Bookshop Darlinghurst Archives - Star Observer /tag/bookshop-darlinghurst Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:04:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Bookshop Darlinghurst Archives - Star Observer /tag/bookshop-darlinghurst 32 32 Bookshop Darlinghurst Among Oxford Street Venues Proposed For Heritage Listing /news/community-news/oxford-street-heritage-listing/241399 /news/community-news/oxford-street-heritage-listing/241399#respond Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:04:02 +0000 /?p=241399 Sydney’s queer cultural heart could soon see more of its past formally protected, as the City of Sydney announces new plans to heritage list a wave of historically significant LGBTQIA+ ...

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“Read Queer, Be Here”: A New Online Queer Bookshop Has Opened In Sydney /news/obsidian-bookshop-opening/241156 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 04:22:27 +0000 /?p=241156 Only a few months after the much loved queer staple Bookshop Darlinghurst closed in Sydney, a small, self-funded queer bookshop has stepped up to try and respectfully fill their fabulous ...

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An Ode To The Bookshop Darlinghurst /opinion/an-ode-to-the-bookshop-darlinghurst/240562 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 05:28:50 +0000 /?p=240562 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 /news/bookshop-darlinghursts-noel-lee-nominated-for-bookseller-of-the-year/237157 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:06:07 +0000 /?p=237157 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 /news/sydney-lgbt-bookstore-bookshop-darlinghurst-new-owner/231709 Fri, 21 Jun 2024 07:28:28 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=231709 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 /whats-on/meet-author-ben-campkin/226059 /whats-on/meet-author-ben-campkin/226059#comments Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:36:38 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=226059 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 /news/sydneys-gay-bookstore-the-bookshop-darlinghurst-celebrates-40-years/215898 Mon, 22 Aug 2022 23:21:10 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=215898 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 /news/bold-new-vision-oxford-st-taylor-square/152426 /news/bold-new-vision-oxford-st-taylor-square/152426#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2016 05:50:58 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=152426 Ideas include a Bondi Light Rail line

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Altman’s new book ponders the ‘end of the homosexual’ /news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/altmans-new-book-ponders-the-end-of-the-homosexual/107626 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 07:25:50 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=107626 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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