Old love letters, post cards from faraway places and shopping receipts from years ago are just some of the artifacts found hidden between the pages of the books that have been donated to the museum for Proserpine’s biggest book sale.
The annual Book Bonanza is the museum’s biggest fundraiser attracting hundreds of avid readers and collectors each year.
Museum volunteer Mary Hedgelong has been working closely with the bonanza for some 10 years. She says people spend hours trawling through the thousands of titles which have been carefully arranged into categories by the museum’s volunteers.
“Over the years we have found some interesting pieces used as bookmarks, including notes from someone special, old bills of sale and postcards … one year we even found a 20 pound note which we cashed in and put into our fundraising coffers,” she said.
The Book Bonanza begins this Saturday, May 19 at 9am with many new titles on offer.
“We’ve got a big variety of authors including Agatha Christie, Tom Clancy, Wilbur Smith, Di Morrissey, James Patterson, and many more,” she said.
Volunteer and avid reader Dave Avenell said university students could also score a great find at the bonanza.
“I found quiet a new text book on zoology which would easily be $80 new.
“It goes to show that everyone can find something of value here,” Mr Avenell said.
Some of the categories include craft, cooking, fossils, evolution, biology, with the majority of the fiction novels categorised under either male or female authors.
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