We have four very well-read and experienced booksellers who all read voraciously and have extensive knowledge of all kinds of reading.
Annie's Books on Peregian
Annie’s Books on Peregian is to be found in the heart of magical Peregian Beach Village, tucked into the sand dunes just a few kilometres south of iconic Noosa Heads.
Fitting snugly in amongst unique, owner operated retail businesses, the bookshop is in an ideal location for locals and visitors alike.
It may be a small shop, but it is packed with treasures, and we pride ourselves in keeping up with the latest trends in literature and new releases, right across all genres.
If you can’t find what you are looking for on our shelves, we will be very happy to order books – it is one of our specialities.
``Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life`` - Mark Twain
Meet the Team
Annie
I was blessed to grow up in the culturally rich and beautiful eastern suburbs of Sydney, the daughter of two bibliophiles. Read More
Rachel
I have been a keen reader and lover of books all my life, and get great satisfaction from recommending the books I’ve enjoyed. Read More
Palmira
Palmira was known as a ‘bookworm’ throughout her school years so no surprise she completed a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Literature! Read More
Beck
A creative soul with a passion for the written word, Beck has been a bookworm since she was a child. Read More
Top 5 New Releases This Month
Vigil by George Saunders
Not for the first time – in fact, for the 343rd time – Jill ‘Doll’ Blaine finds herself crashing down to earth, head-first, rear-up, to accompany her latest charge into the afterlife. She soon realises however that this man is not quite like the others.
For powerful oil tycoon K.J. Boone will not be consoled, because he has nothing to regret. He lived a big, bold life, and the world is better for it. isn’t it?
As death approaches, a cast of worldly and otherworldly visitors arrive. Crowds of people and animals – alive and dead – materialise, birds swarm the dying man’s room, and associates from decades past show up, all clamouring for a reckoning.
In this electric novel brimming with explosive imagination, George Saunders confronts the biggest issues of our time with his trademark humour and warmth, spinning a tale that encompasses life and death, good and evil, and the inevitable question: who else could we be but exactly who we are?
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
In her letters to family and friends we come to know the life of Sybil Van Antwerp- stubborn, cantankerous, opinionated, always steadfast in her belief in the power of the written word.
But as the clock begins to tick for Sybil, the need for a few post-scripts to the life she’s led becomes apparent. Fixing her difficult relationship with her children. Taking a final chance at romance. Atoning for an old legal case which has come back to haunt her. And finally, reckoning with a devastating loss that she has spent the last thirty years holding close to her chest.
Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan
A long-haired woman moves into the priest’s house and sets fire to his furniture. That Christmas, the electricity goes out. A forester mortgages his land and goes off to a seaside town looking for a wife. He finds a woman eating alone in the hotel. A farmer wakes half-naked and realises the money is almost gone. And in the title story, a priest waits on the altar for a bride and battles, all that wedding day, with his memories of a love affair. In her long-awaited second collection, Claire Keegan observes an Ireland wrestling with its past.
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
Tom Metcalfe, a scholar at the University of the South Downs, part of Britain’s remaining archipelagos, pores over the archives of the early twenty-first century, captivated by the freedoms and possibilities of human life at its zenith.
When he stumbles across a clue that may lead to the great lost poem, revelations of entangled love and a brutal crime emerge, destroying his assumptions about a story he thought he knew intimately.
A quest, a literary thriller and a love story, What We Can Know is a masterpiece that reclaims the present from our sense of looming catastrophe, and imagines a future world where all is not quite lost.
On the Edge by Kate Horan
Sixteen years ago, teenage Maddie Marshall’s body was found on a desolate beach near her hometown, Carrinya. Vibrant, feisty Maddie was the only daughter of a high-profile politician. The case was the talk of the town but was ultimately never solved.
Nel Foley, daughter of the town doctor and Maddie’s best friend, was the last known person to see her alive, and the Carrinya rumour mill was vicious. Nel fled the town and has never been back. Until now.
Now a 32-year-old city GP, Nel returns after her father’s sudden death, determined to get in and out as quickly as possible. Begrudgingly, she agrees to run his clinic for a few weeks, but during that time she meets local mum Sophie Warner and that changes everything.
