Mark Rubbo: Honouring a career that has helped nourish and sustained publishing

By Jason Steger
Updated May 27 2015 - 10:08am, first published May 21 2015 - 10:00pm
Mark Rubbo's bookselling career coincided with a nascent Australian publishing scene. Photo: Eddie Jim
Mark Rubbo's bookselling career coincided with a nascent Australian publishing scene. Photo: Eddie Jim

Mark Rubbo​ wanted to start in the book trade when he was so young he was still in short trousers. He had a scheme that he and a friend should pool money, buy books together and swap them: "I wanted more books; this was the way to get them."

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