Welcome to Sydney Rare Book Week!

Thank you to all who attended the events of the the 2025 Sydney Rare Book Week Program! This program has no concluded and we look forward to seeing you in 2026.

CLICK HERE FOR THE 2025 PROGRAM

The Sydney Rare Book Week is an exciting program of free talks, workshops and tours that celebrate the importance of books, publishing, book production and collecting, and will be held at venues across Sydney.

Booking is free but attendance is limited.

The program concludes with the Sydney Rare Book Fair at the State Library of New South Wales.

Welcome to Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026!

23 July to 1 August 2026

The Melbourne Rare Book Week is an exciting program of free talks, workshops and tours organised by Rare Books Melbourne that celebrates the importance of books, publishing, book production and collecting, and held at venues across Melbourne.

Rare Books Melbourne expect to release the program on Thursday 4th June 2026.

All enquiries regarding the Sydney Rare Book Week should be made to:

Sarah Morley sarah.morley@sl.nsw.gov.au

Julie Sommerfeldt julie.sommerfeldt@sydney.edu.au