Kate Campbell
Kate Campbell is a former Readings Hawthorn bookseller
Review — 27 Feb 2014
Now Look What You’ve Done by Stephan Pastis
Timmy Failure has returned! Still as amusingly incompetent as ever, this time he has some new challenges to deal with, including an eccentric rich aunt he now lives with and…
Review — 29 Oct 2014
Timmy Failure Book 3: We Meet Again by Stephen Pastis
Timmy Failure fans, prepare yourselves for even more greatness! Timmy is back in this – the third book in his series. This time Timmy is hired by Angel de Manzanas…
Review — 27 Jul 2015
The Bakehouse by Joy Cowley
Bert and his sisters Meg and Betty live in a small town in New Zealand during World War II. Bert is eleven when he discovers a secret entrance to the…
Review — 25 Feb 2013
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made by Stephan Pastis
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made is so funny and engaging that as my nine-year-old son sat reading it on the tram, giggling away, he completely missed his stop, twice! In…
Blog post — 8 Jul 2014
Meet the bookseller with Kate Campbell
We chat with bookseller Kate Campbell about her penchant for organising bookshelves and the parallels Frankenstein draws with cosmetic use in the twenty-first century.
Why do you work in books?
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Review — 12 May 2014
Infinity Drake: the Sons of Scarlatti by John McNally
Those who love serious action will enjoy this story about Finn (short for Infinity), who is co-opted into trying to save the world from a terrifying mastermind. When Finn is…
Review — 30 Jul 2013
Don't Look Now: Book 1 by Paul Jennings & Andrew Weldon
Young readers will enjoy this new, light-hearted series from celebrated Australian author Paul Jennings. With two in each book, these short and amusing stories, illustrated by Andrew Weldon, are a…
Review — 25 Jun 2013
The Extincts by Veronica Cossanteli
Read on if you love adventure and excitement, as there are a lot of both in The Extincts by Veronica Cossanteli. When George takes on a job at Wormestall Farm…
Review — 6 May 2013
The Reluctant Assassin by Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl fans – prepare to immerse yourselves in a whole new Eoin Colfer series.
The Reluctant Assassin is the first book in the new W.A.R.P. series and introduces us…
Review — 29 Jan 2013
Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner
What a delight it was to return to this childhood favourite. First published in 1894 and never out of print, Seven Little Australians truly is one of the great classics…
