Gord Barentsen Posted November 23, 2016 Posted November 23, 2016 The Collected Works Bookshop was a surprising find, and perhaps one of the last bastions of intellectual bookshops left in the digital age. I'd say it's well worth checking out for this reason alone, but I have to give respect to anyone who stocks a hardbound volume of Novalis' Notes for a Romantic Encyclopedia! Support your local booksellers whenever possible! The address is: Level 1, Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne their Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/Collected-Works-Bookshop-175023895845165/ 2 When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book? -- Lichtenberg
Gord Barentsen Posted December 14, 2016 Author Posted December 14, 2016 Someone asked me about this bookshop so I thought I'd add this: the bookshop doesn't have a storefront on Swanston, so you have to go into the building and up the stairs. Here's the entrance: The stairs are right on the left, and the bookstore is on the first floor up. When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book? -- Lichtenberg
ruby Posted December 19, 2016 Posted December 19, 2016 it's good to see an independent thinking person's bookstore still around in this day and age as for the Novales, i will take your word for it!
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