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'.

September is GET READING month where an independent panel of highly regarded booksellers, publishers, authors, literary agents, librarians and critics, all book lovers, select 50 titles from a long list of around 250 books. These books are the 50 Books You Can’t Put Down.
You can find all these books at the front of the shop during September - and while stocks last, during September Abbey's is offering you a free book with any purchase from 50 BOOKS YOU CAN'T PUT DOWN.
Choose your free book from the 3 books below, when you buy one of the 50:
| GET READING - Abbey’s Exclusive Giveaway | |
| David Hicks | |
| Stripping Down Science: The Naked Scientist Exposes the Facts | Christopher Smith |
| Victor Kelleher and Stephen Michael King | |
50 BOOKS YOU CAN'T PUT DOWN
| FICTION |
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| Gillian Mears | |
| Susan Johnson | |
| Elliot Perlman | |
| Peter Barry | |
| Tony Birch | |
| Honey Brown | |
| Adrian Dhage | |
| Majok Tulba | |
| Chloe Hopper | |
| Loretta Hill | |
| Michael Robotham | |
| Kimberly Freeman | |
| Randa Abdel-Fattah | |
| Steve Worland | |
| ML Stedman | |
| Fiona Higgins | |
| Hannah Richell | |
| Fiona McCallum | |
| Kathy Lette | |
| Nicole Alexander | |
| Toni Jordan | |
| Kathryn Fox | |
| Greg Barron | |
| Sam Bowring | |
| Trudi Canavan | |
| NON-FICTION |
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| John Hamilton | |
| Jim Stynes | |
| Michael O'Loughlin & Jim Main | |
| Peter FitzSimons | |
| Damien Brown | |
| Benjamin Law | |
| Kristian Anderson/Rachel Anderson | |
| David Spiteri | |
| CHILDREN’S |
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| Charlie Carter | |
| Morris Gleitzman | |
| Nick Earls and Terry Whidborne (Illustrator) | |
| Jackie French | |
| Tiffiny Hall | |
| Gabrielle Lord | |
| Garth Nix | |
| Sonya Hartnett | |
| Jessica Shirvington | |
| Jacqueline Harvey | |
| Susannah McFarlane | |
| John Flanagan | |
| Andy Griffiths / Terry Denton | |
| Brett & Hayley Kirk | |
| Anh Do and Suzanne Do, illustrated by Bruce Whatley | |
| Justin Ractliffe & Cathie Glassby | |
| Nick Bland |
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