Rare Books Melbourne is pleased to announce the dates for Melbourne Rare Book Week 2025. MRBW2025 will run from 24th July to 31st July 2025, with the ANZAAB Melbourne Rare Book Fair running at Wilson Hall from 31st July to the 2nd August. We hope to see many of you with us again in 2025.
Launch of MRBW Video Channel
Click here to see a video of the RMIT design archive event from 2023.
MELBOURNE RARE BOOK WEEK 2024: Thursday 18th July to Saturday 27th July 2024
Rare Books Melbourne are pleased to announce the dates for Melbourne Rare Book Week 2024. This will be the 10th iteration of Melbourne Rare Book Week (MRBW). MRBW2024 will start on Thursday 18th July 2024 and will culminate with the Melbourne Rare Book Fair at Wilson Hall which we be held from Thursday 25th July
The 51st Australian Antiquarian Book Fair
The culminating event of MRBW is always the Australian Antiquarian Book Fair, presented by The Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB). This year saw the 51st iteration of the Book Fair, held once again at Wilson Hall at the University of Melbourne from July 27th until July 29th. The Fair convenor this
Meet me at the Book Fair
Book Fair Tour Guide: Chris Browne There were several tours of the ANZAAB Book Fair offered this year, with one, called “Meet me at the Book Fair” offered on Saturday 29th July. Chris led his party of nine “book tourists” around the fair, engaging with the book dealers and encouraging the tourists to explore the
Four exhibitions featured at MRBW 2023
MRBW featured four exhibitions this year. “You Can’t Draw in Books” at East Melbourne Library, open until July 31st 2023 “World of the Book Exhibition” at State Library Victoria, open until May 12th 2024 “Collective City” at PROV Gallery, 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne, open until December 2023 “Here Lies Our Culture” at Baillieu Library,
Curators’ Tour of World of the Book
The Tour was run by Daniel Wee of State Library Victoria. The two curators, Anna Welch and Daniel Wee, have prepared this year’s iteration of the exhibition of books from the wonderful public collection which is at the heart of the State Library Victoria (SLV). The exhibition is to be found in the Dome Gallery
Collective City: Photographic Exhibition launch
Presented by The Public Record Office of Victoria On Thursday 27th July, The Public Record Office of Victoria (PROV) held the launch of their exhibition “Collective City”, which contrasts historic photos of Melbourne from the PROV collection with commissioned, contemporary images of our city. More than 250 people attended the launch event, which after the
Female Australian Poets of the First World War
Presented for The Royal United Services Institute of Victoria by Mike O’Brien The final event for Wednesday was again held at Tonic House, and featured Major General (Ret’d) Mike O’Brien speaking to an audience of 70 on behalf of The Royal United Services Institute of Victoria on Female Australian Poets of the First World War.
The Bounty and Beyond
Presented by Ancora Press and Australian Scholarly Publishing On Wednesday evening, The Melbourne Athenaeum Library generously hosted the launch of a new book on a major new study of Bligh’s journals by John Fish. This crowded and sold-out event provided a welcome opportunity to honour author John Fish, whose book The Bounty and Beyond, co-published by Ancora