Lifeline canberra is a leading charity in the act, setting the benchmark for suicide prevention and communitywide awareness for mental health advocacy. Lifeline bookfest brisbane is the largest second hand book sale in queensland and the biggest fundraising event that supports the 24 hour lifeline 11 14 crisis line. 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 things literary. For more than 25 years, lifeline harbour to hawkesbury has been putting on family friendly book fairs at locations all over sydneys north shore. This is an annual charity event, with money raised going to support lifeline suicide prevention services sydney and sutherland. Lifeline centres raise over 80% of their operational costs through retail activities such as lifeline shops. It is an amazing day out for everyone, lots of buzz and. 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. Thousands on books available for sale in a variety of genres along with records, cds and sheet music.
Head to knox college, wahroonga from july 1922 to browse through an incredible 90,000 preloved books to bag bargains across novels, rare finds. 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. This lifesaving service offers prevention and bereavement support over the phone as well as family and crisis support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Lifeline australia 11 14 crisis support and suicide. From lavish coffeetable books to literary classics, a favourite tome is sure to be uncovered. Dodgers recently hosted the second annual campo las palmas summer camp, held their first of three book fairs of the year through the dodgers my very own library program and will continue to welcome participants in their dodgers young stars program for yearround. Lifeline telephone crisis support call 11 14 24hrs a day. This is the first lifeline book fair to ever be hosted at macquarie university. Lifeline bookfest brisbane is the largest second hand book sale in queensland and the biggest fundraising event that supports the 24 hour lifeline 11 14 crisis support line. Friends of the waverley library annual book sale may, bondi junction.
Lifeline bookfest abc melbourne australian broadcasting. Lifeline northern beaches book fair warriewood february 2018. Causes event in sydney, nsw, australia by lifeline harbour to hawkesbury and the concourse chatswood on saturday, february 1 2020 with 408 people. 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 offer a 11 14 crisis line which focuses largely on suicide prevention. Way2wellness is provided by lifeline harbour to hawkesbury in association with lifeline northern beaches. Characters are well developed and flawed just enough to make them beliveable. 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.
Jul, 2017 lifelines biggest sydney book fair promises the best. Lifeline northern beaches is part of the national lifeline network, who are the leading provider of suicide prevention services in australia. We have the ugly boat admiration society and the cool dodger thread. Lifeline petersham book fair in petersham, nsw 19 oct, 20 sat 9. Through selling second hand books at the lifeline book fairs, much needed funds are raised to support the work of wesley missions lifeline branches. The lifeline bookfest is a long running secondhand book festival held several times a year all over australia, including in. Typical cj lyons book, i cant wait to turn the page and finish the book and by the next one. Lifeline s biggest sydney book fair promises the best. 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. Since april 20, we have been providing the basic need of cloth diapers to less.
This lifesaving service offers suicide prevention and bereavement support over the telephone as well as family and crisis support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our centre is indebted to these two outstanding groups of volunteers, and their leaders, and to the generosity of the public who donate books. 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. Join us at exhibition park this friday, saturday and sunday for the biggest ever lifeline canberra bookfair. Lifeline book fair, the premier book fair in the sutherland shire. 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.
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 bookfest is run all over queensland and helps to raise much needed funds for lifeline services. Lifelines 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. Hardbacks, toys, dvds and cds will all be a fraction of their original price. Lifeline macarthurs big book fair is coming to camden. The book fair will be held at the lifeline store at 66 macquarie st, liverpool and will be open on saturday 9am4pm and sunday 10am3pm. Pristine fiction and nonfiction at a fraction of retail prices.
Lifeline sutherland book fair in sutherland, nsw 6 jul. Your support for our book fairs goes a long way in generating the funds required to continue providing these services to our community. Lifelines book fair draws a crowd western advocate. Kawana bookfair a book for a lifeline sunshine coast. They also provide many other services to the community including 24 hour counselling, bereavement support, anger management, and problem gambling, to name but a few. Anyone across australia experiencing a personal crisis or thinking about suicide can contact lifeline. An institution on the brisbane calendar, lifeline bookfest is the largest second hand book sale in queensland, helping to raise money to support lifeline s 24hour crisis support line, free face.
