Literati Books& Giftware

Mildura's independent bookshop occupies a compact space on Lime Avenue, a short walk from the Langtree Mall. Shelves run to literary fiction, Australian writing and children's titles, with a giftware selection filling out the front of house; it is a member of the national booksellers' association and features on the city's shopping trails. In a regional centre where the alternatives are chains and op-shop shelves, it fills the role of the browsing bookshop well, the sort of place that stocks the festival author and orders in the obscure request. Owner-run and firmly local, it is the reliable literary stop between the citrus blocks and the river.