A long weekend of book buying, with something for everyone. Booklovers can peruse millions of titles spread over four kilometres of tables. Donate material goods lifeline centres raise over 80% of their operational costs through retail activities such as lifeline shops. Next week, a book fair paradise for word nerds and bookworms is set to take over knox grammar school. Book fairs in each oddnumbered year, the friends conducts a book fair. Lifeline encourages donations of quality, used or unwanted items such as. Were committed to empowering australians to be suicidesafe through connection, compassion and hope. The last i attended a lifeline book fair would have been in the mid 1980s when it was held at the albert hall, diminuitive by. Lifeline book fair at castle hill free entry sydney. Our bookfairs are the largest gathering of booklovers in canberra. In this era of the ebook and digital realm, is the book still desirable lifeline bookfair 2014 on vimeo. Im not sure how many of last years books ive read yet. Created by screenwriters benjamin freiburger and grant wheeler, the show tells the tale of an insurance agency that uses time travel to prevent the deaths of their.
Engrossing mustread for book fair organisers and those who remember australias biggest and best book fair which ran for 50 years. Book fairs archives lifeline harbour to hawkesbury. May 10, 2016 not every lifeline area holds book sales, but hornsby together with the lindfield depot holds 7 book sales per year. Lifeline northern beaches book life, brookvale, new south wales, australia. This is the first lifeline book fair to ever be hosted at macquarie university. This invaluable organisation does everything it can, from suicide. Together these three events have welcomed 12,540 customers, been supported by 234 volunteers, showcased. Lifeline is an american science fiction drama web television series broadcast on the youtube red network which began october 11, 2017. I like going to book fairs and to a lesser extent library book sales but they are not always easy to track down, especially in victoria where i live. Your continuing donations help keep our telephone crisis support service 11 14 available to the community. Lifeline is a nonprofit organisation that provides free, 24hour telephone crisis support service in australia. 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 specialist categories. We have a wide range of fiction and nonfiction books, including rare books and collectables, childrens books, textbooks and foreign language books. Lifeline northern beaches book fairs see above all funds raised support the activities of lifeline northern beaches.
Lifeline australia 11 14 crisis support and suicide. Oct 27, 2016 inmates from bathurst are among the many volunteers who help set up the annual lifeline mega book fair. Lifeline banks on book fair funds central western daily. I always bag a bargain ie buy at least a big shopping bag of books. Hunters hill 2016 book specials this listing is to give all our book fair.
Aug 05, 2016 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. 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. Lifelines mega book fair gets a helping hand western. Not every lifeline area holds book sales, but hornsby together with the lindfield depot holds 7. Doors will be open 9am to 4pm saturday and 10am to 2pm sunday, with continue reading lifeline central west book fair. We issue an annual report at the end of every financial year, which we are happy to share with the public.
The lifeline book shed is located directly behind our office at 4 park avenue gordon in the car park, off pearson avenue. I cast an enchantment spell that makes my facial hair grow throughout the video support me for a shoutout andor kiss new s. You can help lifeline simply by giving away items that you dont use anymore. You can never read enough books grab some new reading material as well as cds and dvds at lifelines southside winter bookfair. Lifeline south west vic easter book fair 2016 home.
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. The biannual fairs are major fundraisers for the charity. Lifeline south west vic easter book fair 2016 home facebook. 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 bookfest around the corner. Each year, the lifeline canberra bookfair recycles up to 1 million books many to our bookfairs, many to other charities, and to paper recycling. Youll also find magazines and pamphlets, sheet music, comics, maps and atlases, talking books, records and cds, dvds, games and jigsaws.
Lifeline canberras bookfairs raise a major portion of the funding needed to keep our local crisis support service running. Oct 15, 2018 i cast an enchantment spell that makes my facial hair grow throughout the video support me for a shoutout andor kiss new s. Aug 11, 2015 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. Book fairs, swap meets, auctions and similar events plus australian mostly east coast club meetings and the like this page dedicated to the late alan richardson and the late richard fitzgerald. Book fairs, swap meets, auctions and similar events plus australian mostly east coast club meetings and the like this page dedicated to the late alan richardson and. Our book fairs are renowned for their quality and huge variety of preloved titles, plus every dollar raised helps lifeline save lives. Oct 26, 20 lifeline is a telephone counselling service and they hold many book fairs around the country to raise funds.
