Are you free the night of Tuesday June 24th? Join us for a captivating evening with a mystery author, a mystery book and a glass of wine at a atmospheric mystery location.
Do you love reading and talking about great books? Join Mary Martin’s Winter Book Club and come along for monthly book chats over wine and cheese with a small, welcoming group of bookworms.
Join us at Market Espresso in String Bean Alley (Just opposite our Queen Vic Market store) at 8.30am on Saturday June 28 for The Breakfast Book Club, a relaxed meet up where we chat about the latest crime novels over breakfast.
Welcome to our classics book club, where we eschew the latest bestsellers to celebrate books that have stood the test of time! Join your fellow bibliophiles as we read or reread classic works of literature together and discuss great books from throughout the ages. This June we will be reading Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut.
Join Michelle Johnston, bestselling author of Tiny Uncertain Miracles, at Mary Martin Bookshop Southgate for the Melbourne launch of her new book, 'The Revisionists.'
Penguin Fantasy Fest is BACK and coming to Melbourne for the FIRST TIME!Coming to Melbourne Thursday, 24th July, get ready for a magical evening with some of our favourite Australian authors in the genre: Lynette Noni, Keshe Chow and Lyndall Clipstone.
Join us at Mary Martin Bookshop Port Melbourne for a very special story time and book launch celebrating Max and Baby by Vanesa Josevsky.
Join us for a captivating evening of words, wine and conversation with a mystery author, a mystery book and a glass of wine at a cosy mystery location.
Join us for a lunchtime keynote and book signing with award-winning leadership expert Dr Kirsten Ferguson AM, author of 'Blindspotting'.
You're invited to a fun, free, family-friendly event to celebrate the launch of Down the Plot Hole with Brisbane-based author Annaleise Byrd.
You're invited to a storytime launch to celebrate the publication of You Are Not a Pup! with Brisbane-based author Annaleise Byrd.
Welcome to our classics book club, where we eschew the latest bestsellers to celebrate books that have stood the test of time! Join your fellow bibliophiles as we read or reread classic works of literature together and discuss great books from throughout the ages. This May we will be reading The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Join us on the veranda of Mary Martin Bookshop Queen Vic Market to celebrate Comic Book Wonder Day and the launch of CHUNK VOLUME 1. This unique comic workshop gives older teens and young adults the opportunity to meet comic book artists and editors and explore comic book wonder for themselves.
Join us at Market Espresso in String Bean Alley (Just opposite our Queen Vic Market store) at 8.30am on Saturday May 24th for The Breakfast Book Club, a relaxed meet up where we chat about the latest crime novels over breakfast.
One of Britain’s bestselling historians offers a meticulously researched and insightful account of the famously televised 1980 SAS storming of the Iranian embassy in London – better known as Operation Nimrod.
Are you free the night of Tuesday May 20th? Join us for a captivating evening with a mystery author, a mystery book and a glass of wine at a atmospheric mystery location.
Welcome to our classics book club, where we eschew the latest bestsellers to celebrate books that have stood the test of time! Join your fellow bibliophiles as we read or reread classic works of literature together and discuss great books from throughout the ages. This April we will be reading As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner.
Join us at Market Espresso in String Bean Alley (Just opposite our Queen Vic Market store) at 8.30am on Saturday April 26th for The Breakfast Book Club, a relaxed meet up where we chat about the latest crime novels over breakfast.
Join book worms around the world this April and embark on an adventure through the heart of your city’s indie bookshops with the Global Book Crawl.
Are you free the night of Tuesday 15th April? Join us for a captivating evening with a mystery author, a mystery book and a glass of wine at a atmospheric mystery location.
Join us at our Queen Vic Market Bookshop on Saturday the 14th of April for a special book club to discuss Eye Contact by local bookseller and author Cameron Liang.
Join author Rebekah Bertram for a book signing and meet the author session on the verandah of Mary Martin Bookshop QV Market on Saturday April 12th.
Australia’s leading visionaries converge for a lively and candid discussion on the bold ideas shaping Australia’s social and political future.
Join us for a special lunch time event with proud Boonwurrung woman, from the saltwater country of Melbourne and surrounding coastlines, and award-winning actor, Tasma Walton.
What is Queen Vic Market’s spookiest secret? Embark on the Mary Martin QVM Quest to find out!
Follow the clues and crack the password to uncover the market’s spooky history in a fun school holiday activity base on The Phantom of Flinders Street by Taggerty Daggins.
We’re thrilled to announce that Mary Martin Bookshop will be the hosts of the Penguin Noir 2025 Melbourne event. Meet some of the year’s best crime writers: Gareth and Louise Ward, Amanda Hampson, Kerryn Mayne and Candice Fox; grab some goodies and sneak a peek at the hottest thrillers.
Do you love reading and talking about great books? Join Mary Martin’s Autumn Book Club and come along for monthly book chats over wine and cheese with a small, welcoming group of bookworms.
Welcome to our classics book club, where we eschew the latest bestsellers to celebrate books that have stood the test of time! Join your fellow bibliophiles as we read or reread classic works of literature together and discuss great books from throughout the ages. This March we will be reading Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
Join us at Mary Martin Port Melbourne for afternoon tea and the launch of Angelika Von Sanden's new book Sit, Stay, Grow: How Dogs Can Help You Worry Less and Walk Into a Better Future.
Join us for a special pre-school storytime with children’s author Dee White as she reads us her new picture book, The Hullabaloo About Elephant Poo.
Join us at our Queen Vic Market Bookshop for a special Story Time and Craft session with Julie Murphy and Annie White.Julie and Annie will be reading their new picture book Dog Beach.
Join us at our Port Melbourne store for a fun morning of stories and songs. We hold our Pre-school Storytime every Thursday morning at 11am.
Join us at Mary Martin Bookshop QV Market to launch Cameron Liang’s brand new novel Eye Contact into the world. We will be celebrating both the book’s release and the Lunar New Year in style at the iconic Queen Victoria Night Market.
Join us at Mary Martin Bookshop Southgate at 8am and be one of the first readers to get your hands on the third book in the sensational Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros. Mere hours after the worldwide midnight release, early birds can enjoy a light breakfast as they peruse the first pages of Onyx Storm and mingle with like-minded Fourth Wing fans.
Join us for a special midnight release party to celebrate the breathtaking follow-up to global phenomenons Fourth Wing and Iron Flame. We’ll be marking the occasion with refreshments, games and giveaways before opening the boxes and launching the Onyx Storm into the world at the stroke of midnight on the 21st of January.
A summer holidays story time and craft session.
Are you free the night of Tuesday 3rd December? Join us for a festive evening of wine and words with a mystery author, mystery book and a glass of wine at a cosy mystery location.
Join us Monday 2 December at Mary Martin Bookshop, Queen Victoria Market on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung land/Melbourne to launch Meanjin 83.4 Summer 2024!
