JANUARY 2024
- Fine Music 102.5-FM Book, Sheet Music and CD Fair (was 2MBS-FM) (10-day sale). Phone 02-4322-3180. Email: 2mbsbooks@tpg.com.au. Website: www.finemusicfm.com/fine-music-book-cd-fairs.html.
Date: Thursday January xx to Sunday January xx (Thursday opening night: 6 PM - 10 PM, then daily 9 AM - 6 PM). Perhaps half-price last day.
Location: Johnson Hall, Crows Nest Centre, 2 Ernest Place, Crows Nest. Multilevel parking station behind venue (free for 2 hours, enter from Holtermann St).
- Braidwood Community Monster Australia Day (8 days) Bookfair (Anglican Parish of Braidwood). Twice a year. Phone Marjorie, 02-48461243 or braidwoodbookfair@gmail.com.
Date: Saturday January xx to Saturday January xx (9 AM - 4 PM).
Location: National Theatre, Wallace Street, Braidwood (opposite the Braidwood Bakery and Bendigo Bank).
FEBRUARY 2024
- Lifeline Harbour to Hawkesbury Chatswood Bookfair Book Fair (60,000 books, some CDs & DVDs). Phone 02-9498-8805. Web: www.lifelineh2h.org.au.
Date: Saturday February xx, Sunday February xx (8 AM - 5 PM).
Location: Civic Pavilion, The Concourse, 409 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood. Underground car park available beneath venue, entrance street behind (about $8 parking fee).
- Lifeline Northern Beaches Warriewood Bookfair. Four times a year (20,000 books). Phone 02-9949-5522. Email: bookfairs@lifelinenb.org.au. Web: www.lifelinenb.org.au/shop/book-fairs.
Date: Friday February xx (12 PM - 8 PM), Saturday February xx (9 AM - 5 PM); Sunday February xx (9 AM - 3 PM).
Location: Ted Blackwood Hall, corner Jackson & Boondah Roads, Warriewood (up the road from the shopping centre).
MARCH 2024
- West Pennant Hills & Cherrybrook Rotary Club Annual Giant Book Sale (March or April). Andrew Little 0468-330667. Web: www.wphcrotary.org. Email: wphc.rotary.booksale@gmail.com. Thousands of books, DVDs, CDs and records.
Date: Friday March xx (9 AM - 5 PM), Saturday March xx (9 AM - 5 PM), Sunday March xx (11 AM - 2 PM, clearance sale).
Location: Uniting Church, 134 New Line Rd, Cherrybrook (opposite Cherrybrook Public School).
- Lifeline South Coast Autumn Bookfair. Two times per year (70,000 books). Phone Clare Leslie 02-42281311. Web: www.lifelinesouthcoast.org.au.
Date: Friday March xx (9 - 5), Saturday March xx (9 - 5), Sunday March xx (9 - 4).
Location: Illawarra Sports Stadium, Berkeley (Wollongong area).
- Lifeline Canberra Book fair. Three times a year (200,000 books etc). Phone 02-6241-2901. Web site: www.act.lifeline.org.au. Email: bookfair@act.lifeline.org,au. [See also Ebay store and shop in Booklovers Lane @ Fyshwick Markets.]
Date: Thursday March xx (9 AM - 4 PM), Friday xx (9 AM - 6 PM); Saturday xx (9 AM - 4 PM); Sunday 28 (9 AM - 4 PM).
Location: Thoroughbred Park, 1 Randwick Rd, Lyneham, ACT.
- [TRANSFERED TO AUGUST, 2021] St Peters Public School P&C Book Fair (annual, March or April). Thousands of books, DVDs, games, posters, etc. (some vintage and collectable). Email: katestrang@hotmail.com. Phone 0421337170.
Date: Sunday March xx (10 AM - 4 PM).
Location: St Peters Public School Hall, entrance in St Peters Street, St Peters (parking school carpark end St Peters St).
- Glebe Public School Annual Bookfair (formerly Glebe Art Show). Annual, in about April. Phone 0418-271874. Email: books@glebeschool.org.au.
Date: Saturday March xx and Sunday March xx (9 AM - 4 PM).
Location: Benledi, 186 Glebe Count Road, Glebe (next door to Glebe Public library).