I attended the canberra lifeline book fair held over three days, on february 12 14, at the huge budawang pavilion at exhibition park near the race course. The most magical time of the year is not december it is in fact january the month of glorious, smelly old books. This is a sale of secondhand books, rare books, cds, dvds, sheet music, etc. For more information on lifeline or the castle hill book fair, go to au. The photos had an address on the back and the book fair coordinator returned them to a very appreciative. What started out as a garage sale in the late 80s to raise money for lifeline grew into everpopular events. Lifelines giant macquarie uni book fair city of ryde. Lifeline bookfest brisbane unitingcare unitingcare queensland. More than,000 books were sold in just two days at the weekends mega book fair held at the bathurst showground. Lifeline south coast nsw 24hr telephone crisis support 11 14. 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. Buy a book and help save a life, now theres a win win situation. Refreshments are available from the epic cafe in the budawang pavilion from 9am on friday and saturday and 10am on sunday.
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. Free domestic violence response training 2930 november, gordon there are still places left on lifeline harbour to hawkesburys next dvalert domestic violence response training course, to be. Choose from over 60000 books, cds, dvds and computer games and help lifeline save lives. Inspired by the wonderful results from their other book fairs, the lifeline volunteer team has been very enthusiastic in preparing another magnificent display of. Nov 16, 2016 for lifeline to be taking 900 to 1200 calls a month in a population of about 42,000 is almost unheard of and the reason we do the book fairs is to raise money so we can have telephone support. 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. It will be held from saturday to sunday, november 34, 8. Lifeline is adding a new venue to its book fair calendar at macquarie university.
Our book fair is an important fundraising activity to help us raise much needed funds to support our 24hour telephone crisis support service 11 14 and to assist with running other vital programs that support our gippsland community each year. For new volunteers on the day come see us at the information desk during the bookfair. Sydneys biggest book fair at knox grammar school, wahroonga 1922 july. Lifeline northern beaches has run hundreds book fairs thanks to the tireless efforts of our book fair volunteers. 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. Lifeline bookfair winter 2016 canberra by courtney symes. Everything from crime, romance, literature, poetry, biography and history to art, architecture, military, travel, music, cookery, gardening, craft and text books. Lifeline northern beaches book life is a group of volunteers on sydneys northern beaches who. Lifeline central west book fair lifeline central west.
Books include texts, australiana, foreign languages, art, medical, engineering and commerce. 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 wonderful book lovers of brisbane and beyond helped raise much needed funds in june for the lifeline crisis support line. Lifeline canberra continue to sell items all year round through our ebay store. Inmates from bathurst are among the many volunteers who help set up the annual lifeline mega book fair. 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. Our book depots in hornsby and lindfield, coordinated by committees, run seven. Lifeline crisis support service wikipedia republished. Donations can be dropped off outside the main entrance of the tuggeranong basketball stadium. More than just fundraising days, our book fairs are popular community events, where people from right across the northern beaches get together and connect in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. These items are collected for the purpose of resale in retail outlets to raise funds for lifeline services.
Lifeline book fest is akin to christmas, hanukkah and my birthday, in fact every year i come in armed with a trolley bag and steely determination to nab every good book i find. Epic cafe will also be opening its doors for patrons waiting outside from 7am on friday, and 8am on saturday serving tea, coffee and breakfast options. Lifeline is a national charity providing all australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services. The new location for one of their famous book fairs will be open from 8am 5pm both days. For lifeline to be taking 900 to 1200 calls a month in a population of about 42,000 is almost unheard of and the reason we do the book fairs is. Lifeline mega book fair declared a success western. Annual reports like to learn more about lifeline northern beaches activities. Lifeline harbour to hawkesburys book fairs are run entirely by volunteers. Lifeline central wests mega book fair is coming to bathurst on saturday 19th and sunday 20th may 2018. With a wide range of fiction and nonfiction books, including rare books and collectables, childrens books, textbooks and foreign language books, you wont want to miss the lifeline canberra book fair. Volunteer crisis supporters provide suicide prevention services, mental health support and emotional assistance, not only via telephone but facetoface and online. Visit lifelines bookfest, queenslands largest secondhand book sale at the brisbane convention and exhibition centre to support the 24hour lifeline crisis support line. Lifeline bookfest is run all over queensland and helps to raise much needed funds for lifeline services.