gertrude & alice
cafe bookstore
an oasis
for writers, readers, coffee lovers and thespians alike
come & enjoy
a delicious Will & Co coffee and find that book you’ve been looking for for years
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About

Gertrude & Alice Bookstore is a much-loved Bondi institution with a rich literary history that spans almost twenty years. An oasis for readers, writers, thespians and coffee-lovers alike, it’s a place where lovers of all things literary can seek solace between the pages of a good book. 

 

Come and enjoy an early morning coffee, our famous chai tea, or one of our delicious, home-made sweet treats, and browse our endless offering of both new and second-hand books for your next best read.

Cafe Menu

All Day Menu

Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee & Sweets
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Opening Hours

We accept used books!

We accept donations of used books. We make sure nothing ends up in landfill by distributing books between our shop, our free boxes, public libraries, and charities such as Lifeline. 

We stock over 25,000 titles

With everything from fiction to non-fiction; new to second-hand; rare to collectable, esoteric to
current affairs, we have a wealth of titles and subject matters on sale, and our friendly staff are
always on hand to offer reading recommendations.

FEATURED BOOKS

Betty

Tiffany McDaniel

A Promised Land

Barack Obama

Shuggie Bain

Douglas Stuart

Latest from the Blog

Fire and Fury

If there’s one book that is making headlines right now, it’s Michael Wolff’s tell all #FIREANDFURY! An inside into the President Donald J. Trump White House.

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New Website Launched

We have just launched our new website in January 2018, We are hoping to share our passion for books and great food with a wider audience and get some new faces into the shop.

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A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

-Milton-