Brisbane we are back bringing you over a million books across 10 massive days all to raise vital funds for lifeline. Lifeline book fair, the premier book fair in the sutherland shire. The next lifeline giant book fair will be held at ted blackwood hall, warriewood. Choose from over 90,000 titles and help lifeline save lives. The lifeline book fair will take place between 9am. Visit the lifeline bookfest in brisbane, the largest secondhand book sale in queensland. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online.
Lifelines telephone crisis support is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the cost of a local call mobile phone calls are free of charge. Our bookfairs are the largest gathering of booklovers in canberra. The harbour to hawkesbury division of lifeline runs a number of book fairs each year in order to raise money for its 24 hour telephone counselling service. Sat 18 jul and sun 19 jul 9am5pm great hall knox grammar school pacific highway, wahroonga sydneys biggest book fair. Book fairs in each oddnumbered year, the friends conducts a book fair. Graham tidy but dont think age is everything at the lifeline spring bookfair, which is expected to draw in 12,000. Bega mayor kristy mcbain has been endorsed as labors candidate in the. Kawana bookfair a book for a lifeline sunshine coast. The threeday fair runs from friday february to sunday 15 february with around 250,000 items for sale, including fiction and nonfiction books, rare books, collectables. Lifeline south coast would like to acknowledge the aboriginal and torres strait islander peoples as traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. Lifeline is a crisis support and suicide prevention service that is entirely nonforprofit. Collectable books available at our upcoming book fair. The lifeline bookfest is a long running secondhand book festival which is held a couple of times a year all over australia, including in brisbane. This september, you can indulge yourself at the kawana waters community centre book fair while helping to fund lifeline, one of our societys most important public charity services.
Books include texts, australiana, foreign languages, art, medical, engineering and commerce. Whether youre a local, new in town, or just passing through, youll be sure to find something on eventbrite that piques your interest. The event is held over 10 days in january, and organisers claim it is the biggest book fair of its type in australia. Theres nothing like poking around secondhand book and record fairs for an hour or two looking for beatle treasure especially if the monies raised are for a good cause. We would like to pay our respects and acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land and also pay respect to elders both past and present. Sydney, australia lifeline macarthur events eventbrite. Eventbrite, and certain approved third parties, use functional, analytical and tracking cookies or similar technologies to understand your event preferences and provide you with a customized experience. You can get help online at the lifeline website, or call 11 14 if life is in immediate danger, please call triple zero 000. Lifelines spring bookfair to draw thousands of bibliophiles.
Lifeline bookfest what is on in brisbane the weekend. A 367yearold bible has been discovered in a box of old books that was donated to one of sydneys largest book fairs. We pay respect to elders past, present and emerging, and value the rich history, culture and ongoing connection of aboriginal and torres strait islander people to country. We thank the talented artists who volunteered their time and talent to let our farming families know they are not forgotten this summer and to remind them that lifeline is here to listen on 11 14 247. Rare 17th century bible for sale at wahroonga book fair. Lifeline bookfest is run all over queensland and helps to raise much needed funds for lifeline services. Everyday all around australia, lifeline is seeking to recruit volunteers. Lifeline bookfest offers brisbane bookworms a place to discover new authors and subjects, and spend four days filling bag or trolley with a range of preloved books. The book fair boasts 40,000 titles of pristine fiction at a fraction of retail prices, nonfiction covering 40 subject areas, plus cds and dvds. Lifeline bathurst bookfair last week i travelled to bathurst for the second year in a row for the lifeline book fair at the bathurst showground. As you enter the car park, there is a silver coloured garden shed on the right set back slightly from the car park and next to the blue clothing bins. Lifeline answers more than 40,000 calls each year, is owned and operated by wesley mission, and is one of 37 centres accredited by lifeline australia. The book fair is a fantastic opportunity to buy an eclectic range of books from our impressive collection. But its not just books up for grabs at the lifeline bookfest brisbane.
