Lifeline book fair 2014 sydney

Lifeline bookfest is run all over queensland and helps to raise much needed funds for lifeline services. Leader of hot potato shop 2019, gold duke of edinburgh 2019, silver duke of edinburgh 2017, bronze duke of edinburgh 2016 volunteer experience. Record crowds have flocked to the lifeline book fair in canberra, which is expected to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity. Lifeline bookfest what is on in brisbane the weekend. 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. The book fair is a fantastic opportunity to buy an eclectic range of books from our impressive collection. 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.

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. Lifeline south coast wollongong 2500 02 4228 0403 clothing, bricabrac, 19 auburn street, wollongong 9. With tens of thousands of titles to choose from, under any category imaginable, you are sure to find something to suit all tastes. Our bookfairs are the largest gathering of booklovers in canberra. Lifelines newest retail store in gladesville will be officially opened by hunters.

Brisbane we are back bringing you over a million books across 10 massive days all to raise vital funds for lifeline. 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. Over 50,000 quality used books, all categorised, plus cds and dvds.

Sydney, australia lifeline macarthur events eventbrite. Its on this weekend 10am til 5pm saturday, 10am til 4pm sunday. Everyday all around australia, lifeline is seeking to recruit volunteers. Lifeline provides 247 crisis support and suicide prevention services. Lifeline northern beaches has run hundreds book fairs thanks to the tireless efforts of our book fair volunteers. 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. Collectable books available at our upcoming book fair. 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. 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. Our centre is indebted to these two outstanding groups of volunteers, and their leaders, and to the generosity of the public who donate books. Visit the lifeline bookfest in brisbane, the largest secondhand book sale in queensland. Lifeline is honestly, across the board, a top notch charity that helps australians in multiple different areas. Lifeline banks on book fair funds central western daily. One of sydneys best loved charities brings its famous book fair event to thornleigh community centre, across two days 8am 5pm each day.

Lifeline book fair, the premier book fair in the sutherland shire. 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. Cedric bear peruses a pile of rare books destined for the fair. 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. 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. Lifeline is a crisis support and suicide prevention service that is entirely nonforprofit. Lifeline harbour to hawkesbury book fairs 2014 sydney. Rare 17th century bible for sale at wahroonga book fair. Lifeline central west book fair lifeline central west. The lifeline book fair will take place between 9am. Lifeline canberras bookfairs raise a major portion of the funding needed to keep our local crisis support service running.

Books include texts, australiana, foreign languages, art, medical, engineering and commerce. Creating suicide safer communities since 1978, lifeline macarthur is dedicated to saving lives and promoting mental health in the community. 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. A 367yearold bible has been discovered in a box of old books that was donated to one of sydneys largest book fairs. Timothy hurford university of sydney australia linkedin. Having never been before, i wasnt sure what to expect. 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. As you may be aware, lifeline south coast had to make the tough decision to cancel the march big book fair. And although they have a religious founder, theyre secular, so none of that funny business some charities get. Kawana bookfair a book for a lifeline sunshine coast. Book fairs in each oddnumbered year, the friends conducts a book fair. Lifeline bookfest 2020 brisbane bookfest families magazine. Lifeline retail and donation drop off points lifeline sydney and sutherland ashfield 21 02 8922 9071 books 93 milton street, ashfield 9. 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.

Lifeline to launch dedicated bushfire response phoneline. 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. It will be held from 2028 january and is held twice a. But its not just books up for grabs at the lifeline bookfest brisbane. The event is held over 10 days in january, and organisers claim it is the biggest book fair of its type in australia. We have a wide range of fiction and nonfiction books, including rare books and collectables, childrens books, textbooks and foreign language books. Sat 18 jul and sun 19 jul 9am5pm great hall knox grammar school pacific highway, wahroonga sydneys biggest book fair. Thornleigh book fair thornleigh community centre, thornleigh. We will keep all our loyal customers up to date on any changes to our scheduled october big book fair. You can get help online at the lifeline website, or call 11 14 if life is in immediate danger, please call triple zero 000. 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. God they even have a massive book fair every year, and stereotypically people think reading is a good thing for humans. This is a sale of secondhand books, rare books, cds, dvds, sheet music, etc.

The next lifeline giant book fair will be held at ted blackwood hall, warriewood. Horse training has certainly changed since last i saw it. Bega mayor kristy mcbain has been endorsed as labors candidate in 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. 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. Lifeline book fair at thornleigh sydney mums group. Choose from over 90,000 titles and help lifeline save lives. The lifeline book shed is located directly behind our office at 4 park avenue gordon in the car park, off pearson avenue. Graham tidy but dont think age is everything at the lifeline spring bookfair, which is expected to draw in 12,000. Lifeline, created by wesley mission, celebrated its 50year anniversary in 20. Charity book fair in canberra attracts record crowds abc.

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 will have 20,000 books on the weekend, donations come from lifeline in canberra and some come from lifeline centres in sydney, he said. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Lifelines spring bookfair to draw thousands of bibliophiles. Over 110,000 books, cds, dvds, vinyl records and computer games. Lifeline harbour to hawkesburys book fairs are run entirely by volunteers. 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.

Whether youre a local, new in town, or just passing through, youll be sure to find something on eventbrite that piques your interest. 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. 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. Camera obscura ferry porthole bass straight waves over the spirit of tasmania. Lifeline central wests mega book fair is coming to bathurst on saturday 19th and sunday 20th may 2018. In a first for castle hill, lifeline is holding one of its famous book fairs at the oakhill college, old northern road, on 89 october from 8am to 5pm. 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. We thank you for your continued support helping us deliver vital services to the.