Brisbane's coolest indie bookshop! Great books, gifts, CDs and DVDs, great coffee, great atmosphere.
Information
- Location:
- 193 Boundary Street, West End QLD 4101
- Phone:
- (07) 3846 3422
- Mon - Fri:
- 8:30 am - 8:30 pm
- Sat:
- 8:30 am - 6:00 pm
- Sun:
- 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Photos
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Wall PhotosUpdated about a week ago
DisplaysCreated about 8 months ago
Events
6 past eventsSee All
- Mary Rose MacColl -- "Birth Wars"
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Monday, August 31 at 6:00pm - Launch of "The Ice Age" by Kir...
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Thursday, July 9 at 6:00pm - 52 Secrets of Psychology
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Tuesday, May 5 at 6:00pm - Jonathon Welch - Choir of Hard...
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Monday, April 27 at 6:00pm - Janet Hutchinson - Grandma's M...
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Thursday, April 23 at 6:00pm - Alain de Botton @ The Irish Club
The Irish Club,
Wednesday, April 22 at 8:30pm
Avid Reader Bookshop and Cafe Today we are offering special giftwrapping. All we ask is a gold coin donation to War Child.
Avid Reader Bookshop and Cafe WE HAVE FOUR SIGNED COPIES OF BARBARA KINGSOLVER'S "THE LACUNA"!!! FIRST IN BEST DRESSED!!! FEEL THE EXCLAMATION MARKS!!!
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Need a present for someone who has everything, but has forgotten some things? How about "Easy As Pi : Stuff About Number That Isn't (Just) Maths. Only $24.95
*An entertaining and accessible guide, written for those who love numbers - and those who don't - and uncovers a great deal of lore and intriguing information, inc...luding: snippets of fascinating numerical facts; myths and mysticism in the world of numbers; numbers in language and used as slang; pop-culture trivia; and, useful mathematical rules to remember (and some that it would be easier to forget).*
Avid Reader Bookshop and Cafe Last minute kid's gift? Why not The Amazing Tashi Activity Book?! An amazing full-colour activity book about everyone's favourite adventuring hero Tashi! Play the board game, make a dragon, a boat, a pop-up tiger card and a diorama. Do puzzles, a maze, learn how to draw Tashi and then read a brand new Tashi adventure s...tory. The perfect gift for 5-8 year olds. Only $20.
www.allenandunwin.com
An amazing full-colour activity book about everyone's favourite adventuring hero Tashi! Play the board game, make a dragon, a boat, a pop-up tiger card and a diorama. Do puzzles, a maze, learn how to draw Tashi and then read a brand new Tashi adventure story. The perfect gift for 5-8 year olds.
Avid Reader Bookshop and Cafe For the music lover in your life. "Gig Posters Vol. 1" - A HUGE book of Framable Poster Art from the world's leading poster designers, featuring bands like Radiohead, Wilco, The Decemberists, The Shins, Arcade Fire and more! $79.95
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Drinking: Cuban Coffee (latte on ice)
Listening to: K'Naan's Troubadour
Reading: The Guardian's "Decade's Best Unread Books" list
www.guardian.co.uk
While people are busy ranking the hit books of the last 10 years, many a publishing insider is quietly mourning a volume that unnaccountably never made the 'best of' or bestseller lists, but should have…
Avid Reader Bookshop and Cafe Don't forget we're open from 8am every morning leading up to Xmas. Come in for an air-conditioned browse, grab a cup o' joe and listen to some sweet tunes. Dude.
Avid Reader Bookshop and Cafe Put it in your diaries -- The Wire Season Five finally released in Australia in February ($59.95), along with The Wire Complete Collection, Seasons 1-5 ($149.95). SHEEEEEEEEEEEEIT.
Avid Reader Bookshop and Cafe : your new home of The Believer Magazine! Why not start with The Music Issue, complete with a CD compiled by Daniel Handler for only $18!
Avid Reader Bookshop and Cafe Frankie 2010 Calendar now in store! Polish those glassless frames, button those delicate cardigans and hop on your vintage restored bike! $29.95, featuring the pretty pictures from this year's handpicked artists including Louise Robinson, Shira Sela, Sarah Mcneil, Ashley G and Drew, Lilly Piri, Anke Weckmann, Emily Mar...tin, Ghostpatrol, Mel Stringer, Paola Zakimi, Catherine Campbell and Marjorie Liucci.
Avid Reader Bookshop and Cafe P.S. More Bolano coming to Australia in March 2010...
www.panmacmillan.com.au
The rich seam of Nazi literature has, until now, been sadly under-explored. Here for the first time acclaimed novelist and poet Roberto Bolano provides a long-overdue and meticulously researched survey of the writers who have contributed to pan-American Nazi literature.
Avid Reader Bookshop and Cafe ZOMG! The Avid Cafe debuts a new sandwich today! Roast Beef with Cranberry, Camembert, Spinach & Fresh Tomato!!!
Avid Reader Bookshop and Cafe Signed copies of the new Peter Carey. Yeah, we've got some of them...
Avid Reader Bookshop and Cafe We've already worn out our advance copy of "Butter my Butt and Call Me A Biscuit", and we've only just got it! Get your orders in now ($19.95). Will be here in a few weeks!
Butter My Butt and Call Me a Biscuit: And Other Country Sayings, Say-So's, Hoots and Hollers, publis
www.andrewsmcmeel.com
"The easiest way to eat crow is while it's still warm, 'cause the colder it gets the harder it is to swallow."
