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Keeping Melbourne in good books since the 1960s. 60 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC, Australia https://paperbackbooks.com.au

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Upcoming Salon! Claire Thomas on her novel, ‘On Not Climbing Mountains’. Check our website for more info and to book a spot 🗻

11.02.2026 02:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New year, new Salon Series, and a brilliant new poster design from Robert.

See you there !

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12.01.2026 22:41 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The second book in our Summer Subscription is available for pick up (& is heading to the post today). Thank you to all of our subscribers 🙏 We hope you enjoy it! 📦📚

08.01.2026 05:18 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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It’s the newwww! New releases, restocks and new editions looking lovely ✨

07.01.2026 04:13 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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The ultimate beach/book/towel/wet bathers bag. Designed by the Paperback’s Ben Juers and screen printed in cruisy summer colours by the mighty Too Far Gone. These colours have been popular! Also available in the subtle, yet still drippy plain teal 🌊

06.01.2026 05:17 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Here until 6pm ☺️

23.12.2025 23:41 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Yep, we’re open right up to 6pm on Christmas Eve and most days after that.

Stay safe, read well, and enjoy feeling the sun on your back and the breeze in your hair.

See you very soon ❤️

20.12.2025 06:23 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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An absolute pleasure to have The Paris End drop by the shop to sign copies of their new book Exclusive! Dispatches from The Paris End 🙏🙏🙏

18.12.2025 03:28 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The first of or Summer Subscription books has arrived and will go out to lucky subscribers next week. 😀

We have a few left up for grabs, so if you want one don’t wait!!

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27.11.2025 00:19 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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It’s the 18th of November.

Are you ready to live it … again?

17.11.2025 23:12 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Our Summer Subscription is now available for purchase 😎

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16.11.2025 22:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The final book in our Spring Subscription is available to pick up (and is heading to the post tomorrow). Thanks so much to all of our subscribers - we hope you enjoy it! 🙏

16.11.2025 05:16 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We’ve put all the books we’ve most loved reading in 2025 in the one place on our website so that you can browse to your heart’s content.

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10.11.2025 03:57 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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In preparation for next Tuesday’s Salon, Anna is reading and loving Antonia Pont’s fabulous and thought-provoking book, Plain Life.

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07.11.2025 01:33 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We’ve been busy prepping and refreshing the staff recco table to reflect the books - new and old - that we’ve most enjoyed reading so far this year and which we’ll be recommending to you over the summer.

We love books. And we love these books in particular 🖤

06.11.2025 05:23 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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They have arrived 🍄

05.11.2025 08:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Yep! We’re open today from 11am - 6pm. 📚

04.11.2025 00:12 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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It was lovely to have Sofie Laguna and Kate Mildenhall in the shop on this sun-soaked day to sign copies of their respective books The Underworld and The Hiding Place☀️

30.10.2025 02:02 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Georgie has read and loved Miriam Webster’s The Slip, ten stories set around Melbourne.

A concoction of stories that are fun, sometimes ridiculous, precise, familiar enough to draw you in yet absurd enough to keep you there. Highly recommend

29.10.2025 09:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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A pleasure to have Madeleine Gray in the shop this morning to sign copies of her new novel, Chosen Family 📚🙏

28.10.2025 02:26 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We never miss a chance to take a photo of the shop looking cosy on a rainy day. Plus, on the shelves we have new releases from Australian indie publisher Vagabond Books! 🌫️📚

26.10.2025 04:57 👍 33 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Nothing like a refreshed side window! 📚👀

22.10.2025 04:43 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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We have a very special Salon coming up in a couple of weeks: a conversation between two of our favourite authors, Vanessa Berry & Sharon Kivland.

Find out more: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/vanessa-be...

14.10.2025 04:10 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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She has arrived 💙💙💙

10.10.2025 05:57 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Congratulations to László Krasznahorkai, this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and long-time resident on The Paperback staff reco table👌

10.10.2025 01:59 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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The second book in our Spring Subscription is now available for pick up (& is heading to the post today)! Thank you to all our subscribers - we hope you enjoy it 🙏

09.10.2025 02:28 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Anna has read and loved and is thrilled finally to be able to share with you Vanessa Berry’s new book, Calendar, a beautiful account of one year told through Berry’s daily encounters with the objects around her. This book is a joy to read.

04.10.2025 06:22 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Anna has read & loved Carol Mavor’s Serendipity.

This is a treasure trove of a book, impossible to summarise, which I know I’ll return to again and again.

🦋

03.10.2025 05:05 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Anna has read & loved Adrian Duncan’s new novel, The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth.

01.10.2025 09:49 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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New release time?! Oh yeah, the NR shelf is packed! And there’s still more to come…📚👀

30.09.2025 03:53 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0