Yvonne Langenberg, Boobooks' new co-owner and ALP federal candidate, will take a break from the campaign trail to visit the Armidale Central Rotary Book Fair on Saturday.
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Not only will her business partner Debra O'Brien and her husband help out, but previous owners Sally Rowe and John Rooney will make a special trip to advise them.
"We will be able to restock our shop," Mrs Langenberg said. "It's been getting a bit sparse, because I've been so busy campaigning!"
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Boobooks is known for its huge range of high quality books, Yvonne said - which gives her the perfect alibi to buy more books. She's no longer limited to buying only 10 books at the fair; she has a bookshop to fill.
"My own library at home at home is overflowing. Now I get to buy lots and lots of books!"
The shop and books, Yvonne joked, keep her sane in the lead-up to the election.
"It's my anchor," she said. "Politics go up and down, people are interested in it for a very short time, but the shop will keep on going. It means that even after the election, people will know where to find me if they want to raise anything. I will remain a member of the Labor Party, and I will always remain a voice for the people of the New England electorate."
Boobooks, she said, won't be a left-wing bookshop (a division she finds passé).
"I have some marvellous conversations here with people who are conservative-minded; we listen to each other, refine our arguments, and put forward our views. There is a place for both conservative and progressive values, because it gives both sides something to think about, and to discuss."
Yvonne and Debra's plans for the best second-hand bookshop in Australia include setting up a cafe, after the election.