The Open Book

26/04/2026

Our pizza popup with is ON! The weather is gorgeous so come along, hang out and eat delicious pizza with us! Walk-ins welcome, we’ve got plenty for all!

🎟️ $35 ticket gets you 2 slices of pizza, a drink, and a book up to $20 value
🍕 Pizza slices available for $6 each (with or without ticket)
🍷 Drinks available for $12 each (with or without ticket)

24/04/2026

We’ve got lots of fun new things in store – stickers, bookmarks, handmade journals and more!

We’ve restocked bookmarks including new designs, and some of their book and fantasy-themed stickers and pins. Plus washi tape featuring moss and lichen! Perfect for junk journaling, scrapbooking, and wrapping gifts.

We also have gorgeous handmade journals made by , many of which are bound in beautiful vintage kimono silks 😍 and if you’re interested in trying bookbinding yourself, watch this space! We have a very special workshop coming up soon 👀

All these goodies are available in-store only 🏠

23/04/2026

These Global Book Crawl prizes are so good we want to grab them for ourselves 😍🤌 Alas, we have to save them for the lucky winners - which could be YOU! All you have to do is collect stamps from participating bookstores by the 26th of April to enter into the draw. 3 stamps gives you entry into the prize draw, and each additional stamp gives you an extra entry.

👀✨️PRIZES UP FOR GRABS INCLUDE✨️👀
x2 tote bags
x2 other fabulous, bookish totes
x1 signed romance novel
x1 romantasy novel and matching tote bag
x6 other beautiful books
x5 bookstore gift vouchers
x1 ~limited edition~ Open Book cap
x1 boutique bookish candle
+ heaaaps of gorgeous bookmarks

Plus, if you'd rather not leave it to chance, simply purchase any Penguin book to receive a free, themed sticker sheet 🐧📖

10/04/2026

Turns out April IS the cruelest month 😭 So cruel we're going to have to postpone our workshop, in light of the approaching cyclone. We'll see you on May 3rd instead, to make our art about diaster and renewal 💞

Stay safe everyone!

08/04/2026

EVENT SPECIAL: Guava Matcha 🩷🍵💚

If you've been into the store recently, you will have noticed the cherry guava tree in our garden is threatening to bury us under its delicious (but sooo plentiful) fruit.

To prevent disaster, we have decided to create a ✨️limited edition iced matcha✨️ which will be available for purchase at our upcoming blackout poetry workshop!

This workshop will themed around disaster and renewal, so using the proverbial lemons to make lemonade felt appropriate to us.

DETAILS 👀
🩷 Limited edition guava matcha will be available at The Cruellest Month event, on the 11th of April, 1-3pm
💚 Drink will be served iced, with milk of choice, for $7

02/04/2026

We are taking a wee break over Easter Weekend, though we are open Saturday! As always, our online store is open 24/7 for all your bookish needs 🐥📖💚

Good Friday: Closed
Saturday 4 Apr: Open 10am-5pm
Sunday 5 Apr: Closed
Monday 6 Apr: Closed
Tuesday 7 Apr: Normal hours resume 10am-5pm

26/03/2026

Happy launch to all who celebrate! Thank you to our MC and incredible readers and for such a wonderful afternoon last Sunday! Make sure you check out the latest issue for FREE at starlingmag.com and marvel at the gorgeous new Starling branding and logo while you’re there!

25/03/2026

The Open Book Clearance Sale Weekend - April 2026

It’s nearly time for our second clearance sale of the year! From 10am to 5pm Saturday 18 April, and 10am to 3pm Sunday, come and browse ~1,500 clearance books – all $5 each or five for $15. Plus 10,000 other second-hand books on the shelves at their normal reasonable prices.

13/02/2026

Behold the humble file box, one of the cornerstones of our secondhand bookstore (the other three being our staff, books, and vibes, of course)

We use file boxes like these for storing books because they’re easy to open, easy to stack, and usually can’t get too heavy to carry by nature of their size.

We use and reuse boxes as many times as repairs and structural integrity will allow - check out all those labels written and crossed out - and this particular box has come to the end of its hard-working bookstore life.

Fare thee well noble box 🫡

09/12/2025

5 exclusive designs to collect! ✨
doodles has made 5 illustrations exclusively for The Open Book that show off our homey, delightful space and some of the visitors that come to see us 🐱🐶

Illustration tokens are $7 each, 3 for $18, or 5 for $28. In store only until they’re all gone, so best to get in quick!

07/12/2025

If you have ever enjoyed perusing the blackout poetry wall in our hallway, you’ll love this latest offering we have here at The Open Book!

Back in August we had our annual blackout poetry event for , but this year we gave you a chance to have your creations immortalised in an in-house-made zine!

Well, here they are, for sale at $5 a pop!

In the zine we have bundled together our favourites of the submitted poems, along with a blackout poetry kit in the back so that whoever buys one of our zines can have a go at making their own blackout poetry.

Featured poem by ✨
In-store only at this stage. Happy creating!

07/12/2025

Buy one of these two books, and get a free matching tote to go with it!

Book + tote 1: Frankie (signed), by Graham Norton
Book + tote 2: I Am, I Am, I Am, by Maggie O’Farrell

Only one copy of each book and each tote, so get in quick! Online or in-store 📚