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…
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…
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…
New Year Book Sale
Hey there book fans! Time to really get stuck in to 2025 with one of our random flash book sale events... WHEN? Saturday 25 January, 9am-3pm WHERE? Adelaide Arcade [in…
Halloween at the Bookshop ’24
It's happening again Spook Fans - Halloween is coming to Adelaide Arcade & we're taking it up a notch. Nick & Kate will be dressed up and, yes, there will…
Celebrating Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime, was born on 15 September, 1890. She would write 66 novels and publish 14 short story collections, many featuring the iconic sleuths Hercule…
Donate Your Books [to Orchard Bookshop]
It may be hard to believe, but it’s true – sometimes you CAN have too many books! The reasons are many – maybe you’ve inherited someone else’s collection; maybe your…