- Woden Seniors Annual Big Bookfair. Phone 6282 2573. Web: www. wodenseniors.org,au. Email: graysand1943@gmail.com.
Date: Friday March xx to Sunday April xx (10 AM - 4 PM). Includes puzzles, DVDs, etc. Plus president's table of old and rare books
Location: 12 Corinna St, Woden ACT (opposite Woden Library).
APRIL 2024
- Fine Music 102.5-FM Balmain Book and CD Fair (March or April). Phone 02-4322-3180. Email: 2mbsbooks@tpg.com.au. Website: www.finemusicfm.com/fine-music-book-cd-fairs.html.
Date: Thursday xxx to Sunday April xx (Thursday opening night: 6 PM - 10 PM, thereafter 9 AM - 6 PM each day).
Location: Balmain Town Hall, 370 Darling Street, Balmain.
- Lifeline Northern Beaches Brookvale Bookfair. Four times a year. Web: www.lifeline.org.au/northernbeaches. Email: lifeline@justnet.com.au. Phone 02-9949-5522.
Date: Thursday April xx (10 AM - 9 PM), Friday April xx (9 AM - 8 PM); Saturday April xx (9 AM - 5 PM); Sunday April xx (9 AM - 3 PM, half-price final day).
Location: St Augustine's College Sydney, Cnr Federal Parade West & Alfred Street (next to Brookvale Oval), Brookvale .
- Lifeline Harbour to Hawkesbury Thornleigh Bookfair Book Fair (50,000 books). Phone 02-9498-8805. Web: lifelineh2h.org.au (click on Coming Events).
Date: Saturday April xx, Sunday April xx (8 AM - 5 PM).
Location: Thornleigh Community Centre, Corner Phyllis & Central Avenue (next to Bunnings), Thornleigh.
MAY 2024
Lifeline Harbour to Hawkesbury Hornsby $2 Clearance Book Sale.Phone 02-9498-8805. Web: lifelineh2h.org.au (click on Coming Events).
Date: Saturday May xx, Sunday May xx (8 AM - 4 PM).
Location: Hornsby War Memorial Hall, 2 High Street, Hornsby.
JUNE 2024
Fine Music 102.5-FM Crows Nest Book, Sheet Music and CD Fair (was 2MBS-FM) (10-day sale). Phone 02-4322-3180. Email: 2mbsbooks@tpg.com.au. Website: www.finemusicfm.com/fine-music-book-cd-fairs.html.
Date: Thursday June xx to Sunday June xx (Thursday opening night: 6 PM - 10 PM, thereafter 9 AM - 6 PM each day). Possible half-price last day.
Location: Johnson Hall, Crows Nest Centre, Ernest Place (61 Willoughby Rd), Crows Nest. Parking station behind venue (free for 2 hours, enter from Holtermann St).
Braidwood Monster Long-Weekend Bookfair (Anglican Parish of Braidwood). Twice a year. Phone Marjorie, 0418291141 or braidwoodbookfair@gmail.com.
Date: June Long-weekend, Friday June xx to Monday June xx(9 AM to 4 PM, but 9 AM - 2 PM Monday).
Location: National Theatre, main street Braidwood, opposite Braidwood Bakery.
Lifeline South Coast (Wollongong) Winter Bookfair. Three times a year (40,000 books). Phone 02-42281311. Web: www.lifelinesouthcoast.org.au.
Date: June long weekend: Friday June xx (9 AM - 5 PM), Saturday June xx (9 AM - 5 PM), Sunday June xx (9 AM - 4 PM).
Location: Shoalhaven Basketball Stadium, Bomaderry.
Galston Rotary Club Annual Bookfair. Annual, June or July. Phone: 0410-530691. Email: Kathryn.crowhurst@iprimus.com.au. www.galstonrotary.org.au.
Date: Friday xx June (8.30 AM - 5 PM), Saturday xx June (8.30 AM - 5 PM), Sunday xx June (8.30 AM to 3 PM: Clearance sale). Over 55,000 books, including collectible first editions, plus puzzles, CDs, etc.
Location: Galston Community Centre, 37 Arcadia Rd, Galston.
Lifeline Southside Canberra Bookfair. Three times a year (200,000 books, Southside being smaller). Phone 02-6247-0655. Web site: www.act.lifeline.org.au .
