Biographies, fiction, travel, food, history and fiction were among the 30,000 books at Rotary’s annual Bookfest, held at the Noosa Leisure Centre over the weekend.
Bookworms scoured the rows that had been collected by the region’s five Rotary clubs and stored in their shed before delivery on 18 pallets by a semi-trailer.
Richard Marsh from Rotary Club of Noosa Daybreak said the books had been donated from libraries, people downsizing and deceased estates and others had been brought in by the bag-load during the event.
This year all money raised, expected to be about $20,000 would be given to assist local homeless people through the Salvation Army, he said.
Run entirely by volunteers with no administration costs, all money would go to the homeless, he said.
