Bookshop

The Local Studies bookshop is situated in the Central Library in Laman Street, Newcastle & stocks a wide range of publications about Newcastle & the Hunter Region.

The Bookshop stocks biographies, histories, pictorial publications, even children’s books. A range of postcards is also available.A gift with a difference - the Celebration Pack combines nostalgia & history. People celebrating their birthday, anniversary, retirement or any special occasion can look back at the world as it was.Publications from the Bookshop can be purchased directly from the Local Studies Library or ordered from your local Newcastle branch library. Publications can also be ordered over the phone on (02) 4974 5330 or via our ASK a Librarian service.

Featured publications

Newcastle: a brief history

Information & Research Centre Author: Susan Marsden
R.R.P. $13.95
An accessible contribution to the story of Newcastle’s history; from the original custodians, to the building of Newcastle first as a penal settlement & then as a port & industrial city to its development as a dynamic, distinctive cultural city.

A Living History of Fort Scratchley

Information & Research Centre Author: Julie McIntyre & Erik Eklund
R.R.P. $15.00
Fort Scratchley has many layers of history. The fort site was part of the lore of the Awabakal people & the site of Newcastles early convict-dug coal mines. It was a major coastal defence installation until its decommissioning in 1972.