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Historic Canberra bookshop Smith's Alternative saved from permanent closure; An iconic Canberra bookshop and live music venue is saved from closure, after being placed into liquidation last month
2015
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\"I've been putting shows on there every Wednesday, and I was aware it wasn't exactly doing very well,\" he said. \"But they weren't able to capitalise on the daytime trade. I'm really hoping that I'm going to be able to get it working as a daytime cafe... a meeting space,\" he said. \"Certainly the books, the poetry, the events, the music... they're the sort of things that were bring people back to [Smith]'s, and keep it underground, keep it in your face, keep it challenging,\" he said.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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