With a combined value over $1500 this prize is for young book collectors to the age of 35. 

The purpose of the prize is to unearth and celebrate current book collecting passions and practices among young Australians so that every curious collector can play their part in invigorating existing traditions whilst they develop knowledge and build expertise.

The winning collection must have been started by the contestant, and all items in the collection must be owned by them.

Read more about the prize and this year's judges.

Archives Fine Books is pleased to announce the winner of this year’s National Book Collecting Prize for young Australian collectors is Michael Alexandratos with his collection of fugitive literature:

read more about National Book Collecting Prize for young Australians - 2026 winner announced!

With 21 days to go we are three quarters of the way towards our goal!

Help us create a book that documents one of Brisbane's heritage commercial buildings and the businesses that have occupied it. We are delighted to be collaborating with The House Detective to bring this exciting project to life. 

If you haven't yet had a chance to pledge to our all-or-nothing Pozible campaign please follow this link to discover our great pledge rewards. Or simply let your friends and community know about it. The further we can spread the word the better our chances of getting over...

Celebrating 40 years at 40 Charlotte Street, Brisbane.

Come join us for five free events over three nights to celebrate the wonderful world of books. Our way of saying THANK YOU for supporting the bookstore for 40 years! Events are FREE but bookings are ESSENTIAL. We hope to see you there!

Read the full program.

Kindle – Passage to Digital. Obsolete Series by Suzon Fuks

I recently had the opportunity to view the ABBE 2020, Artists Book Exhibition Fair held at The Edge, State Library of Queensland, November 13-14, 2020. I was celebrating with my friend and colleague Suzon Fuks, who was an exhibiting artist with her series of books titled Obsolete. This series is comprised of books made entirely from all kinds of electronic devices such as laptops, tablets, digital cameras and smart phones. Although my focus is usually on antiquarian books, I delight and am intrigued by contemporary artist books and the ways...

On Saturday August 24th we celebrated eleven years as custodians of Brisbane's 'Temple of Logos', Archives Fine Books. It was an intimate gathering  of family and friends once again catered by our dear friend and affineuse Wendy Downes of The Cheeseboard who helped put everyone in a celebratory frame of mind. Another cherished friend Nicole Tate added to the ambience of the evening with a beautiful repetoire played on an exquisite cross strung harp.

The formalities were short and sweet. Hamish spoke with great warmth about the behind-the-scenes role our family has played in making our eleven years at Archives...

This February I had the very good fortune to be supported to attend the 43rd ILAB Congress held in Pasadena, California. My thanks go to the the trustees of the Woodburn Foundation, who made it possible for the ABAA to support four booksellers new to the trade to be in attendance. I was joined by Laura Massey (Alembic Rare Books, UK), Aimee Peake (Bison Books, Canada) and Simon Ström (Sweden). I am also grateful to ANZAAB for supporting my travel to and from the Congress, and look forward to ‘giving back’ to the association that has offered me so much...

We are delighted to announce Ms Emily Porter, 35, of Bray Park, QLD, has won the inaugural Archives Fine Book Collecting Prize with her entry A Horse Lover’s Library.

"I ultimately want to do my best to select the finest of the books that interest me. It is also especially important to me to preserve the history of the horse in reality, literature, and art, and what better way to do that then to curate a glorious time capsule that can be opened at any time, continuously updated and refined, and equally provides physical comfort and intellectual inspiration. That is...

We are pleased to announce that our program of events to celebrate 40 years of book loving at 40 Charlotte Street has been launched! All events are FREE but Bookings are ESSENTIAL.

Read the program here :

https://files.constantcontact.com/12011594801/75863020-0a1c-4db5-9726-d0c2a0bea9ec.pdf

Book tickets here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/archives-fine-books-4040-4478443?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb