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Collins Booksellers Thirroul

Collins hosts last author talks of 2024

Invitation to young & old to join our Xmas Fundraising Project raising money for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. How does it work? We’ll give you a plain paper carry bag to take home and decorate using your medium of choice: pencils, ink...

Collins Booksellers Thirroul

21 hours ago

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Happy Spring, happy reading!

It’s spring and aside from the release of COMFORT, the highly anticipated new Ottolenghi, there are some beautiful new books celebrating the great outdoors. Flora: Australia’s Most Curious Plants highlights and extols the diverse and curious...

Collins Booksellers Thirroul

September 2024

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Inspiring author events in Thirroul this August

August’s events will stimulate, inform and entertain. Lock in these dates. 14th: In Hot Water, on saving the Great Barrier Reef. Dr Paul Hardisty with Sarah Hamylton & joined by Saul Griffiths. 15th: Pages & Pints Book of the Month is The...

Collins Booksellers Thirroul

August 2024

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Look out for Collins Booksellers at South Coast Readers and Writers Festival

A lovely time of year to rug up and take a walk along our beautiful Illawarra trails or enjoy the outdoors vicariously at home with one of the many lovely nature books available in-store. We have great titles on a variety of topics: wild...

Collins Booksellers Thirroul

July 2024

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Cosy Reads, Local Winners and Bookish Events

On Wednesday, 26 June, come along to Ryan’s Hotel for the launch of Arian Beeston’s memoir Because I’m Not Myself, You See: A Memoir of Motherhood, Madness and Coming Back from the Brink

Collins Booksellers Thirroul

June 2024

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Gifts for every mum at Collins

Little Angler is a lovely new lift-the-flap board book from local Zoe Gaetjens, with illustrations from Heidi McKinnon. Zoe will be holding a special story time for the under-5s between 2.30-3.30pm on Saturday, 11th May in the bookstore. Register...

Collins Booksellers Thirroul

May 2024

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Find books for all tastes at Collins

Lastly, an early (not out till September) heads-up for fans of Ottolenghi: we’re very excited and will soon be taking pre-orders for his next book: COMFORT

Collins Booksellers Thirroul

April 2024

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What’s On in March at Collins Booksellers Thirroul

Evocative, skilful, darkly funny, Thanks for Having Me is the debut work of fiction from local writer, mentor and academic, Emma Darragh. Join us at Ryan’s Hotel, Thirroul, on Wed 6th March to hear Emma and Hayley Scrivenor discuss this truly...

Collins Booksellers Thirroul

March 2024

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Find new books and games for all ages

A particular favourite is Murdle: Solve 100 Devilishly Devious Murder Mystery Logic Puzzles. If you discovered this little gem in 2023, you’ll be happy to know January is bringing a fiendishly foul round two; Murdle: More Killer Puzzles

Collins Booksellers Thirroul

January 2024

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Christmas trading times at Collins Booksellers Thirroul

If attendance at the True Story Festival is any indication, then interest in non-fiction is thriving in 2515, and spread over a range of genres. Our best sellers at the event were Hoodie Economics (Jack Manning Bancroft), hotly followed by From...

Collins Booksellers Thirroul

December 2023

Arts & culture

Talking books in November with Collins Thirroul

Kicking off our November Program on Thursday, 2nd is Kate Holden in conversation with Richard Glover on his new book, BEST WISHES. Then hear the poets lift their words off the page at the rescheduled POETRY EXTRAVAGANZA on Wednesday, 11th at...

Collins Booksellers Thirroul

October 2023

Arts & culture

Enter to win The Visitors book & theatre tickets

To celebrate her extraordinary new book, Ali Whitelock will be joined by poets Tamryn Bennett, David Stavanger and Ali Jane Smith for a Poetry Extravaganza at Ryan’s Hotel on Wednesday, October 11th at 7pm. Then on Saturday 14th, Holly Throsby...

Collins Booksellers Thirroul

October 2023

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How journalism has changed: ‘Pandemedia’ authors share their story

Finally, for this month’s Pages & Pints Book Club is on Thursday 21st when we’ll be discussing Mark Brandi’s Southern Auror

Collins Booksellers Thirroul

September 2023

Arts & culture

Collins hosts author Jeff Apter at Ryan’s in Thirroul

By the team at Collins Booksellers Thirroul Jeff Apter has written more than 30 books on the world of music and musicians, including best-selling biographies of Bon Scott, Daniel Johns, Keith Urban and Malcolm Young. As author, co-author and...

Collins Booksellers Thirroul

August 2023