BCL Books - Book Festivals and Fairs 2009

Book Festivals, Fairs, and Launches 2009 - Australia and International

Ongoing Events

• Book and Record Bazaar - Book categories include children, religion, science, history, bestsellers, textbooks, travel and rare books. CDs, sheet music, records, DVDs and more are also for sale. Held in Sydney, NSW. For market dates visit 2MBS.

October

• Hold the Fries - Toss Me An Apple Book Launch - 24 October (Saturday) 2009. Local author Ann Waller Davies will be discussing her book and signing copies. A humorous true story of Ann's life, detailing her 40kg weight loss and dating in her sixties. Free morning tea provided. Ann will be donating $1 of every book sold to the Artic Community Library. 9.30am to 11.30am at the Artic Community Library, 29 Chardean St, Acacia Ridge, Brisbane, Queensland.
   
• Multicap Book Bonanza - 31 October to 1 November 2009. Proceeds will go to Multicap, a charity that supports people with multiple disabilities. 8.00 am to 12.00pm daily at 303 Padstow Rd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland.
   
• Mountains of Books Used Rare and Out-of-Print Book Fair - 31 October & 1 November 2009 - Open on Saturday 31 October from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm and Sunday 1 November from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm at the Ferny Creek Recreation Reserve Hall, Hilton Rd, Ferny Creek.
  
  

• Mountains of Books Used Rare and Out-of-Print Book Fair - 31 October & 1 November 2009 - Open on Saturday 31 October from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm and Sunday 1 November from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm at the Ferny Creek Recreation Reserve Hall, Hilton Rd, Ferny Creek.
   
• Giant Book Fair - 14 & 15 November 2009. 9.00am to 5.00pm at The Federation Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground, New South Wales.
   
• Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers Book Fair - 12 to 14 November 2009. ANZAAB will be held at the State Library of New South Wales.
   
• *Maroochydore Library Book Sale - 19 to 21 November 2009. Open Thursday 19 November and Friday 20 November from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm and Saturday 21 November from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm at the Maroochydore Library, 44 Sixth Ave, Cotton Tree, Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
   

To be confirmed 2009

• Lifeline Sydney and Sutherland Book Fair
   

Book Festivals, Fairs, and Launches 2010 - Australia and International

• The London Book Fair - 19 to 21 April 2010. Earls Court, London.
   
• *Clunes Back to Booktown - 1 & 2 May 2010. An annual event in which rare, out-of-print and second hand book dealers set up shop in the buildings of Clunes, Victoria. There will also be workshops and writers talks.
   
• Edinburgh International Book Festival - 14 to 30 August 2010. Edinburgh, Scotland.
   
• Australian Children's Book Week - 21 August to 27 August 2010 - The theme for 2010 is across the story bridge. For information on the winning books and costumes that celebrate characters from children's books see our BCL Book Week page
   
• Frankfurt Book Fair - 6 to 10 October 2010. Argentina will be the Guest of Honour.
   

To be confirmed 2010

• Lifeline Macarthur Book Fair
   
• S.H. Ervin Gallery Spring Book Fair - Presented by the National Trust of Australia. An annual fundraiser for the Gallery. Art books and catalogues, fiction, nonfiction, travel, lifestyle books, magazines, and children’s books, plus antiquarian works, and collectable Trust publications.
   
• Giant Book Clearance
   
• Lifeline Book Fair Northern Beaches
   
• Lifeline Newcastle & Hunter Book Fair
   
• Royal Historical Society of Victoria Book Sale
   
• Lifeline Bookfest
   
• Rare Book Auction - The Women's College, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
   
• UQ Alumni Book Fair - The UQ Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
   
• University of New South Wales Book Fair
   
• The University of Sydney Chancellor's Bookfest
   
• New York Book Festival - Manhattan, USA.
   
• Lifeline Canberra Book Fair
   
• International Conference on the Book - For authors, publishers, printers, librarians, IT specialists, book retailers, editors, literacy educators, and academic researchers. University of Edinburgh, Scotland. 
   
• Lifeline South Coast Book Fair

Book Festivals, Fairs, and Launches 2011 - Australia and International

• Friends of the University of Newcastle Book Fair - Great Hall of the University of Newcastle, Cnr King and Auckland St, Newcastle, New South Wales.