Paperchain Bookstore

Paperchain Bookstore Canberra’s Leading Independent Bookstore

Happy Odyssey cinematic release day to all who celebrate!
16/07/2026

Happy Odyssey cinematic release day to all who celebrate!

Here’s what your favourite booksellers are reading this July!
15/07/2026

Here’s what your favourite booksellers are reading this July!

13/07/2026

Happy World Shark Day! 🦈
You sure can learn a lot in a shark book, as demonstrated by bookseller Lisa listing off some of her favourite types of sharks (we had to speed her up)

We’re proud to be an official collection point for the CBCA ACT Book Appeal! 📚Drop by and donate a new book for kids and...
13/07/2026

We’re proud to be an official collection point for the CBCA ACT Book Appeal! 📚

Drop by and donate a new book for kids and teens aged 0-18 years, every donation helps get books into the hands of young readers who need them. All new, all theirs. 💛

Our booksellers as books, sometimes the cover really does say it all!
11/07/2026

Our booksellers as books, sometimes the cover really does say it all!

Sharp interiority, unconventional structure, and narrators who refuse to look away from the mess of being a person, this...
11/07/2026

Sharp interiority, unconventional structure, and narrators who refuse to look away from the mess of being a person, this is literary fiction at its most fearless:

1. Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
2. Outline by Rachel Cusk
3. The Vegetarian by Han Kang
4. Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
5. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate The Cats of Australia by Jodie Stewart in conversation with Ava Stewar...
10/07/2026

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate The Cats of Australia by Jodie Stewart in conversation with Ava Stewart-Strang.

Extra special thanks to our furry VIPs — Bandit, Australia’s first registered assistance cat and Mae Mae 🐈‍⬛

Truely was a purr-fect night!

At Paperchain Bookstore, we believe reading counts as a sport, especially when it’s a sport romance🏆📚The lineup:1. Heate...
07/07/2026

At Paperchain Bookstore, we believe reading counts as a sport, especially when it’s a sport romance🏆📚

The lineup:

1. Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
2. First and Forever by Lynn Painter
3. Heart Check by Emily Charlotte
4. In the Long Run by Emma Mugglestone
5. Meet Me Under the Lights by Cassie Miller

It is and Paperchain is honoured to be housing Ngunnawal treasures in our display window, thanks to Traditional Custodi...
06/07/2026

It is and Paperchain is honoured to be housing Ngunnawal treasures in our display window, thanks to Traditional Custodian Laurie. Such generosity in sharing books and ceremonial items for NAIDOC. It’s a stunning display and we hope you can make it by the shop in the next ~2 weeks to see it for yourself!

We also have a range of books by Indigenous Australians for your perusal by our front counter.

As always, we remain vigilant on trying to source books in local Aboriginal languages. And we welcome any recs!

Always was, always will be.

PS. these gorgeous NAIDOC posters you can see here are available for free from your local Kmart or Target.

Bestsellers time! Here’s what has been flying off the shelves all June:1. The Girl on the Roof by Valerie A. Brown2. Whi...
05/07/2026

Bestsellers time!

Here’s what has been flying off the shelves all June:

1. The Girl on the Roof by Valerie A. Brown
2. Whistler by Ann Patchett
3. The Sisters of Serendib by Ayesha Inoon
4. Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
5. Land by Maggie O’Farrell
6. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
7. When Sleeping Women Wake by Emma Pei Yin
8. Peaking by Saskia Beudel
9. The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
10. A Murder in Springtime by Martin Walker

Address

34 Franklin Street
Canberra, ACT
2603

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 7pm
Tuesday 9am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 7pm
Sunday 9am - 6pm

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