Finding theatre and puppetry books can be one of the most frustrating and rewarding things to do. If you are at all involved in theatre, whether it is as an amateur, a student, or a professional, you will have come across the severe lack of places to buy books. So here’s some good tips to finding puppetry books. Though my experience is mainly limited to the Victoria area, bookstores across Australia are pretty much the same, so you can find some useful tips here even if you are from another part of the country.

The following is split up into sections: physical bookstores with new books; physical bookstores with secondhand books; online bookstores; and where to buy books by Hansjurgen Fettig.