Date: Friday June xx (9 - 6); Saturday June xxx (9 - 5); Sunday June xx (10 - 4).
Location: The Auditorium, Erindale Vikings, 6 Ricardo Street, Wanniassa.
Rouse Hill Rotary Book Fair. Phone 0425-206777. Email: bredin@bigpond.net.au.
Date: Saturday June xx, Sunday June xx (9 AM - 3 PM each day).
Location: Kellyville Public School, 35A Windsor Rd, Kellyville.
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JULY 2024
- Lifeline Harbour to Hawkesbury Bookfair Knox Wahroonga Book Fair [NEW LOCATION]. Annual, in July. Over 110,000 books with extra books added each day. New fiction hall. More space, more books. Phone 02-9498-8805. Web: lifelineh2h.org.au (click on Coming Events).
Date: Thursday July xx to Friday July xx (9 AM - 9 PM), Saturday July xx to Sunday July xx (9 AM - 5 PM).
Location: Knox Grammar School Weeks Senior Academy, Borambil Street (off Pacific Highway), Wahroonga. Underground car park in Borambil Street. Short walk from Warrawee station.
- Lifeline Canberra Epic Bookfair [CANCELLED]. Three times a year (200,000 books etc). Phone 02-6241-2901. Web site: www.act.lifeline.org.au. Email: bookfair@act.lifeline.org,au.
Date: Friday July xx (9 AM - 6 PM); Saturday July xx (9 AM - 5 PM); Sunday July xx (10 AM - 4 PM). Includes Collectibles.
Location: Tuggeranong Southern Cross Stadium, Pitman Street, Greenway [Canberra].
- Rotary Club of Beecroft Annual Bookfair. 10,000 books. Website: www.rotarynews.info/3/Club4198/6863.
Date: Saturday July xx to Sunday July xx (9AM to 4PM?).
Location: Beecroft - Cheltenham Scout & Guide Hall, next to Tennis Courts, The Crescent, Beecroft.
AUGUST 2024
- [2025 is sale year] Friends of the University of Newcastle Biennial Bookfair. Biennial, in July to Sept of odd-numbered years. Phone: 02-49556360 Lesley. Web: uonfriends.wordpress.com.
Date: Saturday September xx to Saturday September xx (8 days). Saturday, Sunday: 10-5; Monday to Friday: 10-4. Includes a table of rare books. Free weekends parking.
Location: The Great Hall, University of Newcastle.
- Lifeline Northern Beaches Warriewood Bookfair. Four times a year. Includes silent auction. Phone 02-9949-5522. Web: lifeline.org.au/northern beaches.
Date: Friday August xx (12 PM - 8 PM), Saturday August xx (9 AM - 5 PM); Sunday August xx (9 AM - 3 PM).
Location: Ted Blackwood Hall, corner Jacksons & Boondah Roads, Warriewood (up the road from the shopping centre).
- Lifeline Harbour to Hawkesbury Macquarie University Bookfair (65,000 books). 40,000 books, plus DVDs, CDs, Videos. Phone 02-9498-8805. Web: lifelineh2h.org.au (click on Coming Events).
Date: Saturday August xx, Sunday August xx (8 AM - 5 PM).
Location: 12 Wally's Walk, Macquarie University, enter via Balaclava Rd, North Ryde.
SEPTEMBER 2024
- [NEW ARRANGEMENTS] University of Sydney Bookfair (Jointly with Lifeline). Annual, in mid September (70,000 books). Phone 02-93510017. Web: https://www.sydney.edu.au/engage/visit/chancellors-committee.html. Email: chancellors.bookroom@sydney.edu.au.
Date: Saturday 14 September to Wednesday 18 September, 10 AM - 4 PM. Includes table of rare books. $10 box on Tuesday. $5 box on Wednesday. Card payment only (NO CASH SALES). There is a draw for a $500 book voucher, Better Read than Dead Bookshop, Newtown.
Location: The Great Hall, The Quadrangle, Main Campus. Enter grounds via Derwent St (Glebe) entrance on Parramatta Rd opposite Derwent Street, Glebe. Casual parking available in designated spaces (parking fees may apply).
- Lifeline Canberra Spring EPIC Bookfair. Three times a year (200,000 books). Phone 02-6247-0655. Web site: www.act.lifeline.org.au .
