MPSS 2025

Held on Sunday, 26 October 2025 at Arrow on Swanston, Carlton, the Melbourne Pen & Stationery Show 2025 was produced by a largely new committee, a new venue closer to the city with more transport, accommodation, and food options, and a record number of international guest exhibitors. The event was a huge success, attracting more than twice the number of visitors as the previous record, set by MPS 2024.

A crowded room with many exhibitor tables

Two people in green aprons cross paths at the bottom of a stairwell

Daniel Zhang inspects a nib with a loupe at his table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

Glass pens arranged on an exhibitor's table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

Three exhibitors posing together at their table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

The coffee booth, labeled

An exhibitor booth

An exhibitor booth

Shopping at an exhibitor table

Exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor booth

An exhibitor booth

An array of open ink bottles with swatch cards

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

People swatching inks at the Robert Oster table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

A sign on a table surrounded by pens:

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An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

An exhibitor table

Exhibitor tables

Exhibitor tables

An exhibitor table

Two visitors look at the Melbourne Pen Depot table

A volunteer wearing a green apron shows a phone with a QR code to a visitor

Colourful, swirly resin pens on a black table cloth

A tray with three rows of colourful, resin pens

The exhibitors pose at the Just Turnings table

A queue of visitors in the foyer

Visitors queue down a flight of stairs

A volunteer in a green apron delivers a large cardboard box to the reception desk

A happy guest and a volunteer in a green apron at the Info desk

An exhibitor table

Looking out the hall doorway into the foyer at a volunteer in a green apron and the line of queued guests waiting to enter

A long queue of people down the sidewalk, ending at a door with a

A long queue of people down the sidewalk

A long queue of people down the sidewalk. One steps out to take a photo with their phone.

In the queue on the sidewalk, a group of visitors look at one of their phones

Volunteers welcome guests, handing out sheets of paper at a table in the foyer

The show floor packed with people

A crowd of visitors around the Hachimonjiya table

A crowd of visitors around the Hanabi Glass Studio table

A crowd of visitors around the Soe & Soe table

A view of the hall, packed with people

A view of the hall, packed with people

An exhibitor table seen from above, with a crowd of visitors

A crowded corner of the show hall

Another view of the busy show floor

A crowd of people in the back corner of the show floor, with a table full of Robert Oster ink bottles in the foreground

An exhibitor table

A group of guests at an exhibitor's table, including one volunteer in a green apron who photographs a page with her phone

An exhibitor takes money from a visitor

The crowd passing through the entrance to The Victory Room

A crowd of people passing through a doorway out to the main hall

The bustling crowd moves past the Melbourne Pen Depot table

A happy Casey at the Pens by Casey table

A row of pastel-coloured pens on an exhibitor's table

An exhibitor checks a pen amid a crowd of visitors at their table

Stacks of Life notebooks in pink, yellow and blue covers

Wood carving tools in a glass case at an exhibitor table

An exhibitor helps two visitors over a table full of colourful resin pens

Looking up from the busy show floor to a couple of volunteers on the black-curtained stage

Two visitors look with excitement at their purchases on a white table. A sign saying

Two bottles of Robert Oster ink sit on a table next to a visitor's open notebook, with ink swatches on the page.

A collection of pens rest in green trays, out of focus in the foreground. In the background, visitors look down at items on the exhibitor's other tables.

Visitors look at the open ink bottles and compare swatch cards

A volunteer and a visitor with excited expressions. The volunteer, wearing a green apron points at the visitor. The visitor points at the ceiling.

A display of

Swatch cards of the three Ink Institute exclusive inks: Dirty Strawberry Milkshake, Blueberry Milkshake and Guava Milkshake

A gorgeous collection of inks and stationery items at the Soe & Soe table

A wide view of the busy show floor from above

A wide view of the busy show floor from above

A wide view of the busy show floor from above

Workshop participants work around large, round tables up on the stage

Workshop participants work around large, round tables up on the stage

With a table full of journals-in-progress in the foreground, Dina helps a workshop participant at one of the tables

A sign written in white chalk on a small A-frame blackboard:

At the end of a busy day, the