Reading… A vacation for the mind…
The Bookshop Darwin, Northern Territory
The Bookshop Darwin is a locally owned, independent bookstore nestled in the Smith Street Mall in the heart of Darwin City. Come share our passion for reading, get lost in our aisles and escape into a world of books.
Our friendly staff will share their recommendations, show you our special collection of Territory and Australiana books, or just point you to the latest releases.
From gift vouchers , children's educational books, candles, board games and card games, and other great gift ideas, we do so much more than just sell books!
Quote of the Day
We read to know we are not alone.
C S Lewis
You're the same today as you'll be in five years except for the people you meet and the books you read
Charlie "Tremendous" Jones
When you sell a man a book you don't sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.
Christopher Morley
The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
Dr. Seuss, "I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!"
Be awesome, be a book nut
Dr. Suess
This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
Elbert Hubbard
Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.
Emilie Buchwald
Some people will lie, cheat, steal and back-stab to get ahead... and to think, all they have to do is READ.
Fortune
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, the man who never reads lives only one.
George RR Martin
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
Frederick Douglass
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Gandhi (1869-1948)
Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.
Grace Slick
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
Groucho Marx
What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks about education.
Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education
Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.
Harry S. Truman
Reading takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.
Hazel Rochman
Never judge a book by its movie.
J.W. Eagan
A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.
Jerry Seinfield
A book is the most effective weapon against intolerance and ignorance.
Lyndon Baines Johnson
I was born with a reading list I will never finish.
Maud Casey
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all
Oscar Wilde
Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
P. J. O'Rourke
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.