Melbourne Rare Book Week 2024

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Melbourne Rare Book Week is on and we are all invited to immerse ourselves in a wide range of events from Thursday 18th July 2024 through Saturday 27th July 2024.

Learn about various elements of books: content, publishing, book selling and the impact of books from the past on contemporary Australia.

Melbourne Rare Book week is ‘books meet history’.

E. W. Coles book arcade

It’s on again! It’s the 10th year of this highly successful event. There are a whole lot of lectures and events for every book loving author and non-author to indulge. How does this relate to self-publishing? As a self-published author your book can be instantly rare. Short run printing means that your book might quickly enter the state of ‘rare’. Webster’s dictionary defines rare as seldom occurring or found.

Here’s a recent  book done by Green Hill Publishing that has all the hallmarks of rarity; a limited edition of only 200 print copies and a format one-half a metre square: Between The Wars. The content itself is extremely rare. The printed book is  instantly rare and will be come rarer over time.

What’s on at Melbourne Rare Book week?

There’s something for everyone – over 40 events in total. And they are all FREE!

And don’t forget the Melbourne Rare Book Fair – a great part of Rare Book Week!

Are rare books in demand? Are rare books desirable? Yes they are. And the Melbourne rare Book Fair is where you can add to your rare book collection.

You might like to consider a guided tour of the Fair, it’s well worth the time.