Benny The Beagle's Books

07/04/2026

Benny has been nominated for a Glassie this year (Montville employee category).
Please show your love for Benny by voting for him here - https://andrewpowell.com.au/glassies-2026/ .
For nearly 5 years he's been putting in the hard yards, making friend, attracting customers, and becoming a local icon!

Our small businesses are the backbone of our community. Let’s show them how much we appreciate their hard work, creativity, and dedication by nominating them for the 2026 Glass House Small Business Awards. If you know a local business or an employee who goes above and beyond, this is your chance t...

17/12/2025

Benny himself has dropped by for a visit!
Is he here for five minutes? For the day? For a while?
No idea, but it's good to see him again!

03/12/2025

Fresh delivery of Popular Penguins and Archive 90s has arrived!
There would be more but in the week between order to delivery I've sold a few.

14/11/2025

A-Frame reads: If you can read this it isn't raining too heavily.

27/10/2025

We had a restock of Popular Penguins arrive today along with some Archive 90s. The Archive 90 series are 90 books to celebrate 90 years of Penguin books, and below is an example of the colour theme (style varies from cover to cover)!

07/10/2025

While Benny the Beagle is off on his sabbatical, Minfred Cat is stepping up to the role of pat accepter, greeting committee, and general animal that gets in the way.

17/09/2025

Some of you may have heard that Benny the Beagle is away on a break for an indefinite amount of time. He's spending his time with family and friends, and living the good life. Hopefully he'll pop back for regular visits. In the interim I'll be sharing pictures that I get of his antics.
Here he can be seen actually refusing to eat food (it was *that* bad), and sharing cuddles.

02/09/2025

Another shipment of Popular Penguins has arrived. We now have 90 unique titles in stock!

07/08/2025

As those of you that have patted Benny know, he sheds a lot of fur. A lot.
Some of the local birds have decided his fur will make a perfect addition to their nests.

[I would include a picture, but by the time I get the phone ready they have already left]

22/07/2025

New Popular Penguins now in stock!
The delivery man has (finally) dropped off the latest batch!
We now have 80 of these titles in stock!

18/04/2025

Benny the Beagle has returned from his beach vacation and is ready to accept pats.
The human (who wasn't at the beach) will be sitting at his usual spot obeying Benny's orders.

15/04/2025

People have been coughing all over the shop these school holidays; got a very itchy throat, headache and the start of a cough happening.
Taking the day off to see how things feel tomorrow, and to try not to infect anyone if this is some lurgy.
Apologies to all.