Community
1 August, 2025
Thousands of books need homes
THE Rotary Club of Warrnambool is currently holding a massive book clearance sale – with all books going for just $1 each.
The club, which moved its book sales into the former Warrnambool Books store late last year, now needs to find a new home for the books.
“We were fortunate to have been allowed to use this site (the former Warrnambool Books store) for the past few months but unfortunately it is no longer available to us so we need to move all books and fittings,” Rotary member Debbie Ferguson said.
“We have more than 20,000 books here and they need to be sold, or boxed up and stored elsewhere until we can find another new home.”
Over the five weekends the club has opened the shop it has moved more than 15,000 books – raising over $35,000 which has, in turn, been filtered through various Rotary programs.
“We are certainly sad that this building is no longer available to us but we have appreciated the kindness of its owner and hope to find a new, affordable site as soon as possible,” Debbie said.
“This year we received a shipping container of books from an estate, plus several smaller collections which was just amazing.”
She said that in addition to an extensive fiction selection, the collection of books for sale also includes numerous autobiographies as well as books on politics, transportation, cooking, gardening, travel, arts, history and classics.
“We also have audio books and large print books as well as children’s books,” Debbie said.
“We encourage everyone to come along and grab a bargain.”
The shop can be found at 169 Fairy Street, Warrnambool.
The doors will be open from 9am until 2pm today (Friday), Saturday and Sunday.
“We’re hoping to reduce our collection which will help with the move,” Debbie said.
“All proceeds will go directly to local projects.”
