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At the 21st Calgary Reads Big Book Sale in 2025, discover nearly 200,000 gently used books of every genre imaginable-and help more children experience the life-changing joy of reading. With your support, we can grow a thriving reading community!
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Help us collect, sort and sell books – or bring your energy to the clean-up party.
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Create your best to-be-read pile yet- or enjoy a smaller crowd and great sales on other days.
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Thanks to the generosity of our sponsor, Jayman BUILT, more Big Book Sale proceeds can go towards enriching the reading lives of Calgary children.
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CBC Calgary is proud to be the radio sponsor for the 2024 Big Book Sale.
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A BIG Big Book Sale thank you to the many dedicated members of the Rotary Club of Calgary, and our fellow Rotarians, for stewarding this beloved sale and building a thriving community that reads.
At the 2024 Big Book Sale
was raised to help kids read
readers found new books
books made it to our sales table
volunteers gave 10,000+ hours
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Seeding Readers
Book-making in progress!
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Every year, we publish a local picture book that promotes a love of reading. Our 2025 book is now in progress. Stay tuned on social for sneak peeks!