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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. Book expo australia a showcasing australian authors and. 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. Lifeline harbour to hawkesburys book fairs are run entirely by volunteers. Despite its comparatively short history of white settlement, the map of australia is spattered with the names of towns that are now only a handful of ruins, or ess than that, or linger on, each with its once busy streets lined with glassless windows except for perhaps those of perhaps half a dozen houses, a store, and a shady pub with decaying veranda. Join facebook to connect with gemma collinson and others you may know. Lifelines giant book fair in chatswood in the cove. The biographies in this book are only brief, informational descriptions. Were committed to empowering australians to be suicidesafe through connection, compassion and hope. This is a sale of secondhand books, rare books, cds, dvds, sheet music, etc. Lifeline canberra exists to support people in crisis and save the lives of those experiencing thoughts of suicide. The lifeline book shed is located directly behind our office at 4 park avenue gordon in the car park, off pearson avenue. 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.
For more information on lifeline andor the chatswood book fair, go to au. Ervin gallery, observatory hill, sydney annual in september. This is the first book fair for 2018 so come along, pick up a bargain and support a very worthy cause. Lifeline bookfest what is on in brisbane the weekend edition. Sydney s biggest annual sale of secondhand books is offering some rare gems for auction, as well as a vast collection of top quality paperbacks and hard covers ranging from popup books for preschoolers, great fiction and literature, cookery, craft. Whatever youre planning to do, wherever youre going, however youll be relaxing and winding down, theres no summertime companion like a good engrossing novel. Royal institute for deaf and blind children annual book fair, sydney, nsw. Everyday all around australia, lifeline is seeking to recruit volunteers.
Come visit and you will discover thousands of great reads all at smashing book fair prices. Penny mayson, operations manager of lifeline sydney and sutherland, talks about the valuable contribution that volunteers make to bring about the yearly fundraiser, the lifeline book fair. This is an organisation that has been serving the northern beaches area for over 40 years now and in this time, they have helped many thousands of people in their struggles with everyday life. Lifeline bookfest 2020 brisbane bookfest families magazine. Castle hill book fair lifeline harbour to hawkesbury. Sydney, australia lifeline macarthur events eventbrite. Our book depots in hornsby and lindfield, coordinated by committees, run seven events a year. Fairgoers who come to the fair can receive free admission by donating five. Lifeline petersham book fair in petersham, nsw 19 oct. If you have a large donation from a house or book shop clearance, school or church fete or unwanted school library books could you please call the lifeline canberra office on 02 6171 6300. It will be held from saturday to sunday, november 34, 8. Contact the lifeline national office using our online form.
One of the great canberra social events is the lifeline book fair. Selling books since 1998 po box 176, annandale nsw 2038, australia email your order. Proceeds from the book fairs are an essential funding source for lifeline s telephone crisis support and suicide prevention services. Youll also find magazines and pamphlets, sheet music, comics, maps and atlases, talking books, records and cds, dvds, games and jigsaws. Jan 20, 2018 lifeline bookfest brisbane is the largest second hand book sale in queensland and the biggest fundraising event that supports the 24 hour lifeline 11 14 crisis support line.
Mar 22, 2015 in fact, buying preloved books proved so popular that the biannual lifeline big book fair event raised a record amount of money over the weekend. The chronicle lifeline bookfest is on again in 2015. Westside story, my fair lady, joan of arc, gentlemen prefer blondes, boy on a dolphin and gypsy. We will keep all our loyal customers up to date on. For over 49 years, our highly skilled volunteers have provided 247 support via our local 11 14 crisis support service. Book fairs in each oddnumbered year, the friends conducts a book fair. Lifeline western sydney is one of 44 centres accredited by lifeline australia to answer these calls. Max, the hero of my book, discharges his anger against his mother, and returns to the real world sleepy, hungry, and at peace with himself. Sydneys biggest book fair lifeline harbour to hawkesbury. With over 50,000 books and genres covering everything from politics to poltergeist, youre bound to find something juicy. 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. The chronicle lifeline bookfest is on again saturday 28th february from 8. Sydneys biggest annual sale of secondhand books is offering some rare gems for auction, as well as a vast collection of top quality paperbacks and hard covers ranging from popup books for preschoolers, great fiction and literature, cookery, craft, history, politics.
