Use our locator to find services, lifeline shops and information about charity bins, collection and drop off points near you. I had the great opportunity to go to lifeline s giant book fair on thursday night with a friend it may have been a date but the jury is still out on that one and i had a really great time. For new volunteers on the day come see us at the information desk during the bookfair. Postponed lifeline book fair st augustines facebook. This year since jerry is on leave we managed to get there on the opening day. October 20, 2018 canberra, act, australia monu dahiya is feeling fantastic with neha dahiya and 50 others at lifeline book fair. Bargain hunters spend hours wandering the rows of books, magazines, dvds and all matter of reading material, looking for books to keep them going until the next bookfair. Lifelines big book fair will take place from friday, october 18 to sunday, october 20 at the illawarra sports stadium, berkeley. Click here to see what fundraising events are coming up. The bookfairs are the largest gathering of book lovers in canberra. If you would like to volunteer, register your interest here. Lifeline, created by wesley mission, is celebrating its 56 th year anniversary. Lifeline giant book fair macquarie university ryde.
Lifeline central west book fair lifeline central west. There are heaps of great things about the lifeline bookfest. Lifeline is a telephone counselling service and they hold many book fairs around the country to raise funds. Click here for more information on our upcoming book fairs. Lifeline s telephone crisis support and suicide prevention service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the cost of a local call mobile phone calls are free of charge.
Lifeline south coast would like to acknowledge the lives that have been lost to suicide. Our bookfairs are the largest gathering of book lovers in canberra. Lifeline canberras bookfairs raise a major portion of the funding needed to keep our local crisis support service running. Causes event in sydney, nsw, australia by lifeline northern beaches and lifeline northern beaches book life on thursday, april 16 2020. Lifeline distribution centre clothing, accessories, bricabrac 267 harbord rd, brookvale 2100 5th driveway past officeworks. Lifeline bookfair part of the epic charity weekend epic. We will keep all our loyal customers up to date on any changes to our scheduled october big book fair. Lifeline book fairs raise thousands of dollars each year to help support the lifeline crisis support services. The other lifeline book for me is by pema chodron, called when things fall apart. What could be better than a rainy day at the lifeline bookfair, where you can take your time to browse through several pavilions of books. 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. Our book fairs have gained a reputation for their unique combination of highquality books, amazinglylow prices, and warm and welcoming atmosphere. 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 northshore. Brisbane we are back bringing you over a million books across 10 massive days all to raise vital funds for lifeline.
Lifeline south coast wollongong 2500 02 4228 0403 clothing, bricabrac, 19 auburn street, wollongong 9. 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. Everything from crime, romance, literature, poetry, biography and history to art, architecture, military, travel, music, cookery, gardening, craft. There will be more than 70,000 books for sale at the lifeline sutherland book fair from today until sunday at sutherland entertainment centre. The lifeline canberra bookfair is held a few times a year to raise muchneeded funds for lifeline local crisis support service. Our book fairs have gained a reputation for their unique combination of highquality books, amazingly low prices, and warm and welcoming atmosphere. Every year lifeline holds a huge secondhand book sale in order to raise funds for their counselling service. Support the big book fair illawarra mercury wollongong, nsw. You can browse more than 50,000 books generously donated by our community and help raise funds for lifeline s crisis support and suicide prevention services. With well over 4 kilometres worth of second hand books and so much more, its a whole day out that is not to be missed.
The book fair is held in a huge warehouse and is packed with tables of books. From the ceiling right down to the floor we can customise your event to make the room uniquely yours. Lifeline bookfest 2020 brisbane bookfest families magazine. It is essentially a book lovers dream, a stadium filled with thousands of books from a variety of different genres. 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. The sutherland lifeline bookfair in sutherland, nsw. The lifeline bookfest is a second hand book sale for book lovers young and old. There are also many people in the canberra community who fundraise for lifeline canberra.
Lifeline canberra have made the decision to cease donation collections given the current risks associated with covid19. Please be advised that the lifeline australia is the national administrative office, the. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the chronicle lifeline bookfest where once again the founders pavilion, toowoomba showgrounds will be stacked full of books, toys and games. As you may be aware, lifeline south coast had to make the tough decision to cancel the march big book fair. Lifeline is adding a new venue to its book fair calendar at macquarie university. Book fair march 2020 cancelled lifeline south coast. Lifeline warriewood book fair february 2020 lifeline northern. We will keep all our loyal customers up to date on. We have a wide range of fiction and nonfiction books, including rare books and collectables, childrens books, textbooks and foreign language books. Its bookworm bliss each event has thousands of quality preloved books up for grabs at bargain prices. Lifeline central wests mega book fair is coming to bathurst on saturday 19th and sunday 20th may 2018. The new location for one of their famous book fairs will be open from 8am 5pm both days. Lifeline south coasts big book fair lifeline south coast big book fair cancelled.
