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Sarah has always had a passion for books, reading from a young age and not stopping. After moving to Canberra and finishing university, Sarah worked at and managed several Angus & Robertson stores in the Canberra region, and enjoyed not using her degree at all. Sarah has since worked in government and parliamentary roles for nearly twenty years (it's the Canberra way!) and during some long service leave in 2024, started working casually in the local bookshop. In mid-2024, Sarah also attended Reading Retreats Australia's Bimbadeen retreat and fell in love with the concept, the people and the location. 

 

Realising how great it is to be (back) in the book world, Sarah now works part-time in her parliamentary job and casually in the bookshop, and joined the Reading Retreats team in 2025. Sarah will shadow Katie and Emily throughout the year before taking on the business as the owner from September 2025. Katie and Emily will still be around in the background which is great - they have created a wonderful world for readers and it's such an honour to work with them and do their business proud.