88 William St, Perth WA

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30 years of award winning service

Upcoming events

04 May

Scribblers Festival 4 – 8 May 2022
Subiaco Arts Centre

Boffins is excited to again be the official bookseller for Scribblers Festival an annual festival of literature and arts for young people, promoting the magic of storytelling and the power of books and creativity as tools to help kids and teens better understand the world they live in.

Recent events

2021

Sat 13th November
Astrofest 2021
Thu 4th November
WiTWA Tech [+] Conference 2021
Thu 2nd September
****CANCELLED**** An Evening With Dr Norman Swan: 'So You Think You Know What's Good For You?'
Sat 29th May
Scribblers Festival 2021
Thu 20th May
In Conversation with Jonica Newby on 'Beyond Climate Grief'
Sat 17th April
Tools Timber & Techniques Weekend 2021
Thu 15th April
Story Time at Boffins
Thu 8th April
Story Time at Boffins
Sat 20th February
Perth Festival Literature & Ideas 2021 Pop-Up Bookshop
Thu 18th February
Alexander Thorpe on 'Death Leaves the Station'

2020

Fri 11th December
A Night In With Sir Michael Parkinson: Like Father, Like Son
Tue 1st December
An Evening in with Stephen Fry: Troy
Wed 18th November
An Evening in with Michael J Fox: No Time Like the Future
Fri 13th November
Lady Anne Glenconner Livestream Direct from the UK
Wed 11th November
Margaret Atwood: 'Dearly', The Poetry Collection of a Lifetime
Fri 30th October
Book Launch 'Home Time: Beyond the Weaving (Book Two)' by Campbell Whyte'
Fri 30th October
WiTWA [+] Virtual Conference 2020
Wed 21st October
Jimmy Barnes in conversation on Killing Time
Sun 4th October
In Conversation with Craig Silvey on 'Honeybee'
Thu 1st October
Setting Books on Fire: Tips & Tricks for Aspiring Writers
Tue 29th September
Richard Flanagan: The Living Sea of Waking Dreams
Tue 29th September
2020 AWESOME International Arts Festival
Fri 11th September
WIMWA Summit 2020
Sat 5th September
Tools Timber & Techniques Weekend 2020
Fri 7th August
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards 2019
Thu 23rd July
Julia Gillard in conversation on Women and Leadership
Wed 11th March
Peter Grose on 'Ten Rogues'
Sat 29th February
Official Bookseller: Astrofest 2020
Sat 22nd February
Perth Festival Literature & Ideas 2020 Pop-Up Bookshop
Thu 30th January
Get Lit Book Club: Tony Birch, The White Girl

2019

Wed 4th December
Archie Roach 'Tell Me Why' in conversation with Gina Williams SOLD OUT
Sat 16th November
Meet Nic Naitanui: Little Nic's Big Day Book Signing
Fri 8th November
Quantum Words Perth
Tue 29th October
Tom McKendrick and Elliot Langdon on 'Built Perth'.
Thu 24th October
WiTWA[+] 2019 Conference
Wed 23rd October
AIM WA Annual Leadership Summit
Tue 15th October
In Conversation with Holden Sheppard on 'Invisible Boys'
Sat 12th October
Australasian Marce Society for Perinatal Mental Health 2019 Conference
Wed 9th October
Mythological Mazes and the Power of Storytelling
Wed 2nd October
Our Natural Landscape – West Australian Wildflowers
Sun 29th September
What On Earth Open Day
Fri 27th September
WIMWA Summit 2019
Thu 26th September
APACS/SPAWA National Conference 2019
Mon 23rd September
Katherine Trebeck on 'The Economics of Arrival'.
Thu 19th September
Margaret Atwood: Live On Screen 'The Testaments'
Thu 19th September
Australian Reading Hour with Dervla McTiernan and David Whish-Wilson
Thu 19th September
Dr Nikki Stamp on 'Pretty Unhealthy'
Sat 3rd August
WA Wood Show & WA Craft Show
Tue 23rd July
Martin Seligman in Perth
Sun 21st July
One Small Step! Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
Wed 17th July
STEMulating Young Boffins Brains!
Sat 13th July
Boffins' Tales in the City - Storytime - Animal Friends
Tue 9th July
Boffins' Tales in the City - Storytime - All Australian
Sat 6th July
Boffins' Tales in the City - Storytime - NAIDOC Week
Tue 25th June
State of Social 2019
Fri 21st June
In-store signing with Nick Bruining on Don't Panic: Age The Way You Want, Where You Want
Fri 7th June
Australian Women's Leadership Symposium 2019 Perth
Mon 29th April
In-conversation with Sarah Maddison and Colleen Hayward on 'The Colonial Fantasy'
Mon 15th April
Meet The Author - Adrian Hayes on 'One Man's Climb'
Wed 10th April
Natasha Stott Despoja On Violence
Thu 14th March
Tom Peters on The Excellence Dividend
Mon 11th March
Anne Summers in Conversation
Sat 23rd February
Perth Festival Writers Week 2019 Pop-Up Bookshop
Tue 29th January
SOLD OUT ***Michael Mosley on The Fast 800 *** SOLD OUT
Tue 22nd January
Perth Festival Writers Week, Out and About with Will Yeoman and Natasha Lester