They run all over queensland, all throughout the year. Ive been attending two local book fairs for the past few years. Lifeline harbour to hawkesburys book fairs are run entirely by volunteers. Lifeline northern beaches holds four giant book fairs during the year. Lifelines big book fair on at illawarra sports stadium. Huge lifeline bookfest book haul june 2018 duration. Lifeline s second book fair at macquarie university will be even bigger this year, with more than 60,000 books on sale in over 50 general and specialist categorieseverything from crime, romance, literature, poetry, biography and history to art, architecture, military, travel, music, cookery, gardening, craft. Lifeline northern beaches book fairs see above all funds raised support the activities of lifeline northern beaches. Lifeline s big book fair will take place on friday and saturday between 9am and 5pm, and sunday between 9am and 4pm at the illawarra sports stadium, berkeley. Stay informed and sign up as a friend of lifeline canberra. 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. Lifeline bookfest is run all over queensland and helps to raise much needed funds for lifeline services. I always bag a bargain ie buy at least a big shopping bag of books.
All proceeds go to support the valuable telephone crisis support provided by lifeline in the community, so book buying can be an opportunity to provide hope and help to those in need. With tens of thousands of titles to choose from, under any category imaginable, you are sure to find something to suit all tastes. Librarything local covers bookstores and libraries, and book events of all kinds. If possible, please deliver your book donations to one of our shops during business hours click here for opening times. The first lifeline giant book fair for 2020 will be held at ted blackwood hall, warriewood from friday 14 february to sunday 16 february. The lifeline book shed is located directly behind our office at 4 park avenue gordon in the car park, off pearson avenue. Gymea village fair and lifeline book fair 2012 82 photos. Hundreds of volunteers are needed, so if you have an interest in books and want to. The fair runs from thursday sunday, so i was wondering if anyone else had been to one before, and if they can tell me what to expect.
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. We will communicate when the donations will recommence via all forms of social media, this is an unprecedented time, please take extra care of yourselves. We are committed to supporting those with a lived experience of suicide and aim to reduce the stigma around seeking help for poor mental health and suicidal crisis. Buy a book and help save a life, now theres a win win situation. Donations can be dropped off outside the main entrance of the coorong pavilion. Lifeline book fair, the premier book fair in the sutherland shire. Lifeline retail and donation drop off points lifeline sydney and sutherland ashfield 21 02 8922 9071 books 93 milton street, ashfield 9. Im hoping to head to the lifeline book fair at knox grammar this saturday. There are heaps of great things about the lifeline.
Everything from crime, romance, literature, poetry, biography and history to art, architecture, military, travel, music, cookery, gardening, craft and text books. Lifeline direct newcastle, hunter and central coast. Lifelines second book fair at macquarie university will be even bigger this year, with more than 60,000 books on sale in over 50 general and. Our volunteers were at the lifeline bookfair, held at exhibition park in canberra from 7th9th february 2020, to provide first aid. Lifeline s second book fair at macquarie university will be even bigger this year, with more than 60,000 books on sale in over 50 general and specialist categories.
Lifelines giant macquarie uni book fair city of ryde. Doors will be open 9am to 4pm saturday and 10am to 2pm sunday, with continue reading lifeline central west book fair. The title popped into my head a few years ago when things felt like they were crumbling. Lifeline book fairs are renowned for their variety and quality of books, giving you the chance to find something wonderful to read.
Our book depots in hornsby and lindfield, coordinated by committees, run seven. Or, for larger donations, please take your donation to. Our book fairs are renowned for their quality and huge variety of preloved titles, plus every dollar raised helps lifeline save lives. This event is a lifeline fundraiser, all proceeds will help fund suicide prevention services run locally by lifeline. But its not just books up for grabs at the lifeline bookfest brisbane. Engrossing mustread for book fair organisers and those who remember australias biggest and best book fair which ran for 50 years. Contact the lifeline national office using our online form. We have a wide range of fiction and nonfiction books, including rare books and collectibles, childrens books, textbooks and foreign language books.
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