The book sale is at the Victoria Curling Club, 1952 Quadra St. in Victoria. Open Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Graham Stobbe and his daughter Sage queued up at midnight to be second in a line of hundreds who poured into the Times Colonist Book Sale Saturday morning.
The book sale, in its 25th year, funds literacy programs in Vancouver Island schools. The pre-opening line was so long Saturday morning it snaked around the Victoria Curling Club venue; Times Colonist publisher Dave Obee said organizers decided at 8:25 a.m. it was prudent to open early. “I think it’s the first time we’ve opened early; I’ve never seen a lineup that long before,” said Obee.
Mathew McLash’s family also shares a love of reading and his parents, wife and 11-year-old twins make the book sale a family event every year. Each year once they secure their spots in line and set up their lawn chairs, they find new ways to make the passage of time memorable. Obee said after 25 years the charity event, run by volunteers, has become a well-oiled machine. There’s a core of 100 volunteers working each day with more coming and going.
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