Mr Pickwicks Fine Old Books

24/03/2026

Magic at 84 Katoomba St, Katoomba, open 7 days a week, from 10am to 5pm

09/12/2025

27/07/2025

Lots of weird and wonderful books fresh in and hitting the shelves, this is the tiniest sample 🌸🕊

24/03/2025

2025 is a huge year for the readers of Sydney, with an unbridled consumption of literature. This article still holds true. We are a literate society, there's no doubt about it.

The printed book is not dead and bookshops are thriving thanks to the voracious appetites of young readers.

15/02/2025

We love Hotel Etico Australia, the nicest restaurant in the area by far 💯💞 5 out of 5 stars, it's so beautiful here too 🌸🪷🌸🪷

07/09/2024

MEET THE CUSTODIANS OF THE TRAIL!

Name: Guy Weller, owner of Mr. Pickwick's Fine Old Books, Katoomba

Years in operation: 45 years

How did you come to running a bookstore? Ink runs in my veins. Publisher, author, playwright, journalist, book reviewer, bookseller in-store and online.

Any unexpected benefits? A fresh book to read every night.

What makes your store stand out? Size (60,000 books), careful display category/alphabetical-by-author, central main street location in Katoomba.

3 desert island books:

Shakespeare Complete Works (Signet 1 volume A4)
Norton huge single-volume Poetry Anthology
Complete Chaucer (Talbot Donaldson Ed.)

18/08/2024

We can always get behind sustainability, looking forward to helping make an impact, for the mountains 💞

26/07/2024

Rusty Pickups are great humans and great entertainers 🔥 tonight in Katoomba

Live Music @ BOOTLEGGER | Rusty Pickups (QLD) | FREE ENTRY!
July 26: 9pm-11pm (2 sets) 2nd Floor
FB Event: Live Music @ BOOTLEGGER | Rusty Pickups (QLD) | FREE ENTRY!
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Rusty Pickups are a Country & Americana ensemble from the Darling Downs in QLD. They showcase a traditional down home classic country-folk sound with splashes of river boat keys, melodic clawhammer banjo, rolling upright bass, and charming acoustic guitar that set the scene for classic story-telling vocals, memorable songs and four part harmonies driving it all home. They are on tour for their single launch from their upcoming EP due to be released in July.
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92 Bathurst Rd, Katoomba, Blue Mountains
The FREE LIVE MUSIC for this event will be on the ground floor.
Bookings are advised to avoid disappointment:
www.bootleggerbar.com.au
Please make a note at the time of booking tables online that you are there for the live music in the special request box so that your reservation can be allocated to the same level.
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24/07/2024

Pretty exciting pictures for those who never had a chance to see this treasure while it was still operational.