Creative Clunes is thrilled to celebrate our 20th anniversary of the Clunes Booktown Festival on 21-22 March 2026.
If you are a book lover, family or day-tripper looking for a unique regional experience, save the date for the return of Australia’s most beloved book festival on 21-22 March.
For two days, the historic main street of our beautiful township will transform, once again, into a spectacular book bazaar. Over one hundred and thirty specialist book traders will offer an extraordinary range – new and secondhand, antiquarian, and contemporary, rare and popular – covering every imaginable topic and theme.
We cannot wait to welcome the world into Clunes. A wonderful weekend awaits of book browsing and buying, author talks, poetry slams, writing workshops, live music and great food.
Clunes is about thirty minutes north of Ballarat and a shade under two hours from Melbourne by car or comfortable train ride. It is the perfect site from which to explore Dja Dja Wurrung country and the goldfields.
Our stellar program is not to be missed, get ready to immerse yourself in Clunes, from cover to cover! For program news and to book tickest please visit clunesbooktown.org.au
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