2018

Tue 4th December
Bob Brown & Paul Thomas on 'Green Nomads Wild Places'
Wed 28th November
Germaine Greer: On Rape
Tue 27th November
Official Bookseller: The Conversation Starter: The State of our Planet
Fri 23rd November
Annabel Crabb on 'Special Guest'
Mon 19th November
Official Bookseller: Griffith Review Book Launch, featuring Holden Sheppard
Fri 9th November
Breakfast with Frauke Bolten-Boshammer on 'A Diamond in the Dust'
Thu 8th November
Kerry O'Brien on 'A Memoir'
Tue 6th November
Chris Ferrie on Baby University
Sat 3rd November
Literary Afternoon Tea with Amanda Curtin
Fri 12th October
SOLD OUT Leigh Sales on 'Any Ordinary Day'
Sun 30th September
"What, a Tool" Mundaring Arts Centre Open Day
Thu 27th September
Gillian Triggs on 'Speaking Up'
Thu 27th September
The Business Book Club: Richard de Crespigny on 'Fly!'
Sat 22nd September
Literary Afternoon Tea with Liz Byrski
Fri 14th September
Official Bookseller: WIMWA 10th Annual Summit
Thu 13th September
Taryn Brumfitt on 'Embrace Yourself'
Thu 30th August
Richard Offen on 'Lost Perth'
Thu 2nd August
The Founder Talks With Emma Isaacs - Winging It
Sat 28th July
SOLD OUT Literary Afternoon Tea with Natasha Lester
Tue 19th June
SOLD OUT An Evening With Dr Michael Mosley on The Clever Guts Diet
Thu 31st May
Official Bookseller: Peter Greste - an interview with Victoria Laurie
Wed 30th May
Gregory Smith on Out of the Forest
Fri 25th May
Official Bookseller: The Adventure Travel Film Festival 2018
Tue 15th May
Nikki Stamp on Can You Die of a Broken Heart
Thu 10th May
An Evening With Bec Judd
Tue 24th April
Boffins Kids Fun Zone: "Paging Doctor Rose, a Journey Through ANZAC Medical History"
Thu 19th April
Liz Byrski and Jodie Moffat Discuss Women of a Certain Age
Tue 17th April
Boffins Kids Fun Zone: "The Last Peach" School Holiday Activities
Sat 14th April
Literary Afternoon Tea with Dervla McTiernan
Sat 14th April
Official Bookseller: Tools, Timbers & Techniques Perth
Wed 11th April
Mark McKenna on Moment of Truth: History and Australia's Future
Tue 10th April
Book Launch: The Art of Persuasion by Susan Midalia
Tue 27th March
Official Bookseller: North Korea's Missile Stand-off: Prepare For War
Sat 24th March
Official Bookseller: Astrofest 2018
Fri 9th March
The Minimalists – Less is Now
Sun 4th March
Book Launch: 'If I Tell You' by Alicia Tuckerman
Fri 2nd March
The Business Book Club: Mike Edmonds - Truth. Growth. Repeat.
Tue 20th February
Christine Milne and Fiona Stanley Discuss 'An Activist Life'
Mon 19th February
Perth Festival Writers Week 2018 Pop-Up Bookshop
Thu 15th February
Jeff Apter on 'High Voltage'
Sat 3rd February
Book Launch: Lintang and The Forbidden Island by Tamara Moss

