Friends Of Kapunda

13/05/2026

People come into the shop looking for all kinds of books and we love helping them search our shelves to see if they have been donated. Some people bring in a written list and others look up an author on their phone. Some customers just remember something from a conversation they had ages ago. That can be a bit more tricky! This customer decided they'd better go back and clarify the title......

Find us at 28a Main Street, Kapunda
Open every day 10am – 4pm

12/05/2026

Happy birthday, Daphne du Maurier! (1907)

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again".
The opening line of "Rebecca", Du Maurier's most famous work, is renowned for its evocative, haunting quality that sets the novel's tone. It is often cited as one of the most famous first lines ever written.

According to the website www.dumaurier.org singer/songwriter Taylor Swift credits "Rebecca" as the inspiration for her song "Tolerate It". Fortunately for us we can just enjoy the books without having to produce a million-dollar hit song from it.

Find us at 28a Main Street, Kapunda
Open every day 10am – 4pm

12/05/2026

Our lovely Monday afternoon volunteer, Ellen, has left our bookshop for the most wonderful of reasons. We are so happy to let our customers know that a new little reader will be arriving later in the year!! Our love and congratulations to Ellen and Chris! We wish them all the very best. A million wonderful kids' books await you, from the Very Hungry Caterpillar to the Wonky Donkey, Possum Magic to the Magic Faraway Tree. Joy!!

11/05/2026

Happy International Nurses Day!
We thank all nurses, past and present, for their incredible skill, patience, kindness, and care. We wish you a day of co-operative patients, minimal paperwork, and coffee that stays hot until you get a chance to drink it.

International Nurses Day is held on this day each year, honouring the birth of Florence Nightingale. This 1950 biography, written by Cecil Woodham-Smith, is a reminder to have a look in the shop's Collectibles cupboard near the desk. It is a delight to read the writing style of another era. This book begins ...
"It was something new to call a girl Florence. Within fifty years there would be thousands of girls all over the world christened Florence in honour of this baby, but in the summer of 1820, when F***y Nightingale fixed on the name for her daughter, it was new."

Find us at 28a Main Street, Kapunda
Open every day 10am – 4pm

10/05/2026

Big Box of Beautiful Boffee Bear Books! Buy Because Brilliant Behaviours Begin with Bedtime Browsing. Beware of Being Beaten to this Bargain. Become Beloved of your Brood!

Find us at 28a Main Street, Kapunda
Open every day 10am – 4pm

09/05/2026

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

We are open 10am - 4pm today.
Why not treat your Mum to a bookshop browsing day?
Nothing says "I love you" like a book!

09/05/2026

09/05/2026

Today we celebrate the birthday of Sir Sidney Kidman, born 9 May 1857, one of Australia’s most remarkable pastoral pioneers. Known as the “Cattle King”, Kidman’s vision, resilience and legacy helped shape the nation’s rural history and left a lasting impact on communities like Kapunda.

We invite you to reflect on his extraordinary life and achievements - and to learn more about his story at the Light Country Visitor Information Centre.

https://www.lightcountry.com.au/visitor-information-centre

08/05/2026

On this day in 1860 Scottish author and playwright James Matthew Barrie was born.

Barrie's most famous and enduring work is " Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up". It had its first stage performance on 27 December 1904 at the West End’s Duke of York's Theatre. Although he continued to write successfully, "Peter Pan" overshadowed his other work, and is credited with inventing and popularising the name Wendy. Before his death, Barrie famously gave the rights to "Peter Pan" to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, which continues to benefit from them.

Find us at 28a Main Street, Kapunda
Open every day 10am – 4pm

08/05/2026

Sir David Attenborough is a centenarian!

The British broadcaster has been bringing the natural world into our living rooms for the past seven decades.

But what does he have to say about this extraordinary life of adventure?

To celebrate his 100th birthday, we went through documentaries, his autobiography, news articles and interviews, to reflect on his journey and legacy in his own words.

Read more:
https://ab.co/4d6DujC

07/05/2026

Happy birthday Roddy Doyle! (1958)
Roddy Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. The film adaptation of his debut novel "The Commitments" brought him global public attention.

"You're missin' the point. The success of the band was irrelevant - you raised their expectations of life, you lifted their horizons." — Joey 'The Lips' Fagan

Find us at 28a Main Street, Kapunda
Open every day 10am – 4pm