The Language People

23/05/2026

While setting up our display for the QATESOL PD Day in Townsville this morning, putting this book out on the table caused a moment of pause, in light of Jill Hadfield’s recent passing.

We at The Language People didn’t know you personally but your name has certainly graced many well-known resources that we’ve had on our shelves over the years … and we salute you and your contribution to the field, Jill Hadfield.

24/12/2025

Season's Greetings from us to you! Wishing you all the best over the Christmas and New Year holiday period, and we look forward to assisting with your language learning resources again in 2026! The shop will reopen on Monday 5th January, however any online orders will still be processed over the break.

26/08/2025

Something pretty cool is happening at our little shop today!

Amanda Crank Art

28/09/2022

Had a lovely time displaying at the ACTA Conference 2022! A big thank you to all involved in making this event happen. Wonderful to see familiar faces and also meet new ones … Here with Carmel Davies from Urban Lyrebirds with their newly released Sing With Me readers 🙌

24/12/2021

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all, and thank you for your support throughout the year. We are now closed for the holiday period, and will reopen on January 4, 2022. We look forward to helping you on your language journey in the new year! 🥂

21/12/2021

Fabulous last-minute Christmas gift ideas! The newest addition to our children's book collection, 'Agradezco' (I am Grateful), is a lovely Spanish bilingual book by local Sunshine Coast authors, Lina & Nick Della Bosca. And, one of our current best sellers, the popular bilingual edition of acclaimed 'In Other Words' by Jhumpa Lahiri ... 'A passionate love letter to language and to Italy'. Limited stock available.

14/12/2021

Why not give your season's greetings a little differently this year? Lovely Christmas cards available in various languages! And for that wonderful gift of a book, a beautiful range of children's and adult foreign language literature. We are open in-store until Friday 24 December.

15/11/2021

Just in case you were wondering if The Language People does gift certificates because, let's face it, that would be such an awesome gift idea for Christmas (or any time really) 😁 .... well, the answer is, YES, we do! 🎄 🎁 📚 🙌

18/10/2021

Italian Film Festival time! 🎥 🍿 🇮🇹

https://zcu.io/HLdG

Palace Barracks & James St cinema brings the ST. ALi Italian Film Festival to Brisbane this spring. Browse the full list of session times, buy tickets online, and download the print programme.

20/09/2021

Printed goods for the language lover! A lovely collection of greeting cards, notepads, and planners from Irregular Endings now available at The Language People bookshop, in-store and online -->> https://zcu.io/iuY6

01/08/2021

Hello to you all. Just letting you know that The Language People will continue to operate throughout the lock down for online orders and pre-arranged pick-up only. Thank you! 😷