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. This invaluable organisation does everything it can, from suicide. Books include texts, australiana, foreign languages, art, medical, engineering and commerce. Lifelines biggest ever canberra bookfair this weekend the. 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 banks on book fair funds central western daily.
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. The alcott and in the coves christmas drought trivia fundraiser. Whether youre a local, new in town, or just passing through, youll be sure to find something on eventbrite that piques your interest. Lifeline is a national charity providing all australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services. Refreshments are available from the epic cafe in the budawang pavilion from 9am on friday and saturday and 10am on sunday. The entertainment book features many of the areas best restaurants, cafes, accommodation, attractions and activities, with up to 50% off and 2for1 offers. I got interested in boats but ive got hendersons book on his work. The best part about the location of the store is that once you have bought all your books at the book fair, you can walk across to the westfields and continue shopping. Lifeline harbour to hawkesbury h2h kicks off the new year with its first giant. For more information on lifeline andor the chatswood book fair, go to.
As you may be aware, lifeline south coast had to make the tough decision to cancel the march big book fair. Love lydia and trey, but gina keeps me wondering what is the next stupid or selfish thing she will do to selfdestruct. With well over 4 kilometres worth of second hand books and so much more, the brisbane bookfest is a whole day out that is not to be missed. Please read the information below particularly our guidelines for what we can and cannot accept. 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. Sydney joe gold, business golds gym 3221922 7112004. Materials donations can be made at dropoff points and lifeline bins in many local areas around the country. All of the volunteers are extremely friendly and hard working. Our annual fundraising event program has become part of the fabric on the region with our bookfairs attracting over 50,000 people each year. 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. 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. The lifeline bookfest, june 8 11, will not disappoint the avid book lover who could easily lose themselves in the vast array of mystery, fantasy, humour, crime, romance, fact and fiction on over four kilometres of tables at the brisbane exhibition and convention centre in south brisbane.
Lifeline sutherland book fair in sutherland, nsw 6 jul, 20 sat 9. Nature trail, alcove cafes side patio, the vista theatre, and dodger stadium. On behalf of western sydney university, i would just like to say how much of a pleasure it was to experience such a fantastically organised event that was book expo australia on the 17 th and 18 th october 2015. 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. Please be advised that the lifeline australia is the national administrative office, the contact number listed above does not offer crisis support. 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. The royal institute for deaf and blind children ridbc is calling on bookworms and bargain hunters to support its annual book, toy and music fair. Donate material goods lifeline centres raise over 80% of their operational costs through retail activities such as lifeline shops.
Well, to be fair, i saw that in the west basin at astoria. Held twice a year, the event is a major fundraiser for the charity which assists the most. Lifeline is a crisis support and suicide prevention service that is entirely nonforprofit. Causes event in sydney, nsw, australia by lifeline northern beaches and 2 others on friday, november 22 2019 with 298 people interested. You can help lifeline simply by giving away items that you dont use anymore. Jan 21, 2018 hey everyone, i thought for my first ever booktube video it would be fun to take you guys along and show you what i purchased at the 2018 lifeline bookfest in brisbane tahliabelle x p. Lifeline, created by wesley mission, is celebrating its 56 th year anniversary. Weekend adventures lifeline book fair posted on 17 march 2012 by shaggygirl 2 comments twice a year canberras bookworms come out into the light, stand in a long line and wait to get into book lover heaven aka the semiannual lifeline bookfair. Oct 26, 2017 bathurst showground was the venue for lifeline central wests book fair on saturday and sunday. The most magical time of the year is not december it is in fact january the month of glorious, smelly old books. Lifeline bookfest brisbane the weekend edition whats on.
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