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Writers’ Week Reflections
What a wonderful Writers’ Week we had this year. We were gifted stimulating conversation and eventually some beautiful weather. The topics presented to us this year were challenging and fresh and were...
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What We’re Reading: March
Annie All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells This punchy science fiction novel is superbly well written and a thought-provoking look at both humanity and artificial intelligence....
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What We’re Reading: April
Annie The Forest of Wool and Steel by Natsu Miyashita and Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi If you’re looking for dreamy reads, I’ve got a couple of great recommendations this month. First up, The Forest...
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What We’re Reading: May
Annie Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams and Things in Jars by Jess Kidd This month I’ve been reading two novels withlovably quirky protagonists. Queenie is a funny, honest and sometimes heartbreaking...
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What We’re Reading: June
Annie City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert and Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey I’ve been reading a couple of incredibly fun books that have transported me far from dreary Adelaide. Elizabeth Gilbert’s...
View ArticleCustomer Library Spotlight: Rex Hosking
A childhood fascination which grew into a lifetime collection…. As a child Rex Hosking has memories of seeing the books that his parents would borrow from a commercial lending library. He knew then...
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What We’re Reading: July
Annie The Fate of Food by Amanda Little and Three Women by Lisa Taddeo A couple of non-fiction titles have held my attention this month. Amanda Little’s search for answers about the future of food...
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What We’re Reading: August
Annie Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner and The Yield by Tara June Winch I’ve been reading lots of great forthcoming fiction at the moment, in preparation for the end of the year, but...
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What We’re Reading: September
Annie Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood This month I’m getting to two books that I should have read long ago and am (somewhat unsurprisingly) being blown away by...
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What We’re Reading: October
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...
View ArticleMostly Books is hiring!
Mostly Books is looking for an experienced bookseller to join our small, delightful team on a casual basis. We can offer the right person 10 hours a week with scope to increase as the year goes on. As...
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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...
View ArticleAdelaide Festival Literature Award Winners
FictionThe Death of Noah Glass by Gail Jones The art historian Noah Glass, having just returned from a trip to Sicily, is discovered floating face down in the swimming pool at his Sydney apartment...
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COVID-19 (Coronavirus) update
Dear customers, We hope you are keeping well in these strange times that we are living through. The spread of coronavirus into our community is a challenge for all of us and we at Mostly Books have...
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Indie Book Award Winners 2020
Book of the Year and Winner of FictionThere Was Still Love by Favel Parrett Favel Parrett’s deep emotional insight and stellar literary talent shine through in this love letter to the strong women who...
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Stella Prize Winner 2020
We’re excited to announce that Jess Hill’s four-year investigation into domestic abuse, See What You Made Me Do, is the 2020 Stella Prize winner. Now in its eighth year, the Stella Prize awards one...
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The Australian/Vogel Literary Award Winner 2020
The $20,000 Vogel’s Literary Award for 2020 has been won by Kate Kruimink’s novel A Treacherous Country The Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award is a prize for an unpublished manuscript written by a...
View ArticleBook of the Month
Our Book of the Month is Rise & Shine by Patrick Allington, a tale that speaks to our troubled times, a Kafkaesque fable of hope.Each morning, the last humans start their day with graphic footage...
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