{"id":42918,"date":"2018-04-26T12:51:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T02:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=42918"},"modified":"2018-06-01T23:43:31","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T13:43:31","slug":"what-happened-to-melbournes-second-hand-bookshops-2018-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=42918","title":{"rendered":"What happened to Melbourne’s second-hand bookshops? (2018 Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was curious, so I went looking. Here’s what I found:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Alice’s Bookshop<\/a> : 629 Rathdowne Street, Carlton North
\n\u2022 Already Read<\/a> : 98 Scotchmer Street, North Fitzroy
\n\u2022 Books For Cooks<\/a> : Munro Buildings in the Queen Victoria Market
\n\u2022 Bound Words<\/a> : 283 Hampton Street, Hampton
\n\u2022 Brown & Bunting<\/a> : 237 High Street, Northcote
\n\u2022 City Basement Books<\/a> : 342 Flinders Street, Melbourne
\n\u2022 Essendon 2nd Hand<\/a> : Shop 2, 134 Pascoe Vale Road, Moonee Ponds
\n\u2022 Fully Booked : 824 High Street, Thornbury
\n\u2022 Golden Bowl Books<\/a> : 280 Sydney Road, Coburg
\n\u2022 Grub Street Bookshop, 379 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy [Facebook<\/a>]
\n\u2022 McLeods<\/a> : 10 Station Street, Nunawading
\n\u2022 The Merchant of Fairness<\/a> : South Melbourne Market \/ 237A Whitehorse Road, Balwyn
\n\u2022 New International<\/a> : Trades Hall, 54 Victoria Street, Carlton
\n— NIBS also carries a large range of new titles of interest.
\n\u2022 Page After Page<\/a> : 963 Canterbury Road, Box Hill
\n\u2022 Page Two<\/a> : 99 George Street, Fitzroy
\n\u2022 Sainsburys Books<\/a> : 534 Riversdale Road, Camberwell
\n\u2022 Syber’s Books<\/a> : 38 Chapel Street, Windsor \/ 668 Glenhuntly Road, Caulfield<\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Sadly, Allsorts<\/a> in Northcote CLOSED in DEC last year.
\n**<\/strong> Barwon Booksellers<\/a> in Geelong is very good; so is The Book Barn<\/a> in Daylesford.
\n***<\/strong> The Book Grocer<\/a> has several outlets in the CBD, and while not second-hand often carries Remainders Of Interest.
\n****<\/strong> The 9th annual ‘Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair’ is once again taking place at Brunswick Town Hall on Saturday, August 11. Entry is free and childcare is available. Along with stalls there’ll be various workshops and presentations. For more deets see<\/em> the MABF website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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