1. It’s May 4 and 5 at the Victoria Curling Club, 1952 Quadra St., from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 9 to 5 Sunday.3. They’re cheap: $2 for softcovers and children’s books, $4 for hardcovers. You can buy War and Peace for the price of a cappuccino.
8. Books are sorted into dozens of genres, almost all of them on the main floor. Children’s books are downstairs. The Religion, Self-Help and Health sections are upstairs in the curling club lounge. 11. Princess Anne is in town this weekend. If she’s interested, the sale has a Royalty display. Just saying.13. Wear comfy shoes, as you’ll be on a concrete floor. Actually, you should always wear comfy shoes, fashion be damned.
16. Once the sale is over, representatives of schools and non-profit groups may help themselves to the remaining books, for free, from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Monday, May 6. 19. The 1998 sale brought in $20,800. The 2023 event resulted in $300,000 being shared by 211 recipients this spring. 22. Sen. Pat Carney found a signed copy of her memoir Trade Secrets at the 2005 sale. It had been signed by someone else.
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