THE SALE…

The 2025 Big Book Sale - June 25-28, 2025

We stuck with June dates again for 2025 because it worked so well in 2023 and 2024.

The Highland Curling Club, 348 Broad Street, has a large parking area to the north and street parking as well.

The 2025 dates and times:

Wednesday, June 25th, 11AM to 8PM

Thursday, June 26th, 11AM to 8PM

Friday, June 27th, 11AM to 8PM

Saturday, June 28th, 11AM to 5PM

The price list for 2025 has not been finalized. Here is the price list from 2024…

Cash, debit, Visa and MasterCard accepted. No cheques. ATM on site.

• Small Paperbacks: $1

• Large Paperbacks: $2

• Hardcovers: $3

• Cookbooks: 2 for $1

• Children’s Books (small): 3 for 50¢

• Children’s Books: 50¢

• Young Adult Books (hardcovers): $2

• Young Adult Books (paperbacks): $1

• Graphic Novels: $5

• Romance Novels (small): 2 for $1

• DVDs: $2

The 2025 Floor Map and Inventory list are being revised. As soon as we have everything finalized, we’ll post them here. In the meantime, here’s the 2024 Inventory and Floor Map…

Fiction – sorted by author
Classics, Romance, Westerns, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Short Stories, and more.

Non-Fiction – sorted by category and sub-categories
The categories change each year as trends come and go, but the favourites appear again and again.

Here are some comments our patrons shared with our volunteers over the years

One women and her adult son commented that our book sale was better than shopping at Chapters – the selection was just as good and the prices cannot be beat! Every book they were looking for, they found, plus a few treasures they didn’t expect to find.

A first time patron was amazed at how well organized the books were. She had expected a “garage sale” type of setup and was taken aback at the “book store” setup and the selection of books. She said she will definitely be back next year, with a few friends in tow. One of our volunteers explained that the selection is only as good as the donations, but the organization is due to the hardworking, experienced book sale committee and volunteers.

A former colleague of one of our volunteers, who is now semi-retired, was amazed at the categorization. The volunteer put in a plug for the Seniors’ University Group, by telling her she should join and take advantage of all the interesting classes/opportunities available at the Lifelong Learning Centre.

More than once people commented on the the roomy sales area – wide aisles making it easier for individuals with walking devices; room to explore the books on the floor without getting bumped by others; good separation between the fiction / non-fiction / popular authors / children-young adult / arts (music/DVD/etc) sections; and appreciation for the volunteers on the floor restocking books, answering questions, giving directions, or helping to find specific authors.

Many appreciated being given a floor plan at the entrance to the sale to find their way even though the setup is much the same as it was at the Tartan.

And this email:

“My daughter and I had the opportunity to go to The Big Book Sale for the first time this year. I wanted to say how unbelievably impressed I was with the amazing organization. I had no idea everything would be sorted by author and all non-fiction would be separated by categories. All DVD's were arranged alphabetically. WOW! Bags and boxes were provided to take our purchases home if we forgot to bring a bag.

I was certain it would be cash only and when my daughter and I totalled our findings and I realized I only had $9 out of the $25 we owed, I was pleasantly surprised to see you had credit and debit! The organization for the check out and purchase area was again impressive.

And, what can I say about the volunteers...they were wonderful! All so friendly and cheerful. Myself being a volunteer, I know how important it is to hear the words, thank you. Thank you to all the volunteers!!! You are amazing.

This experience has once again enforced what a wonderful City we live in and what wonderful communities we have!” ~K

 And from an enthusiastic, if weary, volunteer:

“Just wanted to pass along my congratulations for another well organized and successful book sale. This is my 3rd year helping with the sale and each year it becomes more and more addicting and fun! I wasn’t able to help as much as I would have liked due to co-workers submitting their holiday requests before me. But next year, I’ll beat them to the punch so I can help out a bit more. Again, thanks for an amazing event.”

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