Tony the Bookman

I had a massive shock last August when we went to the Port Adelaide Fishermen’s Wharf Markets and I could not find my favourite book stall. This stall held a special place in my heart because it was a large, unruly, mad, dusty shamble. Books were precariously piled high and one was in perpetual danger of getting bludgeoned by mounds of hard-cover history and biography tomes (my kind of daring adventure)!

Before

It turned out that the book stall was still there, albeit in a more controlled form. Tony the Bookman mournfully recounted that the authorities have threatened to penalise him if he does not put a semblance of order to his books.

And so he was constrained to go on a trestle-finding spree and  had to boringly categorise his babies (now where’s the fun in that?).

After

Six months later, I paid Tony a visit and he’s still there… woefully trying to marshal his books. He has told me that he still has boxes to unpack and books to lay out on the tables and shelves. 

Perhaps I should visit my friend by mid-year to check if he needs an extra pair of hands.

Thank you for this book, Tony!

With my mum and her friend on another side
 of the Wharf Markets

Fishmermen’s Wharf Markets

Black Diamond Square

Port Adelaide, South Australia 5015

Open: Sundays and Monday Public Holidays, 9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.

https://fishermenswharfmarkets.com.au/

See also: There's more than footy at Port Adelaide