If you love books and are looking for the extraordinary, check out CFUW St. John’s Great Big Book Sale, held each spring.  Here you may find anything from a Charles Dickens first edition to the latest best seller, and quite a bit in between.

The success of each sale results from the generous support of the public who donate thousands of used books every year and then come to the sale and buy them all back!!  We are most appreciative and we like to believe we are “turning books into scholarships”. We also believe that the Great Big Book Sale is recycling at its best.

Proceeds from the sale go mainly to scholarships and also support other initiatives of CFUW St. John’s.

 

CFUW Great Big Book Sale 2026

Thank you very much for your donations!  
 
By popular demand, we have decided to open the Great Big Book Sale one day early, on Wednesday, March 25!
 
The sale will be held in the former Globo Shoes store in the Avalon Mall parking lot, next to Big Eric’s and across from McDonald’s.
 
Please note our revised hours of operation:
Wednesday, March 25:  1:00 – 9:00 pm
Thursday, March 26: 10:00 am  – 9:00 pm
Friday, March 27:  10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday, March 28:  10:00 am – 1:00 pm.  Half Price Day
 
Registered Charities are welcome to come at 2:00 pm on Saturday to collect free books.  Please indicate that you are interested by making contact with Janet at j.obrien@nf.sympatico.ca.  Students are welcome to come for free books at 2:30 pm.
 
If you have mobility issues, you can come early on Thursday, March 26.  We will open one hour early, at 9:00 am, for individuals using wheelchairs, walkers or other mobility aids and for parents with children in strollers. 
 
 
 
 

CFUW Great Big Book Sale 2025

CFUW St. John’s thanks the public for another successful book sale 2025! Over $40,000 went to scholarships and bursaries at Memorial University of Newfoundland, the Marine Institute, College of the North Atlantic, Thrive and We Care NL Foundation. As well, $20,000 went into our Social Outreach programs. 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

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Book Sale 2015

Book Sale 2014

Book Sale 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact information  E-mail:  Cfuwstjohns1@gmail.com

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