Lifeline harbour to hawkesburys giant book fair heads back to castle hill this spring by popular demand after last years success at oakhill college for two days on the first weekend in october, more than 45,000 titles will be up for sale. 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. Over 50,000 quality used books, all categorised, plus cds and dvds. Home lifeline central west dreaming of a green christmas. Lifelines giant book fair castle hill sydney mums group. Book fair volunteers help out at a local book fair. Thornleigh book fair thornleigh community centre, thornleigh.
On christmas day over 2,500 people in crisis will call lifeline. The new location for one of their famous book fairs will be open from 8am 5pm both days. Christmas message from lifeline volunteer andrew downie. We appreciate your interest in and support of our book fairs. Lifeline telephone crisis supporters provide emotional support to those in crisis. Help us towards our vision of an australia free of suicide. Lifelines first giant book fair monthlychron lifelines. All the excitement of lifeline central wests popular spring book fair will come to bathurst showground this weekend. The next lifeline bookfest in brisbane will run from saturday 17th january 2020 to monday 27th january 2020.
Thats part of the sydney story factory which teaches creative writing to kids. For the price of just one small gold coin, you can buy a book while helping lifeline change and save lives. We thank you for your continued support helping us deliver vital services to the. Done with permission of harper collins christian publishers. We recommend you contact your local lifeline centre for more information about. Lifeline giant book fair macquarie university ryde. Supporting a very important cause suicide prevention in macarthur. Chatswood book fair lifeline harbour to hawkesbury. For over 49 years, our highly skilled volunteers have provided 247 support via our local 11 14 crisis support service.
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. It will be held from saturday to sunday, november 34, 8. Lifelines first giant book fair for 2020 will be on saturday and sunday, 12 february 2020 in chatswood, 8am5pm both days. Lifelines giant book fair in castle hill ellaslist. Lifeline s newest retail store in gladesville will be officially opened by hunters. Book fair funds will help throw a lifeline western advocate. Nothing worse than missing events you would love to attend. Gunn, mrs aeneas, selections from the little black princess, angus and robertson, sydney 1977 selections chosen and adapted by robin tranter. The lifeline bookfest is open from this saturday 8 to tuesday 11 june at the brisbane convention and exhibition centre, south brisbane. But you aint got to be no square to enjoy books, from tolstoy, dancing cats and bird watching almanacs to snoop doggy doggs abc, bookfest has got you covered.
Please be advised that the lifeline australia is the national administrative office, the contact number listed above does not offer crisis support. Lifeline banks on book fair funds central western daily. The massive and marvellous lifeline sutherland bookfair is returning to sutherland entertainment centre from friday 5 to sunday 7 july for its annual feast of all. 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 big book fair is the major fundraising event for lifeline south coast. Sat 18 jul and sun 19 jul 9am5pm great hall knox grammar school pacific highway, wahroonga sydneys biggest book fair. Book fairs archives lifeline harbour to hawkesbury. As you may be aware, lifeline south coast had to make the tough decision to cancel the march big book fair. Our bookfairs are the largest gathering of book lovers in canberra. Lifeline to launch dedicated bushfire response phoneline.
Last years threeday book fair at oakhill college proved such a hit that it is now a permanent fixture on lifelines events calendar. Lifeline bookfest 2020 brisbane bookfest families magazine. 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 categorieseverything from crime, romance, literature, poetry, biography and history to art, architecture, military, travel, music, cookery, gardening, craft and text books the selection of reading and picture books for young people. The below lists are a selection of the titles that were available at our lifeline book fair, 1416 february 2020, at ted blackwood hall, warriewood. Lifeline northern beaches holds four giant book fairs during the year.
Our bookfairs are the largest gathering of booklovers in canberra. Support the big book fair illawarra mercury wollongong, nsw. Lifeline retail volunteers work in a lifeline shop or warehouse as a shop assistant, cashier, driver or stock sorter. To help the communitys most vulnerable turn the page, the lifeline store in warrnambool is transforming into a massive book fair with over 20,000 books available for sale over five days across. All excellent quality, donated by our bookloving supporters, collected, cleaned and categorised by the volunteers to give book buyers the best. Everything from crime, romance, literature, poetry, biography and history to art, architecture, military, travel, music, cookery, gardening, craft. Funds raised go towards lifeline services including their 24hour crisis support service in the illawarra and. Fundraisers assist in fundraising activities and donation collection. Just fill in the contact form below and we will call you back. For many, lifeline is the only place they can turn to in the middle of the night when other services arent. 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. We have a wide range of collectable books available at our book fairs. Click here for more information on our upcoming book fairs. We will keep all our loyal customers up to date on any changes to our scheduled october big book fair. Eryldenes christmas fair eryldene historic house and garden, 17 mcintosh street, gordon nsw 2072.
