Bookshops are a volatile industry and can move premise frequently so confirm addresses before you visit. There are several CBD libraries e.g State, City, Docklands, Athenaeum, Mary Chisholm and Theosophical as well as the Wheeler Centre for Writers. There are also many book sellers (as against bookshops) not listed e.g. educational institutions, department stores, music, coin and stamp and magic outlets which include books about their specialities. See our bookshops and writers tour

CITY BOOKSHOPS LIST 2016  (courtesy Marilyn Newby)

Architext, 1/41 Exhibition St. T: 8620 3815

Athenaeum Library, Level 1, 188 Collins St. T: 9650 3100. [Membership: $30]

Book City, 205 Swanston St. T: 9639 0861[not listed white page]

Book Grocer, 452 Sydney Rd; 464 Collins St; 455 Bourke St; 147 Russell St; 415
 Elizabeth St; 286 Brunswick St; 414 Lonsdale St. 

China Books, Level 2, 234 Swanston St. T: 9663 8822. Has books in English

Christian Science Reading Room, 30 Degraves St. T: 9654 8461; 340 St Kilda Rd.

City Basement Books (secondhand), 342 Flinders St (downstairs). [Large and great.]
T: 9620 0428

City Library, 253 Flinders Lane. T: 9658 9500 [main library for Melbourne Library Service.

Branches at East Melb., North Melb., Southbank and Docklands]

Collected Works Bookshop, 1 st floor, Nicholas Building, cnr. Swanston and Flinders Lane. T: 9654 8873

Comic Shop (Chinese), Cnr. Lt Bourke and Swanston Sts. [not listed white pages]

Comics World City Shop, Level 1, 234 Swanston St. T: 9663 0779

Comics ‘R’ Us, level 1, 220 Bourke St. T: 9663 8666; 114 Chapel St.

Dymocks Flagship Shop, 234 Collins St. T: 9663 0900

Genealogical Society of Victoria Bookshop, Level B1, 257 Collins St. T: 9662 4455

Haunted Bookshop, 15 McKillop St. T: 9670 2585

Hill of Content,  86 Bourke St. T: 9662 9472

Hylands Book Shop, 1/29-31 Heffernan Lane. T: 9654 7448 [Military, Transport History.
Has to move soon]

Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller, 156 Collins St. T: 9654 8506

The Little Book Room, 759 Nicholson St., Carlton North. T: 9387 9837; 5 Degraves St.
T:9654 4104

Max Stern &; Co., Port Phillip Arcade, 234 Flinders Lane. (stamps and coins.
[Arcade will disappear with the new underground rail link]

Metropolis Books and Music. Level 3, Curtin House, 252 Swanston St. T: 9663 2015

Minotaur Entertainment, 121 Elizabeth St. T: 9670 5414

The Paperback Bookshop, 60 Bourke St. T: 9662 1396

Polonia Bookshop, Block Arcade, 94 Elizabeth St (U509, 318 Lt Lonsdale St.)

Reader’s Feast. [Has recently moved temporarily to Shop 3, St. James Building, cnr.
Bourke &; William Sts (Mon ~ Fri) and Abbotsfield Convent (Sat ~ Sun.). T: 9662 4699

Rendezvous, the Romance Bookstore, Shop11, 235 Bourke St. T: 9650 0090

Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane. T: 9650 1599

Sports Books, 80 Flinders St. T: 9662 1085 [not listed white pages] Internet has:

Melbourne Sports Books, 51 Brunswick Rd., East Brunswick.

State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston St. T: 8664 7000

Sticky Institute, Shop 10, Campbell Arcade, Degraves Street Subway (under Flinders St)
T: 9654 8559

 

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