2017

Sun 10th December
In Conversation with Dave Graney on Workshy: My Life as a Bludge
Sun 10th December
Meet Steve Smith: The Journey Book Signing (ONLY PERTH APPEARANCE!)
Wed 29th November
Fay Zwicky: Her Life and Work
Tue 14th November
Book Launch: Maggie's Recipe for Life by Maggie Beer with Ralph Martins
Fri 10th November
Meet Jimmy Barnes: Working Class Man Book Signing
Wed 8th November
Cherie Barber on Renovating For Profit
Wed 8th November
Meet Joel Creasey – Thirsty: Confessions of a Fame Whore Book Signing
Wed 8th November
Michael Smith on Voyage of the Southern Sun
Mon 30th October
Dinner: Trading Plates with Matt Moran
Mon 30th October
In Conversation with Gareth Evans on Incorrigible Optimist: A Political Memoir
Sun 29th October
Voyage of the Southern Sun - Documentary Special Screening
Sat 28th October
Cornersmith Cookbook: Salads & Pickles Hands on Workshop
Thu 26th October
An Evening with Nick Riewoldt #2
Wed 25th October
SOLD OUT An Evening with Nick Riewoldt
Tue 24th October
A Life of Crime with Dave Warner
Thu 19th October
2017 Miles Franklin Literary Winner Josephine Wilson on Extinctions
Thu 12th October
Charles R. Wolfe on Seeing the Better City
Thu 5th October
FULLY BOOKED Charlie Veron on A Life Underwater
Thu 5th October
Boffins Kids Fun Zone: "Life in Space with Alex the Astronaut" School Holiday Activities
Thu 28th September
Boffins Kids Fun Zone: "Hiring all Architects" School Holiday Activities
Fri 22nd September
Book Launch: Home Time by Campbell Whyte
Tue 12th September
SOLD OUT - In Conversation with Quarterly Essayist, Benjamin Law on Moral Panic 101: Equality, Acceptance and the Safe Schools Scandal
Fri 8th September
SOLD OUT - Breakfast with A. C. Grayling – Democracy and its Crisis
Thu 7th September
SOLD OUT - A. C. Grayling on Democracy and its Crisis
Mon 4th September
FULLY BOOKED - Book Launch: Escape From the Sun by Eugene Schlusser
Fri 1st September
Book Signing: The Legend From Bruce Rock by Glen Foreman
Thu 31st August
Book Launch: After the War by Leigh Straw
Tue 29th August
Book Signing: A Tumultuous Life by Brian Burke
Tue 29th August
Breakfast with Dana Vulin – Worth Fighting For - FULLY BOOKED
Fri 18th August
The Business Book Club: Jamila Rizvi - Not Just Lucky - FULLY BOOKED
Wed 16th August
Robert Drewe on Whipbird
Tue 1st August
Wine & Words: David Mearns on The Shipwreck Hunter
Sat 29th July
Wine & Words: David Michie on Buddhism for Pet Lovers
Wed 19th July
Official Bookseller: Noel Whittaker - Australia's Financial Wizard of Oz
Fri 14th July
The Business Book Club: Gordon Pender – Planning to Win
Thu 13th July
FULLY BOOKED - Boffins Kids Fun Zone: "Marvellous Science Experiments" #2 School Holiday Activities
Thu 13th July
FULLY BOOKED - Boffins Kids Fun Zone: "Marvellous Science Experiments" School Holiday Activities
Thu 6th July
FULLY BOOKED - Boffins Kids Fun Zone: "The Very Cranky Bear" School Holiday Activities
Tue 4th July
Yassmin Abdel-Magied – Unconscious Bias: What Is It and How Can We Deal With It?
Wed 28th June
In Conversation with Quarterly Essayist, Anna Krien on The Long Goodbye
Mon 26th June
Book Launch: Reconciliation For The Dead by Paul E. Hardisty
Fri 9th June
Official Bookseller: Embracing and leading change in your school with Richard Gerver
Fri 2nd June
An Evening with Dr Michael Mosley, The Clever Guts Diet - FULLY BOOKED
Fri 2nd June
In Conversation with Tony Kevin on Return to Moscow
Fri 12th May
The Breakfast Club: Catherine Fox - Stop Fixing Women
Fri 21st April
Book Signing: 28 by Sam Wood
Thu 20th April
Boffins Kids Fun Zone: "The Science of Espionage" School Holiday Activities
Wed 12th April
In Conversation with Quarterly Essayist, David Marr The White Queen: One Nation and the Politics of Race - FULLY BOOKED
Tue 11th April
Boffins Kids Fun Zone: "Where's Wally" School Holiday Activities
Mon 3rd April
Breakfast with A. C. Grayling - The Age of Genius - FULLY BOOKED
Fri 31st March
SOLD OUT - A. C. Grayling on The Age of Genius
Fri 24th March
The Breakfast Club: Patrick Hollingworth - The Light and Fast Organisation
Fri 3rd February
Book Signing: Julia Lawrinson author of Before You Forget

