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An Ode To The Bookshop Darlinghurst

Chloe Sargeant — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 05:28:50 +0000

Long before gay hockey romance dramas were the world’s most popular shows on major streaming services, before queer books were stocked on mainstream shelves, there was The Bookshop Darlinghurst — ...

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Bookshop Darlinghurst’s Noel Lee Nominated For Bookseller Of The Year

Lydia Jupp — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:06:07 +0000

Noel Lee from the iconic LGBTQIA+ bookstore Bookshop Darlinghurst has been nominated for the BookPeople 2025 Bookseller of the Year. The Bookshop was Lee’s very first foray into retail bookstores ...

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Beloved Sydney LGBT Bookstore ‘Bookshop Darlinghurst’ Has A New Owner

Chloe Sargeant — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 07:28:28 +0000

A “generational changing of the guard” has happened for the beloved Sydney LGBTQI+ book store The Bookshop Darlinghurst, with owner of 40+ years Les McDonald passing on the mantle and ...

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September 7: Meet Author Ben Campkin

Douglas Magaletti — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:36:38 +0000

Come to the Bookshop Darlinghurst on September 7 and meet author Ben Campkin. In his book Queer Premises, Campkin asks “how, where, and why these venues have been established, how ...

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Sydney’s Gay Bookstore The Bookshop Darlinghurst Celebrates 40 Years

Douglas Magaletti — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 23:21:10 +0000

The Bookshop Darlinghurst, Australia’s oldest LGBTQI bookstore, turns 40 this month. In recent years, The Bookshop has weathered the impacts of COVID, economic and political uncertainty and inclement weather, and ...

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Bold new vision for Oxford St and Taylor Square

Staff Writers — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 05:50:58 +0000

Ideas include a Bondi Light Rail line

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Altman’s new book ponders the ‘end of the homosexual’

Serkan Ozturk — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 07:25:50 +0000

Long regarded as one of the leading intellectual lights of the continuing struggle for LGBTI equality around the world, renowned academic and author Dennis Altman will return to Sydney later ...

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