Recently, we visited the Argyle Emporium. We have visited there quite a few times before and I have written about it a few times on this blog. It is one of our favourite bookshops!
It is located in an old police station/courthouse opposite the railway line, just up from the main park in Goulburn CBD. It has 25 rooms and approximately 500,000 books, plus records (LPs) and other items as well.
I was there for just on an hour and managed to find the following “treasure!”
The two main sections I visit in any bookshop, be it one that sells used or new are the Art and Poetry sections. Interestingly, one of the books above turns out to be a type of ‘companion book’ to one I already own called “The Poet’s Pen” (see below). Nowhere in The Poet’s Pen does it mention that there is a ‘companion book’, though I note that A.K.Thomson’s name is on both and their is background on all the Poet’s and the Poems in The Reader’s Guide. Oddily enough, I purchased The Poet’s Pen at the Argyle Emporium a few years ago.
I was very grateful that I was able to spend at least an hour at The Argyle Emporium. I look forward to my next visit…maybe I can stretch it to two hours next time! 🙂
Till next time!
Written by David Johnson
14 November 2026
