Upcoming Event - John Baxter in conversation with Chris Hanley @ Potts Point Bookshop

Join us for a special bookshop event with Francophile and author, John Baxter, who will be talking with his great friend, Chris Hanley, the founder and chair of the Byron Bay Writers Festival about all things parisienne and his new book Paris at the End of the Word: The City of Light During the Great War 1914 - 1918.  A lively and anecdotal foray into the heart of Paris during the First World War.

Bookings essential. Tickets $10 each.

Potts Point Bookshop Pin-Ups - Here, There, Somewhere, Everywhere......

We are absolutely delighted to have the McSweeneys & Cargo Publishing collaboration Elsewhere in store at the moment.  Elsewhere is a collection of four books Here, There, Somewhere and Everywhere that brings together some of the most influential and acclaimed writers in the world today to explore what it means to them to be elsewhere.
Contributors include David Vann, Alisdair Gray, Alan Bissett, Don Paterson, Amy Bloom, Roddy Doyle, Michael Faber, Margo Lanagan, Michael Morpugo and Julia Donaldson.

"Elsewhere is entirely new.  Elsewhere is a world we dream of visiting.  Elsewhere is all the places we have ever been."

And the jacket treatments are gorgeous.  Check them out in store now!  Only $13 each.

Interview with Robert Wainwright, author of "Sheila: The Australian Woman Who Bewitched British Society"

Robert Wainwright visited us in February to talk about his new book Sheila, which is an extraordinary story about a little known (not for long) Australian beauty who bewitched and influenced British society in the 20th century.

Her conquests included royalty, peerage, Hollywood stars and billionaires and she included heads of state amongst her friends.

What a woman!

Click here to listen to our interview with Robert Wainwright.

We're having a party and Elmer the Patchwork Elephant will be there!

There's going to be some fun happening at Potts Point Bookstore 

on Saturday 29 March.

We're very lucky to be hosting Elmer the Patchwork Elephant between 10:30am and 11:30am.  Elmer will pose for a photograph and there will be games and balloons.

And because it's such a colourful event, we also have a colouring in competition for children.  There will be two divisions - ages 3-5 and ages 5-8 with a prize for each.

Come into the store and pick up your colouring in sheet today!

And see you on Saturday 29 March!

February Highlights

Some of the titles that we are excited about this month!
Photography by Tim Denoodle.

Potts Point Pin-Ups

If you're not familiar with the talents of American photographer Elliott Erwitt, then you must come in and have a look at this book.  Better known for his black and white images, Elliott Erwitt Kolor is a special amped up look at this photographic master of capturing the ironic, absurd and sometimes the sublime in everyday life.

In store now $195

Bestselling Fiction in 2013

When we compiled our list of bestsellers in the past 12 months, the results were hardly a surprise.
See what you think of what our customers loved in 2013.

10. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan












9. Dear Life by Alice Munro












8. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson












7. Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas












6. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion












5. The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan












4. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn












3.  The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt












2. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent












1. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

Potts Point Pin Ups Alison Oliver Prints

We have the most gorgeous Alison Oliver prints in store at the moment.  The vivid colours put a smile on our faces every day.

The prints are from a gorgeous range of Baby Lit primers that we have highlighted before.  The books that the prints are from are Romeo and Juliet:  A Counting Primer, Pride and Prejudice: A Counting Primer and Alice in Wonderland: A Colours Primer.

$40 each