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…
1912 Hatpin Panic!
The early 1900s saw hatpins become the ultimate lady’s accessory – but they were also potential weapons! Learn about this fascinating chapter in Adelaide through news reports as Hatpin Panic…
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 Bookshop’s Pop-Up Pop-Up!!
Building on a single-owner collection of 60+ pop-up books, Orchard is opening an upstairs space in Adelaide Arcade for ONE DAY ONLY to display these wonders of papercraft. Featuring classics…
Orchard Bookshop’s Sunday Drop
We've introduced a weekly product launch we're calling the Sunday Drop. Every Sunday @7:30pm [Adelaide time], the books that we've been cataloguing during the week go live on our online…
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…