Library book sale

Big Bargain Book Sale

Our annual book sale will take place at the Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre, 75 Lyttelton Street, Somerfield, Christchurch.

Bag a bargain!

2025 dates

Friday 21 March 9am to 7pm
Saturday 22 March 9am to 4pm

Pay by EFT-POS or cash only — no credit cards.

  • Fiction and Non-fiction $3
  • Young adult and children's books are $1
  • Magazines are 20 cents each (10 for $2)
  • Premium books (including books on art, landscape, gardening, and New Zealand) are at marked prices
  • Large Print $3
  • Audio-visual items such as DVDs, CDs, talking books etc are $3.

It doesn't matter when you come to the book sale, as new stock is put out all the time.

Please bring your own bags to carry books.

Transport, traffic and parking

You can get to Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre on the Orbiter, 60, 1 and 44 buses:

The Pioneer carpark will be busy during the Book Sale, so allow time to get a park. You will need to follow the one way signage into the main carpark.

Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre

75 Lyttelton Street, Somerfield
Christchurch 8024.
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Friends of the Library booksale preview

Friends of the Library have the opportunity to buy at a library book sale preview.

Friends of the Library

Photos from the 2023 Book Sale

View photos of the 2023 Book sale on Flickr

Book Sale

Photos from previous book sales

Big Bargain Book Sale opens Star News, Friday 24 March 2023
Includes video from the book sale.

Christchurch City Libraries Annual Book Sale 2018

Big bargain book sale is running up until tomorrow from 9:00am - 4:00pm.........Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre, 75 Lyttelton Street, Somerfield, Christchurch.Friday 23 March, 9am to 7pmSaturday 24 March, 9am to 4pm.Find out more:https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/library-book-sales/Feel free to share!

Posted by Nacu Films on Thursday, March 22, 2018

Video of the 2018 book sale by NACU Films

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