Skip to content
HeyJared

Notes from a Smalltown Bookshop

Occasional daily account of this bookseller's day in the bookshop, set in a coastal and rural village at the bottom of mainland Australia.

Newsletter · By Jo the Smalltown Bookseller · English · AU · Official site

Indexed issues, last 90 days
10
Latest publication
Sep 25, 2026
Audience
Checking…
Earliest in this view
Jul 8, 2026

Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    Friday notes from the Bookshop (opens the original)

    Excerpt

    Read excerpt

    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1092" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2-hP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8a7ea7d1-665a-468b-96ed-1fcdc6bb629f_4032x3024.

  2. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    Notes from the Bookshop, Post-Festival (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

    Read excerpt

    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="971" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lUUS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fda29a9d3-6c04-465a-b585-d8270255c4cc_2800x1867.j

  3. Issue · Sep 7, 2026

    Sunday Notes from the Bookshop (opens the original)

    Excerpt

    Read excerpt

    It’s Father’s Day here in Australia today, and it’s a very quiet start to the morning. I am guessing that families are busy entertaining their dads somehow. Maybe there is an abundance of pancakes being cooked. They’re not bringing them into the bookshop for browsing, that’s clear. At least not yet. Maybe we’ll see some later in the day. I didn’t do any Fathers Day advertising - you know those ads where it seems all our menfolk want to read about fishing and other sports, and bbq-ing, and defini

  4. Issue · Aug 21, 2026

    Friday Notes from the Bookshop (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone

    Read excerpt

    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1092" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2uUD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F43727f73-ca4e-4ea4-acb4-cdb5fd2205ff_4032x3024.

  5. Issue · Aug 15, 2026

    Friday Notes from the Bookshop (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

    Read excerpt

    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1092" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_euF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd6255721-54ca-4554-87d5-d4b52d2af8aa_4032x3024.

Publishing over time

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Recurring subjects

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

Audience

No verified audience measurement yet.

About this data

Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.

Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.

See coverage about Notes from a Smalltown Bookshop