Sophie’s husband Ryan, a prominent local real estate agent, was Maddie’s boyfriend and Nel is certain he played a role in her death. When Nel discovers that Ryan is not the loving husband and father that he seems, she decides she must prove what he did all those years ago. But as she starts to unravel the past, she discovers the truth is far more complex than she could have imagined.
A twisty, suspenseful mystery about the desperate things people do when they’re on the edge.
Community
Community is important to all of us. We treasure our place in this jewel of the Sunshine Coast.
We have strong ties to local schools, libraries and clubs, and you will see that we are regularly involved in local events, as well as hosting a multitude of our own book events from the smallest local authors to those of international renown.
``Literature is my Utopia.`` - Helen Keller
Upcoming Events
BREAKFAST & BOOK LAUNCH
THURSDAY 23rd APRIL 9AM
PEREGIAN BEACH HOTEL
AUTHOR TALK + DELICIOUS BREAKFAST
$45
They told her women couldn’t fly commercial airliners.
They told her women weren’t welcome in the cockpit.
They told her women couldn’t work and have a family.
She told them she’d see them in court.
In an era when flight attendants were dismissed as ‘trolley dollies’ and smoking on aeroplanes was practically mandatory, Deborah Lawrie broke barriers to become Australia’s first female pilot for a major commercial airline, fighting against absurd gender discrimination and prejudice to pave the way for equal opportunity in a male-dominated industry.
In Touching The Sky, she explains her journey from being a young girl in 1950s Australia who was determined to fly to taking Ansett Airlines to court in a landmark High Court battle – and winning. Now inducted into the Australian Aviation Hall of Fame, Deborah Lawrie is the world’s longest flying female airline pilot. This is her true story.
Deborah Lawrie was the subject of the first contested equal opportunity anti-discrimination case in Australia. After fighting Ansett Airlines for more than a year, in 1979 she won the landmark battle in the High Court and became the first female airline pilot for a major airline in Australia.
Deborah has numerous accolades, including her induction into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2001, winning the Master Air Pilot award in 2017 and, in 2022, she was added to the Australian Aviation Hall of Fame. In November 2023, Sydney Airport named a flyover that connects the International and Domestic terminals in her honour. It sits over Sir Reginald Ansett Drive.
LITERARY LUNCH
FRIDAY 1 MAY 12pm (MIDDAY)
SUNSHINE BEACH SURF CLUB
AUTHOR TALK + TWO COURSE LUNCH
$75
In the early 2000s, Natasha Lester made the move from marketing manager for Maybelline cosmetics to writing novels, and she regrets nothing – except that she no longer gets free lipstick.
She is now a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of ten books that have been translated into 21 languages and published all around the world. Her eighth novel, The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard, was longlisted for the 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize. While she loves to travel, she also loves returning to her home in Perth, where her favourite thing to do is to go for a run beside the beautiful Swan River.
Epic Love. Tragic Loss. Beautiful Friendship. The entrancing story of an orphan who grows up surrounded by the beautiful and the broken in the world’s most infamous hotel.
After her parents’ deaths, Aria Jones is sent to live with her reclusive starlet aunt at the Chateau Marmont, the hotel on Sunset Boulevard with a notorious reputation.
Left alone to wander the hotel, Aria sees everything-all the ways people wheel and deal for fame. But the Marmont isn’t meant for young girls with big hearts, and Aria discovers an insidious secret that will haunt her childhood.
As she matures, she finds solace in the hotel’s library. Her sole goal is to be as inconspicuous as possible. Until one day, the hotel is sold to mysterious rock star Theo Winchester and his troubled daughter, Adele. Will Aria realise there’s more to life than being invisible?
Captivating from its very first page, The Chateau on Sunset blends the beloved Jane Eyre story with the rich and colourful history of the entertainment industry from the 1950s to the 1970s.
LITERARY LUNCH WITH STEPHANIE ALEXANDER
TUESDAY APRIL 7
NOOSA BOATHOUSE
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“A house without books is like a room without windows” - Horace Mann
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