Calgary Reads Big Book Sale

Calgary Reads Big Book Sale Discover 200,000+ gently used books of every genre and help support children's literacy!

06/16/2026

Ahead of , a few ‘dad books’ spotted at this year’s sale! 👨🏻📚

Who was lucky enough to snag some of these gems?

🥌Let’s hear it for our amazing hosts, the !!For the better part of a month every spring, Calgary Reads Big Book Sale de...
06/11/2026

🥌Let’s hear it for our amazing hosts, the !!

For the better part of a month every spring, Calgary Reads Big Book Sale descends upon this venue—setting up, selling books and taking it all back down again. 😄

Throughout it all, the Curling Club team couldn’t be more accommodating and generous. We just couldn’t do a community book sale of this magnitude without you!! 🤗📕

✨Did you make it to our rare books and collectibles section this year? There were so many delightful titles! What caught...
06/10/2026

✨Did you make it to our rare books and collectibles section this year? There were so many delightful titles! What caught your eye?

A big thank you to the volunteers who curated this section with so much care!

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June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada. It’s a special time to turn to the stories recognizing the rich his...
06/03/2026

June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada. It’s a special time to turn to the stories recognizing the rich history, heritage and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis.

It’s been wonderful to see this section grow every year at the sale—and to have a way for these voices to reach more readers.

What books have you read recently that deepened your understanding of Indigenous history in Canada?

🌈 Just a few of the essential + stories we were proud to highlight at our sale! What are you reading for ? 🏳️‍🌈✨
06/01/2026

🌈 Just a few of the essential + stories we were proud to highlight at our sale! What are you reading for ? 🏳️‍🌈✨

📚💫 Did you know that after the last day of our book sale, we open up the floor to community organizations, non-profits a...
05/27/2026

📚💫 Did you know that after the last day of our book sale, we open up the floor to community organizations, non-profits and Little Free Library stewards so they can stock up on FREE books?

On May 19, our ‘Unsold Event’ was attended by 89 people, spreading the joy of reading in so many special ways. ✨

A few special guests to highlight include:

📖South Health Campus Book Cart program
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📖 Pre/Post Natal Team
📖 & .farrell former Calgary City Councillor) stocking their Little Free Libraries
📖Calgary Remand Centre
📖Calgary Correctional Centre
📖Calgary Young Offender Centre & Adult Female Annex

🤗 A big thank you to Dawn for coordinating and to our volunteers for helping out on this special day!

And again, to you, for donating books that are now in the hands of children, families and individuals — brightening their day and future. 📖🙏

🤓We’d love to hear—what was the book score of the sale for you?! Tell us about your stack!👇
05/25/2026

🤓We’d love to hear—what was the book score of the sale for you?! Tell us about your stack!👇

✨✨✨Calgary! Thanks to you, this year, we broke records. ✨📘You helped us stuff the trucks and the Calgary Curling Club wi...
05/20/2026

✨✨✨Calgary! Thanks to you, this year, we broke records.

✨📘You helped us stuff the trucks and the Calgary Curling Club with books...
✨📘You gave time to help us sort and create this reader’s wonderland
✨📘You walked in the doors beaming, and you left beaming, arms filled with treasures

And with all of that support behind the 22nd Calgary Reads Big Book Sale, we raised the most we’ve EVER raised: $584,400!!! 🙏

Now we can turn those proceeds into supporting local children with reading help, books of their own and early literacy advocacy—because every child has a right to read! 👧🏻📖✨

We share our deep, heartfelt thanks to:

💛The Rotary Club of Calgary Downtown for stewarding the sale, leading our Stuff-a-Truck events, volunteering and cooking up some pretty tasty hot dogs on volunteer appreciation day!
💛Our 1,200 incredible volunteers, super leads/committee members, volunteer coordinator (Dawn!), and co-chairs (Tami and Gail)!
💛The Calgary Curling Club for their amazing staff and support on this 15th year of hosting there!
💛The City of Calgary for their support with traffic and parking control
💛 The media, for helping to spread the word
💛The thousands of you who donated the 200,000+ books that filled the rink (even though it was a little brisk during donation days!
✴️And YOU, dear reader!!

Beyond your own enjoyment of the books you took home, you are part of keeping alive a beloved Calgary tradition and helping to grow a thriving, reading Calgary! 🫶 🌇📙

Sincerely,

the Calgary Reads Big Book Sale team

PS - Stay with us as we continue to share the joy of the book sale!

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📖💖Sunday Funday! On our last day, a little celebration of the book wear and books about books! You all are amazing! ✨Hap...
05/17/2026

📖💖Sunday Funday! On our last day, a little celebration of the book wear and books about books!

You all are amazing! ✨

Happy filling a box or bag for $20 out there! Your books mean more books and reading help for Calgary children—so take them home! 🙌

Now until 5 pm (last entry 4:30 pm)

📍Calgary Curling Club
720 3 Street NW

↪️ BigBookSale.ca

📦📚Turns out we’re getting a wee bit short on boxes and bags so please BYOB on Sunday, book-lovers!Sun, May 17 - Fill-a-B...
05/16/2026

📦📚Turns out we’re getting a wee bit short on boxes and bags so please BYOB on Sunday, book-lovers!

Sun, May 17 - Fill-a-Box for $20 - 9 am-5pm
✔️Banker’s size boxes
✔️Standard grocery bags

Deals apply to most items (most adult books $4 and children’s $2)🙌

🏃🏼‍♀️ Last entry at 4:30 pm (trust us, you need more than a half hour!)

📍🥌 Calgary Curling Club I 720 3 Street NW

Yes, we still have plenty o’ treasures to be found—and the more books that go home with you, the more we can support local early childhood reading initiatives!

↪️ BigBookSale.ca for tips on getting here and our community impact!🫶

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720 3 Street NW
Calgary, AB
T2N1N9

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