ADULT COLOURING BOOKS

Finally we have new stocks of these two very beautiful adult colouring books.  This phenomena has taken the publishing world by surprise, when these and other colouring books became popular they needed to rethink how big the print runs should be and I think they underestimated by heaps!  These are now in stock as well as a little book The Mindfulness Colouring Book.

You might like to add a couple of these to your handbag to go with the books.

NEW PRODUCT NEWS - NOTE COUTURE

We are very pleased to have this quality product in store. There is Big Note which is a lined 50 sheets writing pad, Notepad with 50 sheets and 100 boxed Note Sheets. All have interesting and elegant designs, we have 4 designs per type of pad for you to chose from. These will make excellent Christmas gifts and perhaps simply a gift for you.

RECORDABLE STORY BOOKS - HALLMARK

These recordable books are the best way for your grandchild, niece or nephew to hear your voice when they live a distance away. If you are a parent who is going away from your child for a little while and you want them to hear you reading a story everynight that you are gone, think about one of these books. They are in store now, come and hear them.

Look What We've Done

For five and a half years we have had a centre table for displaying books and other products, today these two display centres were installed and they show off all the smaller items that tended to get lost in amongst the books. Our thanks to Ben and Norm Cooper (Promontory Kitchens, Foster) for the wonderful workmanship and for understanding what on earth I was talking about when trying to describe what I wanted. Don't let the 'kitchen' bit confuse you Ben has produced some great shop fittings for other traders, including the fit out for us when we first opened.

New Product News

We're very pleased to introduce this new product, not only because it looks beautiful, but because it is contributing to the survival of the Sri Lankan elephant and is a paper product that doesn't need a tree or two to make it. The paper for these journals is made from elephant dung (through a very thorough production process) and waste office paper. Take a look at this website to learn more. Or come in and look at these journals first hand, they will make great gifts.

Meg Viney - The Not So Humble Zucchini

The Not So Humble Zucchini
by Meg Viney

Cooking is a wonderful form of play. This has been so for Meg Viney since she was a child. Born in Melbourne, Meg's parents were keen gardeners - mother did the herb and flower gardens, father did the vegetable garden, which was abundant, they didn't need to buy vegetables. Although Meg's interest in food began at a young age, a course in her early 20s with Mme Vivienne de Stoop sparked her imagination and confidence, teaching her that food is an art-form to be enjoyed.

Meg has written about food for many years, writing books for students and a cooking colum for a local newspaper. However, it was Bill, her soul mate, whose love of food is sophisticated and knows no bounds, who set up the challenge to eat his entire crop of zucchini. Bill walked into the kitchen with buckets of beautiful produce and asked "what are we going to do with this darlsie?" It was Bill who suggested that Meg write this book.

The decision to illustrate the book came about because Meg wanted it to have a relaxed country feel, and Pauline John, a talented artist friend, does exquisite line drawings. Meg asked if Pauline would illustrate the book and she agreed - her work visually expresses Meg's intention for the book.

Meg's overall aim for this cookbook is to encourage readers to have the confidence to use their imagination, to express themselves creatively in the kitchen and to share the feast with friends.

New Product News

Our new product range includes journals, note paper and fine writing paper, look here. We also have Australian made packaged note paper with envelopes made from recycled paper. This is an example of the beautiful Claudia Rossi journals. To see more of these journals click here.

We now have a small range of Lamy Fountain Pens and whilst some are definitely for adults, there is one style for a child and another for a teenager. This is quality craftsmanship at its best and we are very pleased to be stocking them.

We believe the romance of writing still exists and we're doing our part in keeping it alive.

"Quay - Food Inspired By Nature" by Peter Gilmore

Recipes From Murdoch Press

True to her promise Marianne from Murdoch has sent me a couple of great recipes from two of their latest cook books. Take a look and see if what you cook looks anything like what these chefs cook. The first is from 'My Party' by Pete Evans and 'Quay' by Peter Gilmore. You can download both of these pdf files and enjoy.