Torquay Books

Shout out to Kiana and Amalia! Our first customers to complete their Book Bilbies passports and write reviews. They immediately spent their book vouchers and went home smiling with new passports to fill up with stamps.

So for those keen young readers, grab a reading passport next time you come in. Once you have bought 7 books and written a review, you receive a book voucher to spend. Woo!

Shout out to Pip! Our first Book Bat to return their reading passport! After reading seven books Pip has just returned her completed passport for a voucher!

You can read her review for ‘Waiting for the storks’ in store now!

Reading Passports are available for kids from 6+! Make sure you grab one next time you’re in store!

What a wonderful surprise ❤️ This afternoon we had a visit from who bought us a container of Lasagne made by 😋

Ben’s memoir ‘Uses for Obsession’ will be in store on 1st October 😊

Next up on our calendar of events is Nardi Simpson discussing her new book 'The Belburd' (out sept 25th). Nardi will be in conversation with local legend and dingo mum Favel Parrett.

October 8th at Torquay books.
Tickets are free but limited, you can register at the link in our bio!

About 'The Belburd':

Ginny Dilboong is a young poet, fierce and deadly. She's making sense of the world and her place in it, grappling with love, family and the spaces in which to create her art. Like powerful women before her, Ginny hugs the edges of waterways, and though she is a daughter of Country, the place that shapes her is not hers. Determined and brave, Ginny seeks to protect the truth of others while learning her own. The question is how?

Stoked to announce that we will be running an event with Thomas Mayo.!

In conjunction with The Surf Coast Reconciliation Group, Thomas will be discussing his new book 'Always Was Always Will Be' and what's next for reconciliation in Australia.

Tickets are available now through the link in our bio.

How wonderful to have these two gorgeous talented authors/illustrators in the shop this morning to launch their new books. The children were all enthralled as Kaye and Michelle read their stories. We have signed copies in store 📚 Thanks so much for coming 😊

Is Nick really this tall? Does the Cherrywood actually move? This mystery box of a novel has some of these answers but not all.

Not only is Jock Serong's new book 'Cherrywood' out now, but we have an event with him this Friday night. Come down and hear all about Jock's process for writing this weird and wonderful book.

Jock Serong in Conversation with Mark Smith.
Friday 6th September at 6:30pm
Oak Tree Place.
Tickets are free and you can register at the link in bio.

Read more about Cherrywood below:
From multi-award-winning author Jock Serong comes a darkly delicious, playful and rich novel about legacy, community, wonder, love and reinvention - Cherrywood is haunting, magical and a true original.

Edinburgh, 1916: A rich Scottish industrialist, Thomas Wrenfether, impulsively embarks on a mad scheme to build a paddlesteamer out of dubiously sourced European cherrywood on the other side of the world, in booming Melbourne, Australia. But nothing goes according to plan.

Melbourne, 1993: Martha is a clever, lonely and frustrated lawyer. One night, on impulse, she stops at a strange pub in Fitzroy, The Cherrywood, for a bottle of wine. The mysterious building and its inhabitants make an indelible impression, and she slowly begins to deduce odd truths about the pub.

We have a lot of fantastic author events coming up - Jock Serong, Nardi Simpson, Chris Hammer, Christian White & Rosalie Ham - book your free ticket on the link below :)

https://www.torquaybooks.com.au/pages/10407-EVENTS

We love this beautiful new book ‘Why Not?’ from Kobi Yamada, the perfect companion to our shop favourite ‘Maybe’
It feels like a gentle warm nudge towards gratitude and seizing potential, encouraging the imagination to run wild with possibilities and say Why Not?

The 2024 MilesFranklin shortlist is out. Six brilliant authors. Six unique stories. And 67 years of celebrating great Australian writing.

School holidays are kicking off today on the Surf Coast so we thought we'd share the top 5 middle readers for the week 🤓

We are so excited Coco Mellor's book has arrived! Gill's review says... 'I didn't consume this book, it consumed me. takes the complexities of grief, sibling dynamics and dysfunctional parenting and spins these heavy themes into a compulsive read. Throw in Paris, LA and New York as backdrops, and a touch of romance to keep the pages turning, cements 'Blue Sisters' as one of my all-time favourite reads.'

Gill loved Kevin Kwan's new book, 'Lies & Weddings'.
The dramatic opening sets the tone for this fast-paced romance laced with high drama, high fashion and a classic will they/won't they tension. Kevin Kwan just keeps getting better.

Our best selling fiction titles of the last month 📚😍

Great taste as always, Torquay!

Thank you to and for providing our sixth and final birthday book stack! 🎈

The raffle to win one of the six birthday book stacks is drawn today at 4pm so come on in today for your last chance to enter 😊

Say hello to our birthday book stacks! 📚😍

Thank you to all of our wonderful publishers and suppliers who contributed!

Spend $50 or more in store between now and Wednesday 24th for a chance to win one of these amazing stacks 😊

And come on down to the shop on Sunday 21st to enjoy 20% off* and celebrate our 20th birthday 🥳

*excluding gift vouchers

SAVE THE DATE!
We are turning 20 and having a party to celebrate.
Sunday 22nd April
20% off everything in store all day (excl. gift vouchers)
Prizes to be won
Good times!

✨ Is Mercury in retrograde? I don’t know. But I just spent the better part of the day flicking through books in our astrology section and have aligned the star signs with some classic novels. I wonder if the zodiac killer ever read any of these 🤔 - James

Save the date!
Torquay Books is turning 20 years old on Sunday April 21st 🥳
Stay tuned for more details 🎂😊

Congratulations to local illustrator for being shortlisted for awards for New Illustrator!

Come by at 1.30pm on Thursday 14 March to meet the author Rachel Syers, author of Sir Bruce Small's biography.

GIVEAWAY TIME!
We not only have this book stack to give away but also 2 tickets to Vanya at for Friday night which also includes glass of bubbles.
Tag any wonderful woman you'd share these books and a film with ... Comp drawn at midday Friday and we will DM the winner 🏆

As per other comps, we won't be asking you for any other details so ignore any dodgy accounts!

Carol, Lynne and Chloe have all read 's new book and highly recommend it! Very excited to have it land in store today 😁

Here's our January bestsellers ... Unsurprisingly there's quite a few beach reads 😎
It's always great to see readers supporting local and Australian authors too 🙏
Any of your faves on there?