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Independent, family owned and operated bookshop located in Launceston Tasmania.

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✨ AN EVENING WITH CHRIS HAMMER ✨

I had the absolute pleasure of attending Chris Hammer’s book launch this evening!

Chris has been one of those authors I’ve been meaning to read for the longest time, but for some wild reason I haven’t quite got to yet - very shameful! 🫣 Well, that’s about to change!

Hearing Chris talk about his writing process, how his characters and settings reveal themselves to him, and his fantastic sense of humour has officially moved his latest release, 𝙵𝚄𝙻𝙻 𝙲𝙸𝚁𝙲𝙻𝙴, straight to the top of my TBR.

𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘰 — 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘳-𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.

Thank you, @thehammernow, for your time this evening, and to @petrarchs and @librariestasmania for hosting another fantastic launch event. And a special thank you to @jonheathcote63 for taking our photo! 🖤

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BOOKSHOP FEATURE - @petrarchs

One of the highlights of being in Launceston for all five days of the Tamar Valley Writers Festival recently was getting to revisit Petrarch's Bookshop (and getting to know their booksellers at their Festival pop up shop too!)

As a child, my grandparents lived in Riverside, so we were often in Launnie for holidays and some weekends. Those visits almost always included a visit to Petrarch's, and if I was lucky my parents or grandparents would let me buy something there! As an adult, I really appreciate the beautiful city Launceston is and what it has become as a City of Gastronomy, but that often results in visiting the new instead of going back to old favourites.

While it's sad that Petrarch's no longer has the same level of competition or competition or collaboration from other bookstores in Launceston, I'm glad that Petrarch's has stood the test of time and goes from strength to strength.

As the main/only traditional bookshop in town, Petrarch's has to be all things to all people and it does this so well! The shop is full to bursting with variety but it doesn't feel cluttered or messy, and the selection is expertly curated to serve the widest variety of tastes and reader needs.

I was really impressed, in the shop, and chatting to Manager Andy Durkin over the weekend, with how involved and fundamental Petrarch's is for book events and the reading community in the north. The Durkin family and their team very much have their fingers on the pulse and any prize winning, trending or festival related book you might be looking for - they have it on display waiting for you...

I also loved how big and well organised the children's section was, sorted by genre and age range from baby to young adult - including really nicely graded sections for lower, upper and middle primary readers. This is a shop that will keep you reading happily from cradle to grave.

The Tassie sections are on point, including many backlist titles that can be hard to find new anymore. And most importantly, there are plenty of little nooks and the occasional chair hiding around the shop so you can browse and mull your purchases to your heart's content ❤️🖤🤍

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What a wonderful weekend thank you @tamarvalleywritersfestival

As Maggie Mackellar said so perfectly in her session with @rebeccaarmitageauthor: ‘The one thing that constantly astounds me about writing is that it is a shortcut to connection.’

Such a privilege to be on panels with astonishing writers and to have such wonderful chats with readers at the signing tables.

I wish I’d had my notebook up on stage. There was so much wisdom about belonging, home, helping others to feel at home, the benefits of walking through a new landscape, the need to protect what we have, the specialness of islands, the fact that in Tassie it’s a shock when someone else appears on a beach.

Congratulations Lyndon, Georgie and the whole festival team.

Thanks too to the fabulous @petrarchs bookshop for their longstanding commitment and support of writers and readers. We all appreciate it so much. And brilliant to have the festival at the beautiful Inveresk campus of @universityoftasmania

There were many more wonderful sessions and connections made that I didn’t get to photograph! There’s really nothing like meeting face-to-face. AI doesn’t stand a chance.

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New bookshelf goodies with obligatory clappy handsy squeeing at the upcoming reading!
@petrarchsbookshop, @quixoticbookstasmania @tamarvalleywritersfestival and I think Anne’s book came from @fullersbookshop come to think of it.

Looking forward to pouring over the pages during the next few weeks!

#TVWF2026 #tasmania #books #bookstagram #writer

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I became obsessed with Tasmanian literature and stories so much so that I bought a house here, made a community here and have started to write books here. This weekend was just something else. Thank you for inviting me to be a part of it @tamarvalleywritersfestival
Now my to-read list of Tasmanian authors is higher than ever. Thanks to the organisers, the wonderful volunteers and our favourite bookseller @petrarchs behind the scenes. It was something I won’t forget xx

Shoes: @the_houseofshoes
New specs: @seeeyecare
#tvwf #tamarvalleywritersfestival #tasmania #author #northerntasmaniatourism

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@universityoftasmania Rivers Edge ❤️ A fantastic, quiet space to pen some thoughts at the @tamarvalleywritersfestival #TVWF2026
With some treasured purchases from @petrarchs

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Cool cool cool cool cool

Thank you @tamarvalleywritersfestival ♥️🫶🏼📚

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Welcome back to Launnie @nigellalawson. In conversation with the amazing @aliceinframes, I'm feeling pretty good about my life choices right now.

Thank you @tamarvalleywritersfestival and @petrarchs

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✨️L💜ve Your Bookshop Day✨️

Happy L💜ve Your Bookshop Day!! I visited @petrarchs to shop all things @penguinbooksaus 🐧 and finished off our day with breakfast at @mojoontheavenue

QOTD - how did you spend L💜ve Your Bookshop Day?

#loveyourbookshop
#loveyourbookshopday #penguinrandomhouse #bookcommunity #bookishcommuníty

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Happy Love Your Bookshop Day! Have you bought your books yet? 🫶🏼♥️🫶🏼

#loveyourbookshopday #shoplocal #bookshops #tasmania #launceston

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Some of the books I added to the collection in September

I was lucky enough to go to a couple of author events in the past month and also received some wonderful new releases from publishers so the TBR has again expanded.

Petrachs book shop hosted events for Karen Brooks, Riley James and Jessica Mansour-Nahra (I was unwell and missed this one but @book_my_imagination had a book signed for me)

The Extraordinary Florence Stoker - Karen Brooks
Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke
Prince of Swords - Elise Kova
The Chilling & The Wreck - Riley James
The Burn - Jessica Mansour-Nahra
The Age of Blood and Magic - Hannah Mathewson- @harpercollinsaustralia
Ever Cursed - Olivia O’Flynn - @harpercollinsaustralia

How much did your TBR expand last month?

#bookcollection #neverendingtbr #newbooks #aussieauthors #bookrecs

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