Welcome to Sappho Books

News Flash!
The wine and tapas bar will soon be opening until Midnight!

Sappho Books and Cafe is one of Sydney's favourite General Secondhand Bookshops. We have over 30,000 titles available - in a huge range of categories - Art, Literature, History, Politics, Religion, Philosopy, Foreign Language and Modern & Contempoarary Fiction to name a few - many out of print and "hard to find books" can be found at Sappho.

Opposite Glebe Primary School, the site of the popular Glebe Markets, Sappho Books has offered browsers the ideal used-bookshop-experience for over a decade. We buy and sell used books and have two floors of packed bookshelves for you to browse.

At the rear of the shop is Sydney's acclaimed Sappho Cafe, Wine & Tapas bar - a popular Glebe destination. By day, the cafe is a favourite meeting place for university students, tourists, locals and the occasional celebrity. By night the wine and tapas bar boasts an eclectic crowd out for a different Sydney experience.

The courtyard at the rear of the rambling building (circa 1880s) is home to a generation of graffiti – a legacy of its former life as a youth centre. Rather than white-wash the history of Sappho’s new home, owner Meredith Baillie has made the street-art a feature of the inviting garden courtyard. 

Book Shop hours:
8.30am–7pm Sunday-Tuesday
8.30am-10pm Wednesday-Saturday

Cafe hours:
8.30am–6.30pm Sunday-Tuesday
8.30am-10pm Wednesday-Saturday

Wine & Tapas Bar
till 10pm Wednesday. - Saturday
 

We are located at:
 

51 Glebe Point Road, Glebe
Sydney NSW Australia
Phone: 9552 4498