About Grisly Wife Bookshop (ANZAAB/ILAB)
The Grisly Wife Bookshop is Australia's largest bookshop specialising in Australian literature. It was
established in 2001 and is named after the award-winning novel that won Rodney Hall his
second Miles Franklin Award. The shop is unique among Australian bookshops as it stocks new as well
as second-hand and rare Australian literature in all its forms, novels, poetry and drama. The shop also
has available an interesting selection of rarer Australian non-fiction. Stock is in excess of 15,000
volumes.
A feature of the shop is that, with second-hand items, only material in Very Good and better condition
is acquired. All dustwrappers have archival quality protectors. The description of condition always notes
if a dustwrapper is price-clipped and whether there are markings by previous owners or bookshop labels.
A number of major Australian authors, including Helen Garner, Gerald Murnane, Laurie Clancy, Nicholas
Jose, Rodney Hall and Carmel Bird (the last two are patrons of the shop) are supporters of the
enterprise and most of their works as first editions, reprints, signed copies and recent works are
available.
The shop caters for the serious collector of Australian literature as well as for individuals with an
interest in reading Australian literature. Accordingly, the shop contains first editions of many Australian major novelists, poets and playwrights as well as reprints and in-print editions at affordable
prices.
John Thawley runs The Grisly Wife Bookshop and has held senior positions at La Trobe University
Library and CSIRO. He was also closely involved in collection management at Swinburne University and
the State Library of Victoria where he produced their first published collection management
policy. He is an accredited member of the Australian Society of Indexers and has a keen interest in
Australian literature.
The shop is located in the Eaglemont Village, opposite the Eaglemont train station and is about
20 minutes from the City Centre of Melbourne. It is open by appointment 9.00am to 5.00pm any day.
We accept Amex, Mastercard and Visa or Bank Drafts. Institutions may be billed on request.
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Bookstore Terms
Books may be returned for any reason. We need to be notified within five days of receipt. Books must
be returned in the same condition as supplied and return postal costs are the responsibility of the
purchaser.
Shipping Terms:
We accept MC, Amex and Visa. Orders usually ship within 2 business days. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.
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