Ballarat Book Trail

02/07/2026

The Ballarat Book Trail reactivates this weekend to celebrate Ballarat Winter Festival. With the participating stores offering well over 100,000 quality secondhand books across five location, a feast for booklovers awaits.

For store details and trading hours visit https://ballaratbooktrail.org/

02/07/2026

As part of the Ballarat Book Trail's celebration of Ballarat Winter Festival, our friends at Book Clearance Sales - Rotary Club of Ballarat East will be open 9-3 on Saturday.

This Saturday 9AM till 3PM. Note extended hours.

01/06/2026

It's the start of the month, which means Book Clearance Sales - Rotary Club of Ballarat East have their monthly sale on 9-1 this Saturday.

Next Saturday 9am Start.

20/05/2026

As part of the Ballarat Book Trail Book Clearance Sales - Rotary Club of Ballarat East will be open 10-3 on both Saturday and Sunday during Ballarat Book Trail @ Heritage Festival. Come visit Ballarat's best kept book secret. Check out the Book Trail website for further details.

20/05/2026

It is Ballarat Heritage Festival 21-24 MAY 2026 and the Ballarat Book Trail is leading you to historic Buninyong, just a short distance from Ballarat CBD.

Come and explore the fabulous Lions book shop, set in an 1850s miners cottage. Our friendly staff can assist you with a broad range of books.

Lions Club of Buninyong Mt Helen Bookshop
406 Warrenheip Street, Buninyong
Open Friday -Sunday, 10am-5pm
Enquiries: 0419895651

20/05/2026

Our Book Trail partner That Little Bookshop is making this very generous offer over the next few days if you're looking for kids books. Wayne also has many excellent books for the bigger folks.

29/04/2026

Good friends of the Ballarat Book Trail, Book Clearance Sales - Rotary Club of Ballarat East are having their monthly sale this Saturday morning. Get along for a bargain!

24/03/2026

A big thank you to all the people who joined us on the Ballarat Book Trail on the weekend. Between us and Clunes Booktown Festival it was a wonderful time to be a book lover. 😃

The Book Trail is already planning its next event, so stay tuned for further announcements. In the meantime, all the traders involved will still be open their usual hours as in the past. Happy reading! 😄

19/03/2026

Lots of special treats on offer this weekend at Everybody Knows Books to celebrate the launch of Ballarat Book Trail. They've been saving some special books just for this event. There will also be bargain discount tables, cute shop dogs, comfy chairs and friendly smiles.
And of course, thousands of curated quality secondhand books at very reasonable prices.
Extended trading hours for the weekend:
Sat 10-6
Sun 10-5

19/03/2026

Did you know that tens of thousands of books await you on the outskirts of Ballarat airport? Our friends at Book Clearance Sales - Rotary Club of Ballarat East are one of the better kept secrets in town.

But the secret's now out. They will be open across the weekend to celebrate the Ballarat Book Trail launch. To allow plenty of browsing time, they will be open 10-5 both Saturday and Sunday.