Little Gnome

05/09/2026

After a particular trying week in this economy, the grinder said “hold my beer” and entered early retirement. Just had it serviced too🤣🤣🤣. Come sit by me and I’ll throw money at you too!
Anywho… I’ve scrambled and found a new grinder, but it might not be until tomorrow afternoon.

So, we have a few options. You can order anything other than coffee, or for twenty dollars, I can let you smell the coffee beans🤣🤣🤣

A go fund me for my sanity is in full swing (it’s not).

Is day drinking still acceptable?

05/09/2026

Had fun this morning with the Manly Lota Scouts, helping them deliver compost and mulch to customers who ordered through their yearly fundraiser. Thanks to Rob and Anna and all the other volunteers. Big hugs to my offsides, Scout members Aless and Jess for being little legends.

04/09/2026

Plenty of specials. Fill a bag for $50! Conditions apply. Come check it out while stocks last. The sale will be on over the weekend. We also have plenty of biographies and autobiographies reduced to $25 and under!
How to Train a Dragon books are all $5 also!
Here till 7 tonight.
Stay awesome. Stay kind.

03/09/2026

Look at our resident Gnome🥰

Big Love to Cassie for her ripple effect of kindness this morning. Good people, doing good things. It’s just so simple🩷🩷🩷

3 pay it forward coffees. Kindness in a cup ☕️

02/09/2026

Gumdale State School I’m down here at Gumdale State School for their book week!
Here Thursday also 2.45pm till 4pm opposite the library.

31/08/2026

This is classed as an office for tax purposes, right?
Getting prepped for Gumdale State School pop up shop tomorrow and Thursday. Second time being invited back to this cute as a button school.
Because Little Gnome has zero space to prep anything, the mini truck comes in handy🤣🤣🤣

30/08/2026

28/08/2026

How’s your week been?

27/08/2026

Working Bee this Sunday! 12pm onwards. Painting the front of the shop, helping set up new bookshelves and moving furniture out to my enormous mini truck.
Free beers! Who’s keen?

Also, latte art by Sophie!!

26/08/2026

The video I made over this garbage I received in the mail today, was too long and full of swear words 🤣🤣🤣
If you’re an author and you are using AI for illustrations and even AI to assist you in writing, you can dump your books in the bin, because it will save me doing so.

If you have a book you have sent me, please know that I will be spending all of my time trying to figure out if you wrote it, if it is illustrated it by a real person and then, more than likely, it will be rejected. Every single bookshop should do the same.

The scourge of AI is making people fearful of discovering new artists, whether it be a singer, a musician, an illustrator, painter, writer, songwriter. We just don’t know what’s real and what’s not and the book publishing world is probably the hardest to detect, because the use of AI writing prompts can go undetected by millions of people. We have even received advanced reading copies of books by some of the biggest publishers in the world, who have used AI images on the front covers. Even our staff won’t read them!!

This “person”, Elowen Finch, is supposedly a Redlands local and the kicker when I asked why she would do this (you bet I called her number) was her response “it’s the way of the future, love!”
I would tag her, but she doesn’t seem to exist. 🤬🤬🤬
Argh!! Anywho. I had a pleasant day. How was yours?

Edit. I did find her page. Garbage. Absolute garbage!! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590887912897&mibextid=wwXIfr&mibextid=wwXIfr

23/08/2026

We sell books. Quick question. If we created a podcast, live in the shop, once a week, capturing everyday chats with customers, would you listen?

21/08/2026

Last night was so special. It was the first time in a long time that we had an author night where we got to chat all things books and the creative process behind writing. It’s something we had always done before Covid. It’s why we created this space. Our Indie Author Nights are just as special, but last night held a special place in my heart because I got to catch up with my friend, Michael Burge and like years before, I got to hear him talk about his book, his writing process, his views on the world and in particular, his experience and reckoning with Gay hate crimes! One line hit everyone hard last night. Michael was talking about all the letters of the Q***r alphabet and said “we will keep adding letters until we get to H for Human, where we can all be equal”. Every person in that room felt that.🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🥰

Thank you To Dominque Schwartz, our special guest interviewer. What an absolute treat to have one the country’s most accomplished journalist, chatting with Michael. Both have forged pathways in the world of journalism and both are simply salt of the earth humans.

Hugs galore to everyone who attended last night. What a special group of humans you all are. I hope you enjoyed your evening as much as I did.

Big hugs to Tamsyn for being a legend of a Gnomie behind the counter. The amount of compliments I had about you, made me smile.

And once again, Michael, thank you for being you. Thank you for being a light in the dark for those who need to hear your stories.

Stay awesome. Stay kind.

20/08/2026

I love me a talented and inspiring human, so tonight, we have two of them!! Dominque Schwartz (ABC Journalist and confounder of Foreign Correspondent) will be interviewing the ever impressive, Michael Burge!
Michael will be talking about his latest Outback crime novel, Dirt Trap!
Free Entry
6pm
BYO

Stay awesome. Stay kind.

19/08/2026

Argh. It’s hard to find resourceful customers these days🤣🤣🤣

Just kidding!! Hugs a million🥰. Stay awesome. Stay kind.