchase on the day will go into a draw for 2 prizes of $50 gift vouchers. Fairfield Books will also be giving away Love Your Bookshop bags with purchases over $30 and lollipops to people passing by. Expect more on the day too!
Fullers
131 Collins St, Hobart TAS 7000
P: 03 6234 3800
Sausage sizzle with ex-staff member Robbie Arrnott on the BBQ. Robbie is now the acclaimed author of 'Flames' a evocative and strange tale set in the Tasmanian landscape. There will be a gold donation to raise funds for the 'Chatter Matters' program for adult literary, particlularly the ongoing work with male prisoners reading programs.
Harbour Bookshop Ulladulla & ABC Centre
93 Princes Hwy, Ulladulla NSW 2539
P: 02 4454 4044
There will be hearts that people can write why they love their bookshop and there will be vouchers to be won!
Harry Hartog Green Hills
Shop 2020, Stockland Greenhills, 1 Molly Morgan Dr, East Maitland NSW 2323
P: 02 4934 3663
- Competition: 9 Word Review
- Creative in Residence
- Teddy Bear Sleepover
- Adult Storytime
- Who is Harry Hartog? dress up
- Create your own bookstore activity
Harry Hartog Miranda
600 Kingsway, Miranda NSW 2228
P: 02 9524 4744
- Storytime with local author Pat Simmons (Ziggy's Zoo) Pat will also bring in some activities related to her book.
- Make your own very hungry caterpillar craft activity
- Kids costume parade
- Storytime looking to see if another local author maybe interested if not a staff member
- Make your own book mark arts & craft activity
- Simone for book marks
- Kids picture book celebrity heads
Harry Hartog Narellan
P: 02 4648 2211
- Design your own book cover
- Make your own bookmark
- Pass the parcel
- Lucky door prizes
Harry Hartog Woden
L38 Keltie St, Phillip ACT 2606
P: 02 6232 5832
- Guess how many books we have in store competition
- Find 3 gold wrapped books in store competition
- Book recommendation stand
Imprints Booksellers
107 Hindley St, Adelaide SA 5000
P: 08 8231 4454
We're throwing a party and you're invited! Love Your Bookshop Day is your chance to help us celebrate all things books and reading. There will be lucky dips, a scavenger hunt for the kids, drinks and nibbles, and lots more! Come show your favourite local booksellers a little love!
Institute for Aboriginal Development (IAD) Press Bookshop
3 South Terrace, Alice Springs, NT 0871
P: 08 8951 1311
We will have Guest Authors who will be appearing to sign and talk about their books. Guests: MK Turner OAM - Iwenhe Tyerrtye
*What it means to be an Aboriginal Person Margaret Heffernan - Gathering Sticks
* Lighting up small fires Veronica Perrurle Dobson - Anpernirrentye -Kin and Skin
* Talking about family in Arrernte
IAD Press Book shop have so much to offer , come down and view the amazing book. Journals, Diaries and Calendars for purchase
Light refreshments supplied
Jeffreys Books
140 Glenferrie Rd, Malvern VIC 3144
P: 03 9509 5133
Our amazing author lineup!
11.00 - 11.30: Helen Brown author of Cleo, After Cleo and Bono
1.00 - 1.30: Digby Stevens - Murder of Crows
1.30 - 2.00: Rod Giblett - Tale of Two Dragons and The Dragon and Saint George
2.30 - 3.00: Justine Roach - Start Being Happy
3.00 - 3.30: Join us as we toast to all the wonderful bookshops throughout the country with a glass of bubbly
Kinokuniya
500 George St, Sydney NSW 2000
P: 02 9262 7996
Love your bookshop? Come celebrate Love Your Bookshop Day here with us at Kino! We’ve got a full day of special offers, free gifts and fun events planned for the whole family.
LYBD KINOKUNIYA CARD MEMBERSHIP OFFER// For one day only, sign up for 1 year membership for $5 (normally $15) or 2 years for just $8 (normally $25)
FREE BOOK GIFT WITH PURCHASE // Spend over $40 in store to receive a FREE lucky dip book or spend over $100 to receive a FREE premium lucky dip book and LYBD tote bag
11AM // JAPANESE ORIGAMI FOR KIDS // KIDS SECTION
12PM // JAR OF STARS KIDS CRAFT WORKSHOP // KIDS SECTION
2PM – 4PM // FACE PAINTING FOR KIDS // KIDS SECTION
5PM // BOOK TRIVIA CHALLENGE // FRONT OF STORE
All events are FREE and RSVPs can be taken in store, by phone: 02 9262 7996 or by email: sydneyevents@kinokuniya.com
Language International Bookshop
13-15 Station St, Kew East VIC 3102
P: 03 9857 0030
Do you have little French speakers aged 0-7 who enjoy being read to? (Who doesn't?) Come join us on Love Your Bookshop Day for a French story-time at our bookstore! We have plenty of titles to choose from and we will have everything set up nice and cozy. Nothing like a morning of story-telling to fight off this dreary winter weather!
