Yep, this place certainly lives up to its name, though I'm not sure if they are just referring to…read morethe Shire, or they are actually referring to all of Sydney. Anyway, this place doubles as a new and a second-hand bookshop, as they should, since the gems are usually found in the second-hand part. In fact they also have a pretty decent collection to explore as well. Oh, and helpful and friendly staff, which is always a good thing.

I'm not sure what the bookstore situation is in Australia, but back home (in Canada) smaller…read morebookstores are becoming increasingly rare. Ones this size are no longer guaranteed to be a staple found in most shopping malls, and even more rare to find one simply off the street. In any case, it was nice to find this as we were walking along Cronulla st. as we were looking for some gifts for the kids. I'm not sure how they decide to 'curate' their selection of books, but they're doing a good job since, in spite of the smaller size, there seemed to be a book you would be interested in at every turn. For the kids books, there was still a good supply with all sorts of variety and lots of unique ones too. Very good attentive service, and we even found some niche things such as maps which my sons enjoys. Worth popping into if you're in the area for sure.

In our times of ibooks and Kindles its nice to find a real bookshop with real books that you take…read morehome and they have that new book smell. The first time you fold the corner of the page .. I ordered a book that didnt arrive in time and the staff rang me to let me know why it wasnt in yet and again when it was . (obviously) . The customer service is above and beyond , Old School like books. Its a big modern store with gifts and cards too . A Great business . Save our books and shop here.

This store was one of three book stores in the Westfield Hurstville shopping centre that actually…read morehad the book I needed. Not like finding Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's should have been that hard. Was it too much trouble to want one with a nice front cover instead of getting that ugly orange penguin book? In the end that had to suffice, the book was only available online and had to be shipped in. I couldn't wait that long. The man at the counter was helpful and seemed to know the bookstore inside out - he directed me towards Capote straight away. Shame they didn't stock the book in the store, but the man was helpful enough to look it up for me on the computer anyway.