For all of you who would like to attend an encore event to Melbourne Rare Book Week 2024 … All at Sea is an exploration of literature with a strong maritime setting, chosen and presented by Melbourne book collector Chris Browne from his extensive library. Presented by The Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network, Rare Books Melbourne
MRBW2024 is now open for bookings
You can now see all the events and register a booking any event offered by MRBW2024. Click the Program 2024 button at the top of the page and then click each event that you want to view. To register a booking, click the blue Register for Event button that you will find on the top
Melbourne Rare Book Week 2024 Starts Thursday 18th July
Melbourne Rare Book Week 2024 begins on Thursday 18th July with a presentation by the CJ La Trobe Society at Tonic House. There is still space to register for this event if you are quick. Many events are now fully booked, but there is some space available for events, particularly on Tuesday and Wednesday 23rd
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