Lifeline to launch dedicated bushfire response phoneline. Lifeline northern beaches has run hundreds book fairs thanks to the tireless efforts of our book fair volunteers. Having never been before, i wasnt sure what to expect. Lifeline harbour to hawkesbury book fairs 2014 sydney. Lifeline provides 247 crisis support and suicide prevention services. Its that time of year that has the booklovers of sydneys southern suburbs rearranging their bookshelves, giddy with anticipation at the prospect of truckloads of book bargains. Record crowds have flocked to the lifeline book fair in canberra, which is expected to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity. Doors will be open 9am to 4pm saturday and 10am to 2pm sunday, with continue reading lifeline central west book fair. Horse training has certainly changed since last i saw it. One of sydneys best loved charities brings its famous book fair event to thornleigh community centre, across two days 8am 5pm each day. Thornleigh book fair thornleigh community centre, thornleigh.
Charity book fair in canberra attracts record crowds abc. Timothy hurford university of sydney australia linkedin. Lifeline is looking for people from all walks of life who would like to make a commitment to regular volunteer work and who are willing to learn new skills, support others and work within the vision and values of lifeline. As you may be aware, lifeline south coast had to make the tough decision to cancel the march big book fair. Over 50,000 quality used books, all categorised, plus cds and dvds. Lifelines newest retail store in gladesville will be officially opened by hunters. With tens of thousands of titles to choose from, under any category imaginable, you are sure to find something to suit all tastes. Lifeline central west book fair lifeline central west. Lifeline is honestly, across the board, a top notch charity that helps australians in multiple different areas. Each one takes place at a different venue and they range from clearance sales to fiction sales and general book sales.
The next lifeline bookfest in brisbane will run from saturday 17th january 2020 to monday 27th january 2020. On friday more than 4,000 people attended the fair, with. Creating suicide safer communities since 1978, lifeline macarthur is dedicated to saving lives and promoting mental health in the community. This year marks the 30th anniversary of lifelines famous book fairs on the north shore, and the annual 4day book fair at knox grammar, wahroonga on 1922 july is sydneys biggest. And although they have a religious founder, theyre secular, so none of that funny business some charities get.
Leader of hot potato shop 2019, gold duke of edinburgh 2019, silver duke of edinburgh 2017, bronze duke of edinburgh 2016 volunteer experience. Lifeline south coast wollongong 2500 02 4228 0403 clothing, bricabrac, 19 auburn street, wollongong 9. Lifeline book fair at thornleigh sydney mums group. The lifeline book shed is located directly behind our office at 4 park avenue gordon in the car park, off pearson avenue. We will keep all our loyal customers up to date on any changes to our scheduled october big book fair.
Its on this weekend 10am til 5pm saturday, 10am til 4pm sunday. We have a wide range of fiction and nonfiction books, including rare books and collectables, childrens books, textbooks and foreign language books. Lifeline canberras bookfairs raise a major portion of the funding needed to keep our local crisis support service running. We thank you for your continued support helping us deliver vital services to the. Buy a book or two, or three at lifelines epic bookfair next month and help keep its suicide prevention telephone crisis support service available to the community. Our bookfairs are the largest gathering of book lovers in canberra. From back issues of the new yorker and vogue to beautiful art folios, bestselling fiction, travel, cookbooks, childrens picture books and more, there is always something for everyone subscribe to our newsletters author interviews, events, giveaways, news and more. Lifeline, created by wesley mission, celebrated its 50year anniversary in 20. God they even have a massive book fair every year, and stereotypically people think reading is a good thing for humans. It will be held from 2028 january and is held twice a. This is a sale of secondhand books, rare books, cds, dvds, sheet music, etc.
Camera obscura ferry porthole bass straight waves over the spirit of tasmania. Over 110,000 books, cds, dvds, vinyl records and computer games. Lifeline bookfest 2020 brisbane bookfest families magazine. Lifeline banks on book fair funds central western daily. More than just fundraising days, our book fairs are popular community events, where people from right across the northern beaches get. Lifeline central wests mega book fair is coming to bathurst on saturday 19th and sunday 20th may 2018. Cedric bear peruses a pile of rare books destined for the fair. This invaluable organisation does everything it can, from suicide. Our centre is indebted to these two outstanding groups of volunteers, and their leaders, and to the generosity of the public who donate books.
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