Mad Hatters Bookshop
Shop 3, Manly 7 Day Markets, 50 Cambridge Parade, Manly QLD 4179
P: 07 3393 5130
There will be arts and crafts, story time, food and lucky-door prizes! Author and Illustrator duo, Katrina Roe, Author and Helene Magisson Artist, will also be launching their new picture book Lily’s Balloon at 2pm.
Matilda Bookshop
Stirling, 8 Mount Barker Rd, Adelaide SA 5152
P: 08 8339 3931
Free books! Free Love Your Bookshop Day totes for first 100 customers. Free coffee! Free Champagne! 10% of all sales donated to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. Auction of an original artwork by children's book illustrator Andrew Joyner with 100% of the sale proceeds going to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation
Mostly Books
119 Belair Rd, Torrens Park SA 5062
P: 08 8373 5190
Local illustrator doing portraits of children in the bookshop, storytime, raflle, massive sale table - fill your Love Your Bookshop Day tote for $25
Muse
69 Canberra Ave, Kingston ACT 2603
P: 02 6178 0024
Gallagher wines showcased with lunch in the restaraunt, followed by champagne in the bookshop to celebrate LYBD.
Neighbourhood Books
55 High Street, Northcote, Victoria, Australia 3070
Drop by between 10AM-12PM to have your pup photographed by Meghan Lawson of Piccolo Angelo Photography.
New Leaves
81 High St, Woodend VIC 3442
P: 03 5427 4276
There's a party at New Leaves would you like to come? Then grab a book and... Join us to celebrate everything you love about bookshops on Saturday 11th August for Love Your Bookshop Day 2018! We’ve got a whole lot of bookish fun happening all day and even have a very special guest, Dee White Author joining us in-store! More Love Your Bookshop Day fun and activities to be announced soon.
Novella Fine Books, Cards and Gifts
5 Railway Ave, Wahroonga NSW 2076
P: 02 9489 3128
Nat Panzarino, author of ‘Pointy Pembleton Visits the Dog Park’ and a very special dog are coming to Novella on Love Your Bookshop Day on Saturday August 11! Come by around 10am to say hi! We’ll also be holding a book raffle to celebrate Love Your Bookshop Day.
42 Henry Street, Fremantle WA 6160
P: 08 94307038
On Love Your Bookshop Day, 3 writers/illustrayors will be hosting free science events at Paper Bird to coincide with Science week.
Join us for a hair raising afternoon of science in the Paper Bird Story House inspired by some of WA’s most dynamic writers and illustrators.
Free event! Book your spot here.
Paperchain Bookstore
34 Franklin St, Manuka ACT 2603
P: 02 6295 6723
Drawing competition for kids to be held in the lead up to LYBD. DRAW YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK CHARACTER. Entries will be displayed on the day with copies of the books the characters are taken from. A moning tea will be held at 11am. Double loyalty points on offer throughout the day.
Petrarch's Bookshop
89 Brisbane St, Launceston TAS 7250
P: 03 6331 8088
Giveaway of store selected kid's book with every kid's book sold on the day.
Pickwick & Sprout Children's Booksellers
4/850 Heidelberg-Kinglake Rd, Hurstbridge VIC 3099
P: 0435 358 201
Free crafty morning and storytime with Pen Harrison.
Pilgrim Books
311 Summer St, Orange NSW 2800
P: 03 9654 8506
Pilgrim Books will be trading on LYBD at our new location of 311 Summer St (Inside Family Store Corner Peisley St), Orange NSW 2800. Our hours are 10am – 1pm. On that day we are offering 10% off all purchases and 20% off purchases of $50 or more.
Potts Point Bookshop
14 MacLeay St, Elizabeth Bay NSW 2011
Join us from 11am until 1pm when artist Leo Greenfield will be offering portraits of our customers in his distinct style. While you're waiting, you'll be able to peruse an exhibition of work by our bookseller and photographer Tim Denoodle — whose work you can check out on his Instagram or in his book Sydney in Photos!
Readings
Carlton
309 Lygon St, Carlton
P: 03 9347 6633
Doncaster
Westfield Doncaster, 619 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster
P: 03 9810 0891
Hawthorn
701 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn
P: 03 9819 1917
Kids
315 Lygon St, Carlton
P: 03 9341 7730
St Kilda
112 Acland St, St Kilda
P: 03 9525 3852
Malvern
185 Glenferrie Rd, Malvern
P: 03 9509 1952
State Library
State Library Victoria, Cnr La Trobe and Swanston Streets, Melbourne
P: 03 8664 7540
To celebrate, we’re offering our customers the chance to win free books for a year. Just follow the three simple steps below.
Step one: Visit one of our seven shops on Saturday 11 August.
Step two: Buy a book, any book.
