Gertrude & Alice Cafe Bookstore Newsletter
Gertrude & Alice, Caroline Reads and Writes, Kelly DoustA weekly bookish dispatch from your favourite independent booksellers in Bondi Beach, Australia.
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Dispatch #032
We’ve been counting down the days to our biggest ever event: Julia Baird, with her son, Sam Baird Sparks, and loads of special guests, on stage in Sydney this Thursday, 5 November.
Julia and Sam’s new book, Becoming a Man, is already getti...
The Last Literary Events for 2026
The ABC Radio National Top 100 Australian Books countdown this year (as well as the Top 100 Books of the 21st Century last year) is a booksellers’ equivalent of a Grand Final weekend, or the Super Bowl. It’s tense, exciting, and brings toge...
Our New Online Store
You may have noticed the barcodes and scanners in the store already, but we're proud to announce that, for the first time at Gertrude & Alice, we finally have a book system!
We've also upgraded our online store to the Australian book indu...
Love Your Bookshop Day 2026 at G&A
LYBD 2026 is taking place this Saturday, 10 October, and we have a heap of activities for you to be involved in. There is something for everybody, whether you’re a solo bookworm, part of a book club, or a family of readers.
This year’s cel...
New Author Events, Book Releases & More
The Booker Prize 2026 shortlist is here and, like every year, there’s a lot of noise around the books that should and shouldn’t have been selected. This is the literary prize that always keeps us on our toes, and we wouldn’t have it any oth...
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We are an independent bookstore: an oasis for writers, readers, and coffee lovers. Books overflow from the shelves of our store, featuring a mix of new, second-hand, antiquarian and rare books.
I read and I write
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