Bookworms by the thousands file through Lifeline BookFest in search of bargains
Thousands of people filed through the Toowoomba Showgrounds at the weekend to snag a good read for a great price, proving the printed word still reigns. Check out our photo gallery from the sale.
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Judging by the large crowds that filed through the Lifeline BookFest at Toowoomba Showgrounds, the printed word is still king among bookworms.
BookFest organisers opened the doors to the Founders Pavilion at 9am on Saturday to find hundreds of keen bargain hunters ready to go searching among the hundreds of thousands of books and DVDs on offer.
“Books are not dead, they are well and truly alive,” Lifeline Darling Downs Acting CEO Rachelle Patterson said.
“Some reckon this is the biggest they’ve seen.
“People are walking around with trolleys and some fill them up and take the books to their car and then return for more.
“And, it’s a great range of people too, some kids who are probably here at BookFest for the first time and older people who have spent their life buying books.”
Mrs Patterson paid tribute to the Lifeline staff and army of volunteers who work tirelessly to organise BookFest.
“It takes weeks to put this together and we couldn’t do it without the volunteers,” she said.
“But it’s so wonderful to see so many smiling faces.
“We hear so much bad news in the community, in Toowoomba, nationally and internationally, but there is so much joy here today.”
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