2016

Fri 25th November
Breakfast with Stan Grant, In Conversation with Glenn Pearson
Thu 24th November
In Conversation with Quarterly Essayist, Stan Grant on The Australian Dream: Blood, History and Becoming
Mon 14th November
Breakfast with Anthony Albanese, In Conversation with Kim Beazley
Fri 11th November
The Breakfast Club: Hayden Cox
Mon 7th November
Sundowner with Manu Feildel: More Please!
Wed 19th October
Sundowner with Anna Gare: Delicious Every Day
Wed 19th October
Official Bookseller: AIM WA Annual Leadership Summit
Sun 16th October
Words & Wine with Richard Roxburgh - FULLY BOOKED
Thu 13th October
Breakfast with Tim Winton
Tue 11th October
In Conversation with Quarterly Essayist, Don Watson Enemy Within: American Politics in the Time of Trump
Mon 10th October
The Breakfast Club: Christian Boucousis
Thu 6th October
Boffins Kids Fun Zone: Roald Dahl School Holiday Activities
Mon 3rd October
Jimmy Barnes Murray Street Mall Signing
Thu 29th September
Boffins Kids Fun Zone: May Gibbs School Holiday Activities
Sat 20th August
Dinner with Matt Stone at Millbrook Winery
Fri 19th August
The Natural Cook: Matt Stone at the Goods Shed
Thu 14th July
Boffins Kids Fun Zone: Maisy Mouse School Holiday Activities
Thu 14th July
Boffins Kids Fun Zone: Maisy Mouse School Holiday Activities
Fri 8th July
Official Bookseller: Good Food & Wine Show 2016
Thu 7th July
Boffins Kids Fun Zone: Beatrix Potter School Holiday Fun
Thu 7th July
Boffins Kids Fun Zone: Beatrix Potter School Holiday Fun
Wed 6th July
In Conversation with Quarterly Essayist, James Brown on 'Firing Line: Australia's Path to War'
Thu 9th June
Official Bookseller: CCI Economic and Innovation Breakfast
Wed 8th June
Boffins Books YA Club Night with Will Kostakis and Shivaun Plozza
Tue 7th June
Author Talk & Afternoon Tea With Bernice Barry, Author of Georgiana Molloy: The Mind That Shines
Fri 27th May
Sundowner and Book Launch with Jude Blereau
Thu 26th May
Book Launch: Perth – A Guide For The Curious
Thu 5th May
Book Launch: Consider the Clothesline by Frances Andrijich & Susan Maushart
Tue 3rd May
Hugh Mackay: Beyond Belief Book Launch
Thu 21st April
Boffins Books YA Club Preview Night
Thu 14th April
Holiday Fun With Dr. Seuss
Thu 14th April
Holiday Fun With Dr. Seuss - Morning Session
Sat 2nd April
Jacqueline Harvey: Alice-Miranda to the Rescue Book Launch
Thu 17th March
Lee Holmes Book Launch - A Perth Activity Challenge Event