Date: Friday September xx (9 - 6); Saturday Sept xx (9 - 5); Sunday Sept xx (10 - 4). Perhaps includes Old & Rare Book Sale in the Kakadu Room (Fri - Sat).
Location: Budawang and Coorong Buildings, Epic Exhibition Park, Flemington Road, Mitchell, ACT [Canberra].
- Fine Music 102.5-FM Book and CD Fair (was 2MBS-FM) (10-day sale). Over 20,000 books + 10,000 CDs, etc. Phone 02-4322-3180. Email: 2mbsbooks@tpg.com.au. Website: www.finemusicfm.com/fine-music-book-cd-fairs.html.
Date: Wednesday Sept xx (6 - 10 PM). closed Thursday. Friday Sept xx (9 AM - 10 PM), Saturday Sept xx to Monday October xx (9 AM - 6 PM). Possible half-price last day. Includes extensive sheet music, DVDs, records, old prints.
Location: Crows Nest Centre, 2 Ernest Place (59-61 Willoughby Rd), Crows Nest. Parking station behind venue (free for 2 hours, enter from Holtermann St).
OCTOBER 2024
- Lifeline Newcastle Annual Bookfair. Annual, September or October. Phone Jo Turner, 02-4940-2000. Web: www.lifelinehunter.org.au. Email: emmaa@lifelinehunter.org.au.
Date: Saturday October xx (9 AM to 4 PM), Saturday October xx to Sunday October xx (10 AM - 4PM).
Location: Unit 35 at 54 Clyde Street, Hamilton North (behind Lifeline shop).
- Lifeline Harbour to Hawkesbury Castle Hill Oakhill Bookfair (60,000 books).Phone 02-9498-8805. Web: lifelineh2h.org.au (click on Coming Events).
Date: Friday October xx, Saturday October xx, Sunday October xx (9 AM - 5 PM).
Location: Oakhill College, Old Northern Rd, Castle Hill. [Plenty parking in school grounds, enter from Old Northern Road at main school entrance.]
- Lifeline South Coast (Wollongong) Spring Bookfair. Three times a year (70,000 books). Phone 02-42281311. Web: www.lifelinesouthcoast.org.au/book-fair.
Date: Friday Oct. xx (9 AM - 5 PM), Saturday Oct. xx (9 AM - 5 PM), Sunday Oct. xx (9 AM - 4 PM).
Location: Illawarra Sports Stadium, Berkeley.
NOVEMBER 2024
- Lifeline Northern Beaches Balgowlah Bookfair. Four times a year. Web: www.lifeline.org.au/northernbeaches. Email: bookfairs@lifelineb.org.au. Phone 02-9949-5522.
Date: Friday November xx (2 PM - 8 PM); Saturday November xx (9 AM - 5 PM); Sunday November 29 (9 AM - 3 PM).
Location: St Augustine's College Sydney, Federal Parade West & Alfred Street (next to Brookvale Oval), Brookvale.
DECEMBER 2024
- Lifeline Harbour to Hawkesbury Hornsby Bookfair (70,000 books). Phone 02-9498-8805. Web: lifelineh2h.org.au (click on Coming Events).
Date: Saturday December xx to Monday December xx (8 AM - 5 PM).
Location: Rosewood Centre, Barker Collage, Unwin Road, Hornsby. Carpark underneath the hall. Short walk from Waitara station.
FORMER BOOKFAIRS
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES BOOKFAIR.
March-April each year, 1968 to 2012, 50,000 to 100,000 books.
For a fascinating comprehensive history of this pioneer book fair: Fugitive Books, by Roderic Campbell. Kensington: UNSW Archives. ISBN: 9780733434679.
NATIONAL TRUST BOOKFAIR. S. H. Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney (annual in September).
LIFELINE SYDNEY SUTHERLAND BOOKFAIRS. Variously held at Sydney Boys High School, Randwick Racecourse, Sutherland locations, Ashfield Town Hall, Martin Place tent.
Friends of the Waverley Library Annual Book Sale (May), Bondi Junction. Replaced by a continuous table in the library.
Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) Annual Community Fair: Books - Toys - Music - Plants. Annual in about April. RIDC Renwick Centre, Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, 361-365 North Rocks Road, North Rocks.
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