Lifeline bookfest is back for another round of vintage bargains and startling ranges of everything from australian womens weekly cookbooks to a bit of cheeky erotica. Lifeline encourages donations of quality, used or unwanted items such as. Sydneys biggest book fair, lifelines biggest sydney book fair promises the. Bring your friends and family to the lifeline bookfest second hand book sale on the gold coast. Ervin gallery, observatory hill, sydney annual in september. Lifeline is a national charity providing all australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services. This fair has thousands of quality secondhand books in easy to find categories. We can spread our love of reading far and wide, and save books from landfill, all while raising incredibly vital funds for lifeline. This is an unprecedented time please do not take donations to our warehouse please take extra care of yourselves. If you cannot make an event, you are welcome to donate below.
Lifeline australia 11 14 crisis support and suicide. Expect the unexpected at lifeline bookfest journeyonline. Aug 04, 2017 lifeline bookfest ipswich will see around 300 tables stocked to the brim with over 80 tonnes of hardcovers and paperbacks of all genres, styles and authors. The lifeline bookfest is a perfect opportunity for bargain hunters, collectors and families to find preloved books, to stock your bookshelf for ages to come. The event is set to offer the biggest array of bargain priced books in ipswich this year. This life saving service offers suicide prevention and bereavement support over the telephone as well as family and crisis support.
We welcome donations all year round through your nearest. Entry is free and well have a sausage sizzle and drinks available for purchase. Jan 16, 2016 rory eggington 4 stocks up at lifeline bookfest. If you would like to lend a hand, please let us know. Our lifeline giant book fair at st augustines college, brookvale has been postponed. Find out more about our northside and southside locations. There are heaps of great things about the lifeline bookfest. Im making wishlists, setting my alarm, and trying to drink as much warm milk as i can manage because i just cant sleep. Lifeline centres raise over 80% of their operational costs through retail activities such as lifeline shops. Glenn hunt the crowds just bulldozed over to us and made their way to the tables, she said. I also like to travel and experience new things to do.
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Thousands swarm into lifeline bookfest brisbane times. This lifesaving service offers prevention and bereavement support over the phone as well as family and crisis support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 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. Booklovers can peruse millions of titles spread over four kilometres of tables. During the 20162017 financial year, there has been two book. Lifeline is a nonprofit organisation and receives 400 000 calls for assistance each year. Lifeline bookfest what is on in brisbane the weekend. From lavish coffeetable books to literary classics, a favourite tome is sure to be uncovered. Lifeline bookfest bundaberg sep 2018, branyan australia trade.
Bookfest wouldnt happen without our wonderful volunteers. For more than 25 years, lifeline harbour to hawkesbury has been putting on its unique brand of bargainfilled, family friendly book fairs at locations all over sydney s north shore. If so, then you will love the 32nd annual book fair. Lifeline bookfest brisbane brisbane australia events.
This life saving service offers suicide prevention and bereavement support over. I did not know about the existence of bookfest until it had already started and gone halfway through its scheduled dates for january 2017. Our book fairs have gained a reputation for their unique combination of highquality books, amazingly low prices, and warm and welcoming atmosphere. The lifeline 11 14 crisis support line offers potentially lifesaving support to people who are suicidal or in crisis, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. There are literally mountains of books to sift through. Lifeline bookfest is run all over queensland and helps to raise much needed funds for lifeline services. These items are collected for the purpose of resale in retail outlets to raise funds for lifeline services. This may, the lifeline gold coast bookfest will return to the gccec with over 80 tonnes of books, from as low as 50 cents. Lifeline bookfest, brisbane convention and exhibition. Lifeline australia 11 14 crisis support and suicide prevention. Lifeline northern beaches holds four giant book fairs during the year.
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Its the night before lifeline bookfest and im acting like a five year old does on christmas eve. With a sea of books to explore everybody will find something for any interest whether it be paper back or hard cover novels, childrens books, arts and craft, cooking or history. Jan 19, 2018 visit the lifeline bookfest in brisbane, the largest secondhand book sale in queensland. Its cool, crisp and its the best time to put your feet up, snuggle up and enjoy a good book and what great timing with lifeline gold coast bookfest around the corner. We have thousands of quality preloved books up for grabs with prices from just 50c. The lifeline bookfest is a perfect opportunity for bargain hunters, collectors and families to find preloved books, to stock. Books are all donated to lifeline for the bookfest with proceeds going towards lifelines 24 hour suicide prevention hotline. Over the christmas and new year break i went beserk and crocheted about 10 market bags. Lifeline bookfest rockhampton is a 3 day event being held from 1719 may 2019 in rockhampton, australia. Visit the lifeline bookfest in brisbane, the largest secondhand book sale in queensland.
Running from saturday 9th to wednesday th september, 10am4pm at the university of sydneys great hall. Brisbane lifeline bookfest 2014 pieces of my mind, life. Lifeline bookfest 2020 brisbane bookfest families magazine. Lifeline bookfest is held at the brisbane convention centre biannually. Coffs harbour south rotary club bookfest usually anzac day weekend.
This lifesaving service offers suicide prevention and bereavement support over the phone as well as family and crisis support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Oct 12, 2009 lifeline bookfest to go nine days in brisbane. Lifeline bookfest ipswich will see around 300 tables stocked to the brim with over 80 tonnes of hardcovers and paperbacks of all genres, styles and authors. In queensland, unitingcare community runs lifeline services such as the 11 14 crisis line and postdisaster community recovery program as. An institution on the brisbane calendar, lifeline bookfest is the largest second hand book sale in queensland, helping to raise money to support lifelines 24hour crisis support line, free face. Time to stock up on soap operathemed cookbooks and other treasures you didnt know you needed. Lifeline s brisbane bookfest lifeline bookfest is the largest second hand book sale in qld and the biggest fundraising event that supports the 24 hour 11 14 lifeline crisis support line.
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For more than 25 years, lifeline harbour to hawkesbury has been putting on its unique brand of bargainfilled, family friendly book fairs at locations all over sydneys north shore. Book fairs, swap meets, auctions and similar events plus australian mostly east coast club meetings and the like. Bookfest jan 2020, lifeline bookfest gold coast, gold coast. It will be held from 2028 january and is held twice a year in brisbane, plus all over queensland. Running from saturday 9th to wednesday th september, 10am4pm at the university of sydney s great hall. Cnr merivale st and glenelg st, brisbane, queensland, australia 4101. Expect the unexpected at lifeline bookfest in agency news 01062016 1,222 views lifeline bookfests attract crowds eager for a bargain on their books but theres a. Were committed to empowering australians to be suicidesafe through connection, compassion and hope.
Lifeline bookfest brisbane is the largest second hand book sale in queensland and the biggest fundraising event that supports the 24 hour lifeline 11 14 crisis line. Lifeline bookfest, thousands of books, games, puzzles. The juggernaut which is the brisbane lifeline bookfest returns bigger than ever this weekend and continues for an unprecedented nine days. Guilt free shopping is just around the corner with the lifeline gold coast bookfest which is on february 911 at the gold coast convention and exhibition centre. Lifeline canberra bookfairs are held three times a year across canberra. All books are donated by our generous community and our book fairs are vital to ensuring we can continue to provide crisis support and suicide prevention services. With well over 4 kilometres worth of second hand books and so much more, the brisbane bookfest is a whole day out that is not to be missed. Basically, an entire libraries worth of books is dumped and strewn throughout an exhibition hall and put on sale for dirt cheap prices. You can donate your books at the brisbane bookfest, so please see one of our volunteers at the event for assistance.
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