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
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
One summer evening in the town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on a bridge, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond.
The Emperor of Gladness shows the profound ways in which our lives are changed by the most unexpected of people. When Hai takes a job at a diner to support himself and Grazina, his fellow workers become the family he didn’t expect to find. United by desperation and circumstance, and existing on the fringes of society, together they bear witness to each other’s survival.
Speak To Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins
Rafaela remembers everything that matters: her beautiful childhood in San Juan, her marriage to Peter, uprooting their children, Ruth and Benny, to the American Midwest, and losing all sense of her place in the world. So she tells no one when her memory begins to slip.
Her daughter, in New York with a family of her own, wishes she could forget her muddy feelings about where she comes from – the same feelings which motivated her 22-year-old daughter Daisy to reconnect with their past.
Daisy, who has momentarily forgotten everything, hears the word critical in a hospital room in San Juan and remembers, all at once, the car that hurtled towards her, the terrible storm, and something else. What was it?
Now Ruth and Rafaela must return to the city where it all began, to gather by Daisy’s bedside and confront the twists of fate that have caused a growing rift in their family and led them to this moment.
Nightshade by Michael Connelly
Detective Stilwell of the Los Angeles County Sherriff’s department has been exiled. Once he manned a mainland homicide desk; now internal politics have relegated him to a low-key post, policing rustic Catalina Island. He’s beginning to think he could get used to it.
It’s all business as usual in his new territory, following up drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts, until Stilwell receives a report of a body found wrapped in plastic at the bottom of the harbour. He begins working the case, and soon he’s forced to cross all lines of protocol and jurisdiction in pursuit of justice.
But when Stilwell discovers dark secrets hidden in the shadows he must now ask: Is Catalina really the serene island it appears to be or is it brewing a deadly poison?
Searching for Charmian by Suzanne Chick
When forty-eight-year-old Suzanne Chick discovers the identity of her birth mother, suddenly nothing will satisfy her but knowing everything. Charmian was nineteen when she gave birth to her baby girl and had to give her up for adoption. By the time Suzanne unearthed her birth mother’s name, Charmian was dead, having taken her own life in 1969 at the age of forty-five. By then she was a beloved columnist, novelist and essayist whose name was known to thousands of readers. But for all her talent, intelligence and extraordinary beauty, Charmian’s life was marked by deep unhappiness.
As Suzanne learns about the mother she will never meet, she finds herself re-examining the course her own life has taken, gaining insight into the woman who brought her up – her adoptive mother, Marjorie Shaw. More than just a fascinating piece of literary history, this is a moving account of the consequences of adoption and Suzanne’s search for identity.
A Wisdom Of Age by Jacinta Parsons
A Wisdom of Age was sparked by the many conversations Jacinta Parsons has had recently with older women right around the country about the experience of being a woman and ageing. Over the course of these encounters, it became clear to Jacinta that the conversation about ageing for women is alive and bubbling with a kind of excitement – that is, women are ready to do ageing differently.
For this book, Jacinta mines wisdom directly from those who know how to do it well, those older women who say, This is what feels good.
Capturing the brewing tone of revolution that sits in the hearts of middle-aged and older women, A Wisdom of Age tells a different story about ageing – a story about reclaiming the fierce girl we have inside us; about an unapologetic taking up of space; about speaking out and re-finding our confidence; and finally, about wisdom.
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
AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING
“Looking Back to Move Forward”
SATURDAY JULY 12
10AM – 12PM
ON THE FOOTPATH AT ANNIE’S BOOKS
THIS IS A FREE EVENT
Growing up in a small village in Kenya, Lillian faced many challenges, from severe hunger to having no shoes or clothes in her earlier years. She grew up in a polygamous family. She slept in one bed with all her siblings; her father beat the children and their mother. In addition to her harsh upbringing, Lillian faced the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), among other grave cultural challenges. Women in her village were, and continue to be, treated like objects with no voice or a safe place to run to for refuge.
Through resilience and perseverance, Lillian embraced these traditions as everyday practices growing up, until she realised that they were unfair and promised her mother that she would do something about it.
In her later years, Lillian migrated to Australia, where she self-funded a Degree in Nursing at Central Queensland University. She later graduated with a Master of Nursing at the University of Queensland while raising her two boys. She is now ready to bring awareness to the world on the issues she and many others have faced growing up.
Looking Back to Move Forward shows readers that despite your upbringing and past, you must never give up.
Lillian Muchiri is an intuitive, conscious, motivating speaker who reflects on her upbringing and the grit that saw her move from Kenya to Australia, embracing a new cultural awareness that differed from what she had grown up with and thought was normal. For the last decade, Lillian has been working as a Clinical Nurse in various disciplines. In the recent past, Lillian has been specialising in the mental health field where she has helped many people recover from mental health and life challenges and reclaim their lives. Lillian runs Karibu Life & Recovery Coaching, where she works with clients from diverse backgrounds. She works with immigrants, NDIS clients, LGBTQIA+ and all success-minded individuals to build on their strengths to overcome any life challenges, reclaim their lives to become independent and move forward.
AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING
“To Grief With Love”
SATURDAY JULY 19
10AM – 12PM
ON THE FOOTPATH AT ANNIE’S BOOKS
THIS IS A FREE EVENT
To Grief with Love is a beautifully formatted art book that airs grief in all its forms and complexities. The book is a compilation of Zoe’s Grief Room diaries, woven with heartachingly expressive sketches, poetry and prose. They come together as a beautiful gift of comfort and partnering. This book honours all the real and raw emotions experienced in grief, yet is filled with light, hope, and most of all love. A hug in a book.
Zoe Strickland grew up in East Yorkshire, lived her adult life in North London, and immigrated with her husband and three boys to Australia in 2007. She became a natural therapies practitioner, living and working in the tropical Cairns community, teaching hypno-birthing and mindfulness meditation.
After her loss, Zoe found solace in living life in the slow lane and followed creative and intuitive pursuits. She facilitates grief workshops and a shared love of wand making. In 2023, she became a qualified florist, finding joy in flowering beginnings, endings and everything in between. She is now a proud grandma, and lives with her husband, on the beautiful Sunshine Coast in Queensland, near to her children and grandchildren.
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“A house without books is like a room without windows” - Horace Mann
Get in Touch with Annie the Book Detective!
Do you need help finding a book? Or would you like a book recommendation?
Was there a book you loved as a child and want to pass on to your children?
Is there something you always meant to read, but cannot find it on the shelves any more?
Whether the book you are looking for is common or rare, in or out of print, new or old, I will don my hunting cap and seek it out!
Just give me whatever details you have, and we’ll start looking….
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