Orchard is Hiring!
Casual Bookshop Assistant Required ***THIS POSITION HAS NOW BEEN FILLED*** Thank you to the many people who took the time to provide such wonderful, thoughtful applications. Do you want…
MRBF 2026 Pre-Release
An Adelaide Preview of items to be exhibited at the 2026 Melbourne Rare Book Fair [MRBF] Each year, Orchard Bookshop joins around 30 of the finest booksellers from across Australia…
The Plathery – A catalogue of items from the Sylvia Plath collection of Melanie Smith
A warm thank you to those who attended our two-day exhibition of Sylvia Plath items [The Plathery, April 10-11]. It was certainly our privilege to handle this world-class collection and…
Orchard in the Global Book Crawl 2026
Join the GLOBAL BOOK CRAWL [April 20-26, 2026] Australians know all about a pub crawl, but how about a book crawl? Your favourite local bookshops have joined the international initiative,…
The Plathery: An exhibition of books by Sylvia Plath
Over 30 significant works by Sylvia Plath from a private Adelaide collection. Featuring: FIRST EDITIONS of all her poetry collections + “The Bell Jar”; SMALL PRESS limited edition printings; PROOF…
Gift Cards for Orchard Bookshop
We've always had gift cards - you know, those lovely quaint pieces of card with our logo & a dollar amount on them that can be exchanged in-store for books.…
Festive Season Hours!
Well, it's that time of year & we're now OPEN EVERY DAY UNTIL CHRISTMAS! We will then be taking a short break - those of you visiting Adelaide over the…
Orchard @ Melbourne Rare Book Fair 2025
It's that time of year again, when Melbourne takes centre stage in celebrating the world's finest books; hosting a series of events during Rare Book Week [24 July - 2…
Eastern European Pop-Up Bookshop!
Returning to our Pop-Up roots, we've magically transformed an empty space into a very specific, highly unusual literary experience! Featuring a single-owner collection of approximately 2,000 books [mainly Russian…
ANZAC Weekend Book Sale! [one day only]
When: SATURDAY 26 APRIL, 2025 from 9am to 3pm Where: Outside Orchard Bookshop - Shop 26, Adelaide Arcade What: Architecture, Jazz, History, Crime Fiction, Miscellaneous Why: Most books priced $2…