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Monday 9:30am - 5pm Tuesday 9:30am - 5pm Wednesday 9:30am - 5pm Thursday 9:30am - 5pm Friday 9:30am - 9pm Saturday 9:30am - 9pm Sunday 9:30am - 5pm

State Bookstore

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State Bookstore

The State Bookstore is a boutique store selling fine books, paper, stationery, specialising in non-fiction, travel, art and more.

Located in the historic Soundy Building (1883), adjoining the State Cinema on Elizabeth Street in the vibrant North Hobart cultural hub, the State Cinema Bookstore is a boutique store selling fine books, paper, stationery and gifts. We specialise in non-fiction, travel, art, fashion, architecture, and hand-selected fiction titles along with a wide range of stationery items including LAMY pens and

Moleskine notebooks. Gift Vouchers are also available. With the State Cinema, Bookstore and Café Bar all on the one premises, you can now enjoy a fine film, coffee or glass of wine, and take home your next great read all in one visit. We’re open from 10am seven days a week, and until late on Friday and Saturday nights, so you can pop in at your leisure for a treat anytime!

14/05/2026

Entschuldigung!

Excuse me! We're just here to let you know we've received a nice big top of of German made LAMY pens. The cabinet glass is polished and the displays are updated. Pop in to see the new limited edition colours (we love the new pink).

13/05/2026

Bok Bok..... Bok...

A fresh brood of Chickens have arrived in the bookstore. Who will go home with you? Eggsme? Henrietta? Eggatha? Hennifer?

12/05/2026

Such an exciting new release today!

Booker prize-winning author, Douglas Stuart is back this week with a stunning new novel John of John. All the team here are jostling to read it, and we'll report back with a review asap.
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Out of money and with little to show for his art school education, John-Calum Macleod takes the ferry home to the island of Harris to find that not much has changed except for him. In the windswept croft where he grew up, Cal resumes his old life, caught between the two poles of his childhood: his father John, a sheep farmer, weaver, and pillar of their local Presbyterian church, and his Glaswegian grandmother Ella, who has kept a faltering peace with her son-in-law for decades.

While Cal wonders if any lonely men might be found on the barren hillsides of home, John is dismayed by his son's long hair and how he seems unwilling to be Saved. As the seasons pass, everything is poised to change as the threads holding together the fragile community become increasingly entangled.

09/05/2026

Looking for a last minute Mother's Day gift?

Swing by the bookstore and let your mum find the perfect gift amongst our aisles.

08/05/2026

If you want to get mum something a little different for Mother's Day, then come pick up a pair of these gorgeous earrings from !

These sustainable earrings are hand made from recycled coffee pods and recycled magazines, and they look absolutely stunning!

Come and check out their designs at the bookstore today.

07/05/2026

What kind of mum are you buying for this Mother's Day?

Do you have an arty mum? A trendy mum? A thrilling mum?

No matter what kind of mum you're buying for, if they're a reader we've got something for every kind!

And if you're not sure - or not brave enough - to pick a type, then grab them a gift card and they pick up their next favourite book themselves!

05/05/2026

Want something different for Mother's Day? How about some of these gorgeous handkerchiefs, soaps and heat bags?

Floral and fantastic, we have some wonderful and unique gifts which are sure to make this Mother's Day extra special!

04/05/2026

Join us for a virtual Q&A with the author of the best selling memoir, Helen Macdonald, following a screening of H IS FOR HAWK.

When Helen's beloved father passes away, she is overtaken by grief and loses herself in memories of their time birding and exploring the natural world together.

Secure your tickets now at https://statecinema.com.au/movies/details/State/10235 and pick up a copy of the incredible novel that inspired the movie now at the Bookstore.

03/05/2026

It's almost Mother's Day so make sure you pick up the perfect gift to show that special person in your life just how much you appreciate them.

We have books, giftware and all kinds of exceptional things for those exceptional Mother figures. And if you can't decide - probably because there's so many amazing things to choose from - then pick up a gift card and give them the gift of choice.

Come and pick up a special gift today!

01/05/2026

We love being able to highlight local authors and we've been lucky enough to do that a lot recently, and now we've got even more amazing local literature with Amanda Lohrey's Capture now available at the Bookstore.

Capture is a strange philosophical fable about what we can believe in a post-truth world. It will beguile and baffle its readers. Amanda Lohrey is an extraordinary writer. Her novel might be full of crazy stuff, but who could deny its sanity?

Check it our now along with the rest of our new releases today!

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James Mather is a psychiatrist in his sixties. He is invited to take on a new group of patients. All he knows about them is that each one claims to have been abducted by aliens.

His wife, Deborah, is sceptical, but he gets going anyway. His patients tell mesmerising stories. There’s Anthony, for instance, who was camping one night by the Aral Sea; or Mary, the owner of a beauty salon, confronted by a ball of light moving towards her in her bedroom.

James’s research assistant Lucy Cheng sits in on each session. She’s an attractive young divorcee, who has made a study of anxiety, and who takes notes about each conversation.

Address

377 Elizabeth Street
Hobart, TAS
7002

Opening Hours

Monday	9:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	9:30am - 5pm
Thursday	9:30am - 5pm
Friday	9:30am - 9pm
Saturday	9:30am - 9pm
Sunday	9:30am - 5pm

Website

http://statecinemabookstore.com.au/

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