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PODCAST

BOOKS ON THE GO — Anna Baillie-Karas, Annie Waters and Amanda Hayes [Listen]

Ep 153: Nudibranch by Irenosen Okojie
Ep 152: Booker Prize Special
Ep 151: What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez

REVIEWS

What We’re Reading: July 2020

Annie  —  The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away… Read More

What we’ve been reading to start 2020

Annie — Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel and Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo Over the summer break I read two big fat engrossing reads that couldn’t be otherwise more different (except that they’ve… Read More

What We’re Reading: October 2019

Annie — Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez and A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier I’ve been on several weeks holiday and have divided my time between gardening, socialising and unpacking a house after a… Read More

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Awards, News

CBCA 2020 Winners

The winners and honour books of the 2020 Children’s Book Council of Australia have been announced this week to coincide with Book Week. BOOK OF THE YEAR: OLDER READERS WINNER… Read More

Awards, News

Man Booker International Winner 2020

The International Booker Prize is awarded annually for a single book, translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. The vital work of translators is celebrated, with the… Read More

Awards, News

Man Booker Prize Shortlist 2020

Six books have been chosen for the 2020 Man Booker Prize shortlist, including four debut novelists. The shortlist was selected from 162 submitted books. Readers of the six chosen books… Read More

"I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my nest and not move. I travel in my mind, and that that's a rigorous state of journeying for me. My body isn't that interested in moving from place to place."

― bell hooks

WHO WE ARE

Established in 1977, Mostly Books is Adelaide’s oldest bookstore. We are proudly independent.

We stock a wide range of books, and pride ourselves on our excellent customer service and product knowledge.

VISIT

119 Belair Rd
Torrens Park SA 5062

Inside Mitcham Square
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HOURS

Monday
9.00AM – 5.30PM

Tuesday
9.00AM – 5.30PM

Wednesday
9.00AM – 5.30PM

Thursday
9.00AM – 9.00PM

Friday
9.00AM – 5.30PM

Saturday
9.00AM – 5.00PM

Sunday
11.00AM – 4.00PM

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Mostly Books acknowledges that we are on Kaurna country, its sovereignty never ceded. We acknowledge the Kaurna people as the custodians of the Adelaide Plains and we honour their spiritual relationship with this land. We pay respect to the Kaurna Elders; past, present and emerging.

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