I go to this newsagency often as I'm in the area a lot. Here, I like to get magazines, scratchies…read moreand candy. As far as I could tell this is a family run newsagency because on school holidays, I see their kids hanging around the shop. They're such nice people who work here. They don't tell me off for browsing magazines, even though I take longer than a browse should take. Don't worry, I do end up buying it- out of guilt. But I'm happy to support their newsagency. They've got a healthy range of magazines towards the back of the shop and lots of candy and drinks at the front. With the fashion and gossip magazines, I can tell you all the current magazines are always on display. I have not yet caught them selling last issues, unless you specifically ask for one. The shop is always tidy and they've got a really strong aircon pumping through the shop. It makes for a nice pit stop if you're in the area just to cool down. Really nice shop, filled by a great family who run it.

I come here a fair bit as I live nearby and it's very handy - a full newsagent, with the added…read moreconvenience of an Australia Post outlet, which allows you to carry out your banking and post needs in one spot, and out of business hours. You can also purchase Go Cards here but you can't' top them up. They stock your usual newsagent and post shop wares, with some snacks, cold drinks and milk, and the prices are average for this kind of business. Very friendly customer service.

Every shopping centre needs a newsagent. Where else do you pick up the weekend paper, test your…read moreluck with a lotto ticket or scratchie, or grab that last minute birthday card? News on Newmarket is a nice little newsagent in the Reading Newmarket Shopping Centre. It does not have the biggest range of greeting cards, magazines and stationary but it does have all the basics. It is the place I go to pick up the Weekend Australian and the staff are always happy and chipper. The store is fairly small and when there are a lot of people checking their lotto tickets there can be a little bit of a line but this only rarely happens. On a whole, News on Newmarket is your fairly average newsagent but definitely a necessary addition to the shopping centre.

Commercial Road News is my local news agency and chocolate-craving-stop-shop. It's located about…read morehalfway down Commercial Road and is a family owned joint with friendly service, and basically everything you need out of a news agency. I battle with myself every time I go there because it's crazy expensive. I mean, magazines and newspapers and generally pre-priced but things like stationery and bits and bobs are inflated to the yin yang! But I come back time and time again because it's so close to where I live. If you're stopping past for a copy of the paper or a scratchie, go right on in! But if there's anything else you need to pick up be aware that you're paying a lot more than usual.

All the cliches about Sunday newspapers being a waste of time are true of The Sunday Mail, the…read morelightweight Sunday edition of The Courier Mail. Reviewing The Sunday Mail can be done via a Simpsons quote. (I love it when life can be thus conveyed.) In the episode 'Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?' Homer is a food critic for the local Sunday newspaper and gets into an argument with his editor: "Editor: Listen, you've got to shape up. Next week is the Taste of Springfield festival. You'll be reviewing every restaurant in town. Remember, people have certain expectations about the LifeWays section. Homer: Really, like what? Editor: Oh, I don't know. Astrology, "Brunhilda," vacation horror stories, articles about chronic fatigue syndrome. You know, chick crap." Blunt and crude but basically true of The Sunday Mail. Male crap comes in the form of stuff about cars and fishing. Unisex crap is supplied via the weddings pages, where you can look at photos of people you don't know doing what literally hundreds of Australians do every day. Unfortunately the lifestyle section spills far outside of its designated lines into what is supposed to be serious news sections. If you want to read a newspaper that has fluff and serious local news stories in equal amounts, pick up mX Magazine, the free daily rag available in the CBD. It's more fun, it involves amusing reader input and it will ink up your fingers just as well as The Sunday Mail does.

I'd probably give another half star if I could because I don't mind the old Sunday Mail. After…read moreyears of seeing it every Sunday morning we decided we could do without it and got divorced without a qualm some months ago when I cancelled my subscription at the local newsagent. I didn't have time in my life for it any more; it often went only half read, or would get a quick flick through on Sunday night, to check out the first few pages of hard-ish news, the recipes, then the lifestyle fitness pages (priorities, right?) and of course the stars. Yep, I could do without it. But I do miss it, especially on a rainy Sunday morning like this one. Think I might just wander up to the corner and get me one.

Step into Kunstler and step into a world of freshly printed pages from home and away. Hand selected…read moreby owner, Lizzie, each magazine or journal stocked in this cubicle-cum-shop has been carefully chosen for its quirkiness, information or design qualities. On a recent visit I did my very best to not "BUY ALL THE THINGS" but know there will come a time when my resolve is worn down by the beautiful pages. In fact I've just seen she now has in store a Japanese publication on house plants.....