Everyone I know at Macquarie University has a love-hate relationship with The Co-Op Book Shop. We…read morelove it because it gives us what we need - books from which we can study, learn and ultimately become great in our chosen fields. Course notes so specific that they aren't published by anyone else, and are needed by our particular subject or faculty. However, we also hate it. We hate it because we hate spending our hard-earned Centrelink payments on stupid textbooks. We hate it because it is so damn expensive - over $600 this semester for these books, are you even serious? We hate it because the line is so damn long at the start of semester, when you and everyone else at this tertiary institution is in line for books for Accounting 101 and Law 586. The Coop Bookshop sells textbooks for all the subjects at Macquarie, which are neatly organised according to faculty and year level - nice! It gives you the tools you need to learn Advanced Torts, Intermediate French or Business Administration. It's a funny business; at the start of semester, the shop is so busy that you must stand in line for hours to purchase, and they occasionally sell out of that book you really really need! But for the rest of the academic year it's as quiet as a grave, only rarely stirring for the stoner kid who realised in week 5 that he needed textbooks, or the odd person interested in reading a book for pleasure (emphasis on the odd).

Horrible service. Not helpful. Didn't receive what I ordered and now they won't respond to my…read moreemails.

Hello art heaven. This place has some of the cheapest supplies out there and it sucks they're not…read moreopen on Saturday afternoon and Sundays, but they are worth waking up early on the weekend and trekking down there. The staff are accommodating and friendly.

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Koorong has a fairly good range of Christian books but I mainly come here for cool gift ideas. Only…read morenegative is that there isn't enough variety in different Christian denominations, which for me is a big deal! The staff are super friendly and helpful and there is always someone to help! It's open till 9pm Monday-Saturday which is super awesome! (closed on Sunday's) It's always pretty busy and overall pretty cool! There's a cafe attached if you want to grab something on your way out too!