Our search has the following Google-type functionality:
If you use '+' at the start of a word, that word will be present in the search results.
eg. Harry +Potter
Search results will contain 'Potter'.
If you use '-' at the start of a word, that word will be absent in the search results.
eg. Harry -Potter
Search results will not contain 'Potter'.
If you use 'AND' between 2 words, then both those words will be present in the search results.
eg. Harry AND Potter
Search results will contain both 'Harry' and 'Potter'.
If you use 'OR' between 2 words, then either or both of those words will be present in the search results.
eg. 'Harry OR Potter'
Search results will contain just 'Harry', or just 'Potter', or both 'Harry' and 'Potter'.
If you use 'NOT' before a word, that word will be absent in the search results. (This is the same as using the minus symbol).
eg. 'Harry NOT Potter'
Search results will not contain 'Potter'.
If you use double quotation marks around words, those words will be present in that order.
eg. "Harry Potter"
Search results will contain 'Harry Potter', but not 'Potter Harry'.
If you use '*' in a word, it performs a wildcard search, as it signifies any number of characters. (Searches cannot start with a wildcard).
eg. 'Pot*er'
Search results will contain words starting with 'Pot' and ending in 'er', such as 'Potter'.

Co.As.It. is based in Sydney's Little Italy (otherwise known as Leichhardt) and is justifiably proud of its more than 40 years of service to the Italian-Australian community.
Established in 1968 (the same year as Abbey's!), its mission is to fulfil two distinct aims: to promote the Italian language and culture in NSW and to assist the growing number of migrants arriving from Italy.
To meet those aims they provide Italian language classes to adults and children both during and after school, Italian language resources via Italian Multimedia Resource Centre, Bilingual storytime for children, customised Italian language classes for business, language certification and professional development opportunities for teachers.
And now they're taking Aussies to Italy! Co.As.It is now running Italian language tours - find out more about the tours here. But first you'll want to know how to speak a bit of Italian, so you might want to enter our competition to win a 9-week Italian language course.
How to enter
To go into the draw to win a 9-week course at Co.As.It., simply send an email to abbeysnewsletters@abbeys.com.au with your name and tell us the name of an Italian fiction title from this page on our Abbey's Language Book Centre website: Handpicked Italian Fiction.
Get your entries in by 31 July and buona fortuna!
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