About Us

The Book Nook is Australia's oldest and largest performing arts specialist bookshop, stocking play scripts, drama theory and teachers’ resources, poetry, speech, dance, media and arts texts / biographies.

The Book Nook’s primary customers are drama teachers (from public and private schools and private studios), as well as actors and students (especially seeking monologues for audition pieces), etc.

A strong motivator for customers to use the Book Nook is the specialist knowledge available for consulting – so that a client can describe the qualities of the text they need and be given a number of options to choose from that fill their need, or that are compatible with their requirements.

After 25 years in Brisbane under Geoff Andrews, the business relocated from Brisbane to Toowoomba under the ownership of Karen Wighton (a drama teacher) and Mary Sutherland (a theatre designer and art teacher).

The shop in Margaret St is open 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, and by appointment at other times.

Mary and her husband Joe are the people you'll meet most often in the shop or by phone or email. Mary works on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays as well as often being in the shop after school hours on the days Joe is at the helm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. They'd love to meet anyone who can make it to the shop, so feel welcome to drop in and say hello while you browse.