OUR
BOOKS
Marysville BookNest relies on donations of pre-loved books, but please, no magazines, no textbooks and no condensed books. Our main groupings are
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General fiction
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Literary fiction
An arbitrary category, sometimes defined by available shelf space, but think: authors who have won awards,
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Crime and Thrillers
We have well known names such as Ian Rankin, Patricia Cornwell and Lee Child and​ many others, as well as a selection of "true crime".
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Biography (and autobiograpy)
The usual suspects of politicians, military leaders and sports-people, along with "ordinary people" whose stories illuminate the times in which they lived.
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Children and young adults
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Travel
As well as guide books for places we have not been allowed to go, we also have a selection of travel writing.
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Also History, Poetry, Gardening, Current affairs, Cooking
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Donation from Judith Rodriguez estate
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BookNest have received a generous donation of a large number of books from the estate of noted Australian poet Judith Rodriguez.
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Books from this collection are progressively being offered for sale in a special section of the BookNest shop.
Art Books
Community Browsing Library
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BookNest received a donation of over 200 books on visual arts form Rosemary Mangiamele (1943-2023), for use as a community art library.
This is located in MIRA on shelves built at the Men's Shed.
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It is available for browsing during normal MIRA opening hours.
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