After Oxford Street Books closed, one of Perth’s premier high streets has lacked that certain something. But a new “heart of the high street” is on its way.
The closure was so grieved that a community collective began a fundraiser to open a new not-for-profit version with crowdsourced seed funding.But despite hundreds of donors signing on, it was not quite enough and is now defunct as a new contender has prevailed. Boundless Books will open – logistics willing – before Christmas.
Boundless Books will be next door to the old Oxford St Books site and two doors up from Urban Records.“Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights it’s pumping, and they need a bookstore right there, so people can have dinner then go for a wander.” “If I go out to dinner I still love to go and have a browse in a bookstore afterwards, even though I run a bookstore already. You just never know what you’re going to find,” she said.
Cameron said the prospect of diversifying the offerings of restaurant-heavy Leederville had helped in her bid for the location.
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