What's even better than coming across a gorgeous, well-stocked second-hand bookshop in a small country town?
Discovering that every dollar you spend in that bookshop goes to supporting the town's library, that's what.
The Already Read Bookshop in Euroa's main street is entirely staffed by Friends of the Library volunteers. It sells jigsaw puzzles, DCDs, records and magazines as well as books.
And what a great selection of books it has. An entire room is devoted to Australiana, which includes history and reference books, sporting memoirs and histories, novels by old and modern day Australian authors, as well as stacks of once-popular magazines.
All the genres, including crime and romance, are represented in the main room, and there's a particularly impressive collection of Penguin classic paperbacks, most of them with the distinctive orange spines.
Prices are colour coded and very reasonably priced. There are some great bargains to be found here, including the three history books I snagged for $7.
The Already Read Bookshop has a lovely, welcoming atmosphere, and is only a short walk away from the library it supports.
We found another delightful second-hand bookshop on our way home, and I'll blog about that in a couple of days.
Euroa is a quiet town with a community rather than touristy feel. It has some great cafes and bakeries for lunch or morning tea.
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