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The Paperback Bookshop

Melbourne

📍 60 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia

What The Paperback Bookshop is known for

Melbourne CBD bookshop on Bourke Street operating since the late 1960s, known for densely packed shelves and late hours (open to 11.30pm Friday and Saturday); runs a free monthly author Salon Series downstairs at the Bard's Apothecary.

The Paperback Bookshop has operated at the quiet end of Bourke Street in Melbourne's CBD since the late 1960s - co-owner Rosy Morton, who has owned the shop since 2000, dates its founding to either 1968 or 1969. It originally stocked paperback editions of Australian and international titles and has since broadened into a wide range of fiction, classics, travel and art books, packed densely enough into the small space that browsing the whole shop takes only minutes. From its early days the shop kept late hours, open to 10pm Monday through Thursday and 11.30pm on Friday and Saturday. The Paperback Bookshop also runs a free monthly Salon Series, inviting authors to discuss recent releases at the Bard's Apothecary space downstairs.

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