You can get help online at the lifeline website, or call 11 14 if life is in immediate danger, please call triple zero 000. Book fairs, swap meets, auctions and similar events plus australian mostly east coast club meetings and the like. Donate your books books can be donated year round at the wollongong or corrimal lifeline shops or selected southern. The level of professionalism, execution, development and implementation required to bring an event to the level i experience is truly an indication of the.
We have a wide range of collectable books available at our book fairs. 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. Lifelines giant book fair castle hill sydney mums group. Sdecc sydney drug education and counselling centre. Ive been attending two local book fairs for the past few years. What, in your opinion, is the best used book store in terms of value for tradeins and cost of books i. This event follows on from fire fight nsw rfs fundraiser sold out, the first. After last years january bookfest being postponed due to the floods, there is a particular focus on the services bookfest supports such as. 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. Lifeline harbour to hawkesbury chatswood bookfair book fair 60,000 books. Our book depots in hornsby and lindfield, coordinated by committees, run seven events a year.
Lifeline harbour to hawkesbury h2h kicks off the new year with its first giant book fair for 2020 at the civic pavilion, the concourse. Book fairs in each oddnumbered year, the friends conducts a book fair. Our book fairs are renowned for their quality and huge variety of preloved titles, plus every dollar raised helps lifeline save lives. We appreciate your interest in and support of our book fairs. Lifeline book fair epic exhibition park in canberra. 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. These items are collected for the purpose of resale in retail outlets to raise funds for lifeline services. Each year, the lifeline canberra bookfair recycles up to 1 million books many to our bookfairs, many to other charities, and to paper recycling. Entry to the lifeline canberra book fairs is by gold coin donation. Marchapril each year, 1968 to 2012, 50,000 to 100,000 books. Books include texts, australiana, foreign languages, art, medical, engineering and commerce. Lifeline, created by wesley mission, is celebrating its 56 th year anniversary. Lifeline central west book fair lifeline central west.
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. With tens of thousands of titles to choose from, under any category imaginable, you are sure to find something to suit all tastes. Lifeline canberra there are many ways to support lifeline canberra. 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. Creating suicide safer communities since 1978, lifeline macarthur is dedicated to saving lives and promoting mental health in the community. Selected wollongong and shellharbour city libraries are also acting as collection points. Lifeline northern beaches book fair brookvale sydney. Lifeline harbour to hawkesburys book fairs are run entirely by volunteers. This is a sale of secondhand books, rare books, cds, dvds, sheet music, etc.
Narooma oyster festival is cancelled this year but oyster lovers are being encouraged to enjoy their fill at home this weekend. The book fair is a fantastic opportunity to buy an eclectic range of books from our impressive collection. Help us towards our vision of an australia free of suicide. Lifeline opshop locations for sydney, new south wales. Lifeline was founded in sydney, new south wales in 1963 by the late reverend dr. Lifeline canberra can arrange for our driver to come and collect all donations between the hours of 7. Lifeline encourages donations of quality, used or unwanted items such as. It will be held from 2028 january and is held twice a year in brisbane, plus all over queensland. Community john was awarded this honor for his for significant service to the community through representational roles with social welfare organisations, particularly lifeline, to the business and financial sectors and to the parliament of new. 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.
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. 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. Royal institute for deaf and blind children annual book fair, sydney, nsw the royal institute for deaf and blind children ridbc. The next lifeline bookfest in brisbane will run from saturday 17th january 2020 to monday 27th january 2020. Friday 7 february from 9 am6 pm, saturday 8 february from 9 am5 pm and sunday 9 february from 10 am4 pm.
Friends of the waverley library annual book sale may, bondi junction. Determined not to let loneliness, isolation and anxiety be the cause of other deaths, sir alan launched a crisis line which initially operated out of the methodist central mission. Youll also find magazines and pamphlets, sheet music, comics, maps and atlases, talking books, records and cds, dvds, games and jigsaws. Visit the lifeline bookfest in brisbane, the largest secondhand book sale in queensland. 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.
