Qs Books

30/07/2026

22/04/2026

We will be open all long weekend for your reading, browsing pleasure.....

16/04/2026

Alison from Readers Retreat popped in today to help us get ready for the 2026 Global Book Crawl! So glad to be part of this global movement! The Newcastle Region is is ready to welcome you on the crawl. Walk up to your local indie bookshop for more info or check out https://www.globalbookcrawl.org/cities-newcastle-region
The crawl starts on 20-26th of April but you can come in and pick up your passport any time from now! See you soon! #
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Cooks Hill Books

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Betty Loves Books
The Press Book House
MacLean's Booksellers

02/04/2026

Wishing you all a relaxing Easter Break with plenty of reading!

25/03/2026

We have been busy collating more books of authors attending this year's Great for getting signed, reading back catalogues of your favourite authors and trying new ones!

13/03/2026

The Newcastle Writers Festival returns bringing with it a packed program of more than 150 writers, thinkers, and storytellers. Read more: https://bit.ly/NewcastleWritersFestival26

28/02/2026

We have a curated selection of books by authors appearing at the writers festival easy to browse. Enjoy! Newcastle Writers Festival

Only one month to go until

Join us from March 27 to 29 for a weekend packed with over 100 free and ticketed events featuring 150 speakers, including Evelyn Araluen, Bryan Brown, Bob Carr, A. C. Grayling, Hannah Kent, Antoinette Lattouf, Bri Lee, Thomas Mayo, and Heather Rose.

Please note that we have two ticketing providers. Events held in Newcastle City Hall must be booked via Civic Theatre ticketing. All other events can be booked via Humanitix.

Bookings are required for all free events and under 25s tickets are available for many events.

Explore the 2026 program at newcastlewritersfestival.org.au

Illustration by Rocco Fazzari.

Supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW

Image description: A yellow background with the text 'One month to go. 100 events featuring 150 speakers,' the NWF logo and dates, 27-29 March, and an illustration of an open book, with pages detaching and flying away like birds.