Bookshops in Wagga Wagga, NSW

Finding a bookshop in Wagga Wagga

New releases, special orders, second hand stock, school booklists and the local history shelf the chains do not carry. A title that is not on the shelf usually means several days on a truck from a Melbourne or Sydney distributor, so ordering early matters more here than in a capital. The larger shops sit in Albury and Wagga Wagga, and smaller towns often run their books out of a newsagency or a gift shop. Author talks and standing book club orders carry a share of the trade that a city shop would take in walk-ins.

Wagga Wagga is the largest inland city in NSW, sitting on the Murrumbidgee with Baylis Street running down to the river and Wagga Beach. The Army recruit training centre at Kapooka and RAAF Base Wagga make defence a major employer alongside health and Charles Sturt University. Bomen, north east of the city, holds the abattoir and freight industry and keeps heavy trades busy.

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