2015

Sat 21st November
Book Launch: Dream the Impossible Dream - Zen Pencils Volume Two
Thu 19th November
Official Bookseller: Dinner with James Viles from Biota
Wed 18th November
Isobelle Carmody Launches The Red Queen Obernewtyn Book 7
Tue 17th November
Annabel Crabb Sundowner
Fri 13th November
Sundowner with Gourmet Farmer Matthew Evans
Wed 28th October
Official Bookseller: Breakfast with Kerry O'Brien
Tue 27th October
An Evening with Leisel Jones
Tue 20th October
In Conversation with Magda Szubanski
Mon 19th October
Chris Judd CBD Signing
Mon 19th October
Breakfast with Peter Garrett
Fri 9th October
Matthew Pavlich CBD Signing
Tue 6th October
Breakfast with Rosie Batty
Tue 29th September
The Great and Wondrous Storyteller with Author Michael Scott Parkinson
Fri 18th September
Official Bookseller: A Morning with David Downton
Mon 14th September
Greg Sheridan: When We Were Young and Foolish
Tue 8th September
Lee Holmes Book Launch - Supercharged Food: Heal Your Gut
Mon 31st August
Breakfast with Jessica Rowe
Sat 29th August
Official Bookseller: Global Health Conference
Tue 25th August
Lola's Toybox with Danny Parker
Sun 16th August
Derby Day Brunch with Jonathan Brown
Wed 12th August
Book Launch: Michael Robotham Close Your Eyes
Thu 6th August
Book Launch: The West with Photographer Frances Andrijich
Wed 29th July
Breakfast with Garth Callender: SOLD OUT
Tue 14th July
Harold and Grace with author Sean Avery
Mon 13th July
Book Launch: The Other Side of the World with author Stephanie Bishop
Thu 9th July
Alice in Wonderland
Mon 29th June
Official Bookseller: PTA Live Perth
Thu 18th June
Official Bookseller: AHRI Breakfast with Dr. Jason Fox
Sun 14th June
Official Bookseller: The 14th Dalai Lama Perth Public Talk
Tue 5th May
Official Bookseller: Geoffrey Robertson - Dreaming Too Loud
Tue 14th April
Paddington Activities
Thu 9th April
Fish Jam Fun with Author Kylie Howarth
Tue 10th March
The Naked CEO Alex Malley in Perth
Wed 4th March
Anzac Leadership Literary Luncheon with Tim Fischer

2014

Thu 4th December
Book Signing with Sophie Zalokar
Thu 4th December
Official Bookseller for Women in Leadership Breakfast with Julia Gillard
Mon 1st December
An Evening with William McInnes
Sat 29th November
Launch of Zen Pencils with Cartoonist Gavin Aung Than
Thu 20th November
Breakfast with Kurt Fearnley
Wed 19th November
The Minimalists Everything That Remains Tour — Perth
Fri 7th November
Official Bookseller for A Literary Breakfast with John Howard
Mon 3rd November
Book Signing with Scott Bevan
Wed 29th October
Unlock Your Style with Nikki Parkinson
Thu 23rd October
Official Bookseller for AACBT 37th National Conference
Fri 10th October
Book Signing with Michael Robotham
Thu 9th October
Maisy Mouse
Wed 8th October
Riddle Gully Runaway with author Jen Banyard
Tue 7th October
In the Lion with author James Foley
Fri 3rd October
Kate McCaffrey
Thu 2nd October
Where's Wally?
Wed 1st October
The Last Viking Returns with author Norman Jorgensen
Fri 26th September
Book Signing with Favel Parrett
Fri 22nd August
ADS 35th Annual Meeting
Fri 22nd August
ANZAED 2014 Conference
Sun 3rd August
In Conversation with James Halliday
Fri 18th July
Klutz Activity Fun Packs
Wed 16th July
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Tue 15th July
Treasure Hunt with Geronimo Stilton
Fri 11th July
2014 Good Food & Wine Show Giveaway
Tue 8th July
Book reading with Ambelin Kwaymullina and Geronimo Stilton activities
Fri 30th May
In Conversation with Jean Kittson
Sun 6th April
Lunch and book launch with elBulli’s Ferran Adrià

