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

Ep 162: Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
Ep 161: Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan
Ep 160: A Burning by Megha Majumdar

REVIEWS

Favourite staff reads of 2020

— Annie I read lots of good books last year and have gushed about many of them to lots of people – most notably The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett… Read More

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

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Indie Book Award Shortlist 2021

The Indie Book Award recogises and awards the best Australian writing as chosen by Australian independent booksellers. The award celebrates the enormous depth and range of literary talent in the… Read More

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PMLA Winners 2020

The winners of the 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction The Yield (Tara June Winch, Hamish Hamilton) Nonfiction (joint winners) Songspirals:… Read More

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Man Booker Winner 2020

The 2020 Man Booker Prize for Fiction has gone to Shuggie Bain, the debut novel of Douglas Stuart, who was born and raised in Glasgow. After graduating from the Royal… Read More

"Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?"

― L.M. Montgomery

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.

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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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