This is a must visit bookstore each time I’m in Melbourne. There are three stores in Melbourne’s inner suburbs but the one I go to is just up from Albert Park Library and through the coffee drinking patrons seated by tables on the sidewalk. It has substantial fiction and non-fiction sections for both adults and children.

The Albert Park store has been around since 1996. What makes this store special is not only the books, but the knowledgeable staff. Not surprisingly, this independent bookstore has won bookseller of the year and bookshop of the year awards more than ten times.