The 3rd ANZAAB Melbourne Rare Book Week and Rare Book Fair will again be held at the end of July. Melbourne Rare Book Week commenced in 2012 as a partnership between ANZAAB (Australian & New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers), the University of Melbourne and eight other literary institutions. In 2013, over 30 free events were held at libraries, literary and historical societies and bookshops throughout Melbourne, attracting local, national and international visitors. It is a major attraction for book collectors, librarians and all who have a love of words, print on paper and literary heritage.

Melbourne Rare Book Week culminates in the ANZAAB Australian Antiquarian Book Fair (Melbourne Rare Book Fair), held in the University of Melbourne’s historic Wilson Hall during the last weekend of July. It coincides with the biennial University of Melbourne Cultural Treasures Festival and the annual Open House Melbourne. The 42nd ANZAAB Australian Antiquarian Book Fair will be held at Wilson Hall on the campus of the University of Melbourne from Friday July 25 to Sunday July 27, 2014.

For full details of Rare Book Week, the ANZAAB Rare Book Fair, highlights of dealer’s stock and more, visit the dedicated book fair site: http://rarebookweek.com

Admission to all events is free.