2013

Tue 29th October
Breakfast book launch: "Twiggy" by Andrew Burrell
Tue 15th October
Q&A breakfast: Rabia Siddique talks Equal Justice
Thu 10th October
Breakfast, Q&A and book signing with Mike Hussey
Sun 6th October
Family bike ride and launch of Where to Ride Perth
Wed 7th August
'Decent Obsessions' breakfast Q & A book launch
Fri 12th July
An afternoon with Hugh Mackay
Thu 20th June
A two-day workshop with Dr Dan Hughes
Sat 4th May
Book launch afternoon tea with Jude Blereau
Tue 2nd April
Book signing with Sean Faircloth

2012

Wed 21st November
Book signing with Ross Coulthart
Tue 20th November
In conversation with Richard Gill
Tue 20th November
Richard Gill talks about music education
Mon 12th November
Phillip Adams in conversation
Wed 31st October
Book signing with Christi and Mick Malthouse
Wed 10th October
Antonio Carluccio visits Perth
Tue 18th September
In-store signing with Rob Broadfield
Tue 28th August
The search for the perfect pizza continues
Sat 28th July
Mundaring Truffle Festival 2012
Thu 12th July
Rolling Stones 50th birthday party
Fri 29th June
Book signing with typographer Stephen Banham
Fri 29th June
Dr Ed Tronick - National Seminar Tour
Tue 17th April
Book signing with James Delingpole
Fri 30th March
Book signing with Ian Parkes, author of A Youth Not Wasted
Fri 23rd March
Book signing with Stan and Kaisa Breeden
Fri 17th February
Martin Seligman: Flourishing
Mon 13th February
Brad Sugars: Business is Booming
Wed 8th February
Book signing with Ian Plimer

2011

Tue 13th December
In conversation with Ray Martin
Wed 7th December
In-store signing with John Howard
Thu 10th November
In conversation with Jamie Durie, Australia's garden guru
Thu 10th November
Book signing with Paul Ham, author of Hiroshima Nagasaki
Fri 4th November
In conversation with Luke Nguyen and Adriano Zumbo
Fri 21st October
In-store signing with Ronda Jamieson, author of Charles Court: I Love This Place
Fri 7th October
Rob Broadfield and Ray Jordan in-store signing
Fri 9th September
Yoke Mardewi in-store book signing and sourdough tasting
Sat 30th July
Mundaring Truffle Festival 2011
Mon 21st March
Batavia: an evening with Peter FitzSimons

2010

Wed 24th November
Special event: John Howard at Boffins
Tue 23rd November
Free spice blending mini-master class with Greg and Lucy Malouf
Thu 28th October
Exclusive evening with David Hill, author of Gold!
Fri 15th October
Must Meet! Russell Blaikie
Tue 5th October
Meet Bill Granger in-store!
Thu 12th August
Arthur's War: official launch and book signing
Thu 12th August
Exclusive! In-store signing with Mike Carlton
Wed 11th August
An evening with Mike Carlton and the stories of HMAS Perth
Tue 20th July
Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz - lunch and book signing
Sun 18th July
Perth's Best Bush, Coast and City Walks: Book Launch and Self-Guided Walk
Thu 13th May
Seminar and book launch: Persuasion & Influence by Bruce Hilliard
Thu 11th March
In-store signing with Jude Blereau

2009

Thu 5th November
In-store Signing - Cadel Evans
Fri 16th October
James Halliday Wine Dinner
Fri 16th October
In-store Signing - James Halliday
Fri 9th October
Spring in the City - Stephanie Alexander
Thu 8th October
Spring in the City - Theo Kalogeracos
Wed 7th October
Spring in the City - Kate Lamont
Tue 6th October
Spring in the City - Emmanual Mollois
Mon 5th October
Spring in the City - Jude Blereau
Thu 1st October
Book Launch - MasterChef's George Calombaris