It takes around 150 volunteers to run each book fair, so as you can imagine, we always welcome new helping hands. Lions christmas cakes and puddings are available at lifeline narellan. This christmas fair takes place in eryldene a historic house in the sydney north shore suburb of gordon, designed by the australian architect william hardy wilson. Lifelines major fundraiser returns to bathurst showground. 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. Lifeline narellan narellan, new south wales, australia. Creating suicide safer communities since 1978, lifeline macarthur is dedicated to saving lives and promoting mental health in the community. Lifeline canberra exists to support people in crisis and save the lives of those experiencing thoughts of suicide. Lifeline book fair proceeds to go towards crisis support.
The printed book alive and well in the age of digital lifelines popular book fairs throughout the year have proven time and again that the printed book contrary to dire predictions continues to thrive in an age where digital content rules. If you love books, helping at lifeline northern beaches book fairs could be a great volunteering opportunity for you. Last year i missed the best xmas market i had waited for all year. 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. 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.
All books are donated by our generous community and. Lifeline south coast is hoping the scoring power of sir donald bradman will help draw a record crowd to its sixth big book fair this weekend. Lifeline h2h will be collecting gifts and food for local families in need this christmas. And you can pick up some quality preloved books, cds and dvds over the two days of the book fair with over 50,000 on sale, including some rare special books. Director alex ferguson said more than 30,000 used books have been donated to.
You could donate to a sydney street library like the martian embassy in redfern. The fair raises funds for wesley mission lifeline sydney and sutherland, which helps thousands of people in crisis each year. 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. The lifeline book fair at thornleigh is on saturday 27th and sunday 28th april from 8am to.
Lifelines mega book fair, on again this weekend at the bathurst showground. Lifelines giant macquarie uni book fair city of ryde. These regular community fundraisers held around northern sydneyby lifeline harbour to hawkesbury. You can browse more than 50,000 books generously donated by our community and help raise funds for lifelines crisis support and suicide prevention services. Giving birth to the lifeline movement in 1963, wesley mission still operate the sydney and sutherland centres. Our book depots in hornsby and lindfield, coordinated by committees, run seven events a year.
Lifeline canberras bookfairs raise a major portion of the funding needed to keep our local crisis support service running. These items are offered on a first in, first served basis. Brisbane we are back bringing you over a million books across 10 massive days all to raise vital funds for lifeline. Lifeline easter book fair volunteer tania ferris and fundraising and sustainability manager bess slater at the event, which raised more. Lifelines big book fair at the illawarra sports stadium, berkeley. It will be held from 2028 january and is held twice a year in brisbane, plus all over queensland. Wesley mission martin place bookfair a fundraiser for. With more than 60,000 books available to purchase, theres sure to be something for everyone. For child and young adult books take them to a reading program. Last years threeday book fair at oakhill college proved such a hit that it is now a permanent fixture on lifeline s events calendar. Lifeline provides 247 crisis support and suicide prevention services.
Lifeline is celebrating 11 years of book fairs in thornleigh. So make sure you mark your diary for your chance to pick up a bag of bargains among the 60,000 books that will be on sale in over 50 general and specialist categories, including. You can never have enough books and lifelines big book fair certainly gives you the range to choose your favourites. Lifeline shops exist from the generosity of the local community when you donate your good quality, preloved items to lifeline they are sold to help raise vital funds for the 24hour lifeline crisis support line 11 14.
This will be the fourth year held at the civic pavilion at the concourse in victoria ave, chatswood. 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. Alex ferguson from lifeline central west said the book fair, which. Lifelines big book fair will take place from friday, october 18 to sunday, october 20 at the illawarra sports stadium, berkeley. 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. A free service delivered by lifeline and funded by the sydney north primary health network, way2wellness connects people on sydneys north side with mental wellbeing support mondayto friday 11am7pm. Our book fairs are renowned for their quality and huge variety of preloved titles, plus every dollar raised helps lifeline save lives.
This is the first lifeline book fair to ever be hosted at macquarie university. Lifeline will rely on the power of words to raise vital funds for its telephone crisis service in the hunter during the october long weekend. Thousands of people are flocking to the lifeline sydney bookfair kicking off today at sydneys martin place. Over 20,000 books up for grabs at lifelines easter book fair. 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. 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 book fairs have gained a reputation for their unique combination of highquality books, amazingly low prices, and warm and welcoming atmosphere. Contact the lifeline national office using our online form. Lifeline harbour to hawkesbury centre, 4 park avenue, nsw 2072 multiple. Lifeline book fair at thornleigh sydney mums group.
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