Step three: Fill out our competition form at the counter and tell us in 25 words or less why you love Readings. You’ll then go in the draw to win a Book of the Month subscription – a free copy of either our fiction, non-fiction or children’s Book of the Month, every month for 12 months, starting from September 2018. The book will be available to pick up in your shop of choice each month.
Readings Kids will also give away 50 free Love Your Bookshop tote bags!
Readings Hawthorn
Squishy Minnie
80 Mollison St, Kyneton VIC 3444
P: 03 5460 1420
Storytime and Songs with Lucky at 11am, followed by some crafty goodness! Throughout the day there will be a chance for everyone to tell us what they love about their favourite bookshop, with door prizes and other fun surprises! Local craft studio Little Think Big will be running a special cradt session. Colouring in activity in lead up to the day! Colour in Squishy the Donkey and draw around her to show us where she lives! Entries will go up in the windows. Every entry will go into a lucky draw with a winner announced on Love your Book Shop Day! They’ll receive a $50 gift voucher to use in store!
Stories Bookshop
75 St John St, Launceston TAS 7250
P: 03 6319 1109
Join us for Love Your Bookshop Day on Saturday 11th August from 10am. We will be launching the Tasmanian Writers Showcase - an opportunity to meet and hear 18 Tasmanian authors talk about their world-class books in a program rolling through the day. Enjoy door prizes, snacks and lots of fun.
The Bookshop at Queenscliff
30/32 Hesse St, Queenscliff VIC 3225
P: 03 5258 4496
Join us in Queenscliff on Saturday, 11 August, to celebrate Love Your Bookshop Day 2018.
We'll be celebrating local authors this year. We'd like you to join their ranks by entering our Very Short Story Competition.
Tell us a story in up to 100 words about "a good dog".
$30 book vouchers will be awarded to the best junior (under 16) and adult (16 and over) storytellers.
Entries close at midnight on Thursday, 9 August 2018. Email your entry to info@thebookshopatqueenscliff.com
Winners will be announced on Love Your Bookshop Day.
The Bookshop Darlinghurst
207 Oxford St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
P: 02 9331 1103
We are having two sale tables out on the street in front of the shop selling some rare vintage LGBT books. These are new books (not second-hand) that one of our suppliers is clearing at bargain prices.
Everyone makes a purchase on Love Your Bookshop Day will go in the draw to win an advance proof copy of Take Nothing with You, the new novel from one of our most popular authors Patrick Gale. There are also three runner prizes of the new Australian LGBTI anthology queerstories edited by Maeve Marsden. These prizes are courtesy of Hachette Australia.
Additionally everyone who makes a minimum purchase of $25 will receive a two-for-one pass to see, McQueen, the new documentary film about Alexander McQueen, courtesy of Madman Entertainment.
And the first 10 people to spend $40 will receive a double passes to see McQueen, courtesy of Madman Entertainment.
The Dust Jacket
44 Byron St, Inverell NSW 2360
P: 02 6722 4444
The Dust Jacket kids! A kids bookshop focusing on literacy, education and fun! Help us celebrate the launch of our kids pop up shop by visiting BOTH of our bookshops on August 11!
Love Your Bookshop Day is a day specifically to celebrate our core values as an independent bookstore! Literacy, fun, crazy ideas and good books is all apart of it at The Dust Jacket, and we would love your help to celebrate over 15 years of independent bookselling in Inverell! Help us celebrate the launch of The Dust Jacket kids!
We have Bronwyn Parry, an exciting Australian author visiting to help share her love of books! We’ve got a bazillion fun things planned across both shops - face painting, new stock, our new look shops, minecraft, games, craft activities and much much more!
The Little Bookroom
759 Nicholson St, Carlton North, Victoria, Australia 3054
Adele K. Thomas : Illustrator of the enchanting new Australian series about PEARL the unicorn, will be at The Little Bookroom from 3PM-4PM to teach them how to draw this marvellous mythical creature!
The Sun Bookshop
10 Ballarat St, Yarraville VIC 3013
There will be dress ups, lucky dips, and a very special prize!
The Younger Sun
26 Murray Street, Yarraville VIC 3013
Come along to meet Ailsa, hear some Squishy stories and make up a whole new Squishy story for Ailsa to read aloud to you!
Three Four Knock on the Door
2/188 Bay St, Port Melbourne VIC 3207
P: 03 9645 2058
Giftbag giveways on the day!
Tim's Bookshop Kew
129 High Street Kew, Victoria
P: 03 9853 5634
Come and visit us on Saturday 11th of August for activities, giveaways and prizes!
Our theme this year is Dr Seuss, so get ready for lots of Seussical fun!
Wakefield Press
16 Rose Street, Mile End SA 5031
P: 08 8352 4455
Come and visit the shop on Saturday August 11, from 1 pm to 5 pm to take advantage of our 3 for 2 book sale (cheapest book free), and pick up a Love Your Bookshop canvas tote bag (free with every purchase)!
