2009 Booksale
At its close on Friday 15th May the sale had raised the fantastic sum of £111,386.
This amount has now risen to over £113,600 and the cheque to Christian Aid will be dedicated and handed over to their representative at the 11am service on Sunday 14 June.
Thanks to all those who came, donated, bought and helped!
2009 Patron: Andrew O'Hagan
Photograph copyright Christian Aid/Fraser Stewart.
The patron of this year’s Christian Aid Book Sale is the celebrated novelist and essayist, Andrew O'Hagan. His novel Be Near Me has been adapted for the stage, and the National Theatre of Scotland production is currently on tour (Eden Court, Inverness, 7-11th April; and Traverse, Edinburgh 15-18th April).
On Thursday 2nd April our 2009 patron Andrew O’Hagan visited St Andrew's and St George's Church to present autographed copies of two of his books: A Night Out with Robert Burns and The Atlantic Ocean: Essays on Britain and America, which includes his celebrated short story, After Hurricane Katrina.
Downloads
2009 Sale Advance Catalogue of Books & Items of Note
2009 Sale Jamieson Atlas Press Release
2009 Press Release
2009 Sale Appeal Leaflet - with map & directions to the Church
2009 Sale Leaflet
(all are in PDF format and require Adobe Reader)
For travel updates and details on getting to the city centre please go to: http://www.edinburghtrams.com/
For information on any aspect of the sale please email us at: booksale@standrewsandstgeorges.org.uk Much More Than A Booksale
Since inception in 1974, the sale has raised more than £1.7m for Christian Aid. Christian Aid (UK charity number 1105851) is an agency of churches in the UK and Ireland. It works wherever the need is greatest irrespectiveof religion or race. You can find out more about Christian Aid by following the link on the bottom right of this page.
Alexander McCall Smith, Jamie Byng, Richard Demarco, Ian Rankin, John Bellany and Brian McMaster have been patrons of our Book Sale in recent years. Our patron in 2008 was A.L.Kennedy, whilst our 2009 patron is the writer and essayist Andrew O'Hagan.
How you can help
We can never take success for granted, for
it depends entirely on goodwill and generous donations of
goods, time and expertise from many quarters. Benefactors and donors send books and goods
throughout the year.
Volunteers bring many skills – sorting
books, shifting boxes, finding first editions, researching
rare volumes, pricing pictures, helping to collect books and
goods. And customers return year after year to
browse and to buy, even those whose shelves are still groaning
with last year’s purchases….
“It is really quite staggering
to think that over £1m has been raised, but … in many ways the most significant achievement is the almost
tangible sense of generosity of spirit” (a volunteer)
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