Over half of Australia’s bookshops closed within a decade. Should the government help?
By Katherine Day, Lecturer, Publishing, The University of Melbourne
Bec Kavanagh, Senior Tutor in Publishing & Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
Matthew Holden, Lecturer in Publishing & Communications
Australia’s bookshops are in trouble, and that’s bad news for readers. But there are ideas we could borrow from Europe to help make our bookshops healthy again.
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Thursday, June 4, 2026