When you read a great book like Connie Willis's The Doomsday Book and want to read more by this American sci-fi writer, where better to head than Wormhole Books in Belgrave Heights?
As its name suggests, Wormhole Books started off specialising in sci-fi, but is now a general bookshop. The owner, Sandy, is very knowledgable. There was no "Who?" when I said I was looking for something by Connie Willis, and she straightaway found something for me: Passage, which isn't one of the time-travel ones, but is about near-death experiences and looks interesting.
The shelves are full of books on every topic: crime, plays, literary fiction, hobbies ... Sandy began life selling new books in nearby Upwey, but changed to second-hand because she liked hunting down old books and the eccentric customers.
Wormhole Books is a little off the beaten track and is close to the Birdland Reserve, a great place for a picnic and walking for those spending a day or weekend in the Dandenongs. Along with Rainy Day Books in the Basin and Vintage Cookbooks and Kallista Books in Kallista, it makes up the Dandenong Ranges Book Trail - don't forget to call in at new bookshop Through the Looking Glass as you drive through Belgrave if you decide to do the trail.
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