Other than that, if youre going to be in sydney for a few days, it wouldnt hurt to ring the lifeline charity and ask if theyre having a book fair during your stay, and. Lifeline northern beaches holds four giant book fairs during the year, planned, prepared, and presented by a dedicated team of volunteers who work tirelessly to ensure the book fairs remain renowned for their great quality preloved books, cds, dvds, games and more. Lifeline book fair, the premier book fair in the sutherland shire. Lifeline bookfest is back in 2012 and bigger than ever.
Lifeline provides 247 crisis support and suicide prevention services. Sir alan walker after a call from a distressed man who three days later took his own life. Help out needy nonprofit community groups in sydney and regional nsw. Find a bargain at the lifeline book fair with over 50000 books, cds and dvds, including pristine quality books at a fraction of the price and thousands of childrens books and study aids. I always bag a bargain ie buy at least a big shopping bag of books.
Where to find great books it seems ive missed a few days in the old advent calendar. Carel bothma joined the board of lifeline harbour to hawkesbury in july 2012. 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. All of a sudden i find myself at the helm of a new business venture. Sydney, australia lifeline macarthur events eventbrite.
The bookfairs attract many book lovers and collectors and support lifelines lifesaving work. These items are offered on a first in, first served basis. Lifeline crisis support service wikipedia republished. Your continuing donations help keep our telephone crisis support service 11 14 available to the community. 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. Lifeline bookfest is run all over queensland and helps to raise much needed funds for lifeline services. He commenced his career by specialising in recruitment, industrial relations, and organisational development for 10 years before joining an executive leadership team leading the. Kawana bookfair a book for a lifeline sunshine coast. 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.
Lifeline retail and donation drop off points lifeline sydney and sutherland ashfield 21 02 8922 9071 books 93 milton street, ashfield 9. Knox grammar will host the annual lifeline book fair on 1922 july 2018. Lifeline canberras book fairs raise a major portion of the funding needed to keep. December is crazy, as you all know, but this weeks been crazier than crazy. The rise above convoy for cancer is an annual event to raise money and awareness for rise above capital region cancer relief. 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. Hardbacks, toys, dvds and cds will all be a fraction of their original price. Books are donated throughout the year and are sorted, priced and categorised ready to be sold at our bookfairs. The lifeline book shed is located directly behind our office at 4 park avenue gordon in the car park, off pearson avenue. Lifeline central wests mega book fair is coming to bathurst on saturday 19th and sunday 20th may 2018. 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. Lifeline is a crisis support and suicide prevention service that is entirely nonforprofit. Goods accepted at different lifeline shops do vary, so please contact your local collection point for. Lifeline bookfest 2020 brisbane bookfest families magazine.
Royal institute for deaf and blind children annual book fair, sydney, nsw. Lifeline sutherland bookfair, grab the whole family and come down. Whether youre a local, new in town, or just passing through, youll be sure to find something on eventbrite that piques your interest. Doors will be open 9am to 4pm saturday and 10am to 2pm sunday, with continue reading lifeline central west book fair. 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. 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 australia chairman john brogden was made a member of the order of australia am categories. Its on this weekend 10am til 5pm saturday, 10am til 4pm sunday. Our board of directors lifeline harbour to hawkesbury.
Lifeline northern beaches book fair warriewood february. Lifeline australia chairman john brogden was made a member. Last years threeday book fair at oakhill college proved such a hit that it is now a permanent fixture on lifelines events calendar. The lifeline bookfest is open from this saturday 8 to tuesday 11 june at the brisbane convention and exhibition centre, south brisbane. Thought id throw a question to the locals out there. Ervin gallery, observatory hill, sydney annual in september. 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. Lifeline is a telephone counselling service and they hold many book fairs around the country to raise funds.
Our centre is indebted to these two outstanding groups of volunteers, and their leaders, and to the generosity of the public who donate books. Ian farmer director public interest advocacy centre ltd linkedin. Lifeline south coast wollongong 2500 02 4228 0403 clothing, bricabrac, 19 auburn street, wollongong 9. Iml pathology collection centres helensburgh to sussex inlet.
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