Booked

The Lifeline Bookfair is an institution in this town.  I know many people who take the day off work to attend the first day (Friday) of the fair.  It is, for some of us, a holy day of obligation.

I normally attend for work.  I get there early (8.30am or so) on the Friday morning with my shopping trolley and bags and queue up with everyone else.  Thermoses of coffee are opened, old friends caught up with and new acquaintances made - there's a lovely sense of community and I usually get a fair whack of knitting done.

I couldn't get there on opening day last week, alas, but TSS kept me updated via text and telephone and picked up one or two items for my collection of vintage Patons knitting patterns.

TOF and I were busy all day  Saturday so it wasn't until Sunday afternoon that we managed a visit.  Is it a coincidence that they announced the "everything you can fit into a supermarket green bag" for $10 sale within minutes of us arriving?  I think not.

Amongst the items in my "green bag" were 30 or so Textile Fibre Forum magazines from the 1980s and 1990s, over a dozen community fund-raiser recipe books for the collection at work and these - lovely, lovely, lovely Enid Gilchrist pattern books.


TOF picked up a mixed bag of books and about 30 cds for his $10 (and some novels for me slipped in there as well).  All up, we're a couple of happy little bookworms.

Lifeline Canberra June 2009 mini-Bookfair

Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June 2009, 9am – 4 pm

Our first Lifeline Bookfair in the Tuggeranong Valley, the June Mini-Bookfair will be held in the Auditorium, The Vikings Club, 6 Ricardo Street, Erindale (opposite the shopping centre).

Fiction will be a special focus with sci-fi/fantasy, crime, thriller, war, adventure, detective and mystery, humour and romance included.

Cooking and children’s books as well as a range of Australiana and other non-fiction will be on sale.

This is a family-focussed event with the help and support of The Vikings Club.

Entry by gold coin donation.

Bookfair Contacts

http://www.act.lifeline.org.au/minibookfair09.htm

Lifeline Bookfair

Attn all old hands and new - there have been changes to where certain sections are located at this book fair. You might want to grab a map this time, just to orient yourself.

Oh, and the knitting magazine and patterns are pretty well picked over. Sorry.

Northside news

1. Lifeline Bookfair's depot has moved down the road in Mitchell to 40 Heffernan Street (that groovy* new blue building on the corner at the roundabout). Parking at the side. Sorry no picture as I forgot my camera.

And a reminder: they have the dates for future bookfairs to 2011 on their site so you have no excuse to miss one!

2. Salvos Mitchell has done a little remodel with the addition of two new changing rooms and the removal of the Coke machine (actually it was stolen!) They reminded me that the current Loyalty Card programme expires on 31st December 2008 and they haven't heard word that it will be extended (or replaced) for 2009. Oh: and this week's magic tag colour? Blue.

3. Salvos Belconnen is overflowing with furniture (and rather nice pieces at that). They also have two knitting machines in stock (you'll need to dig through the furniture to find them!)

4. If you're after Christmas goodies at fabulous prices check out the new "Christmas Store" at Vinnies Belconnen. Decorations, costumes, gifts: they've got them, and at very good prices.(And remember: there's usually free parking round the back...)

What's new in your neck of the woods?

(* Literally as it's corrugated iron)