9 Jun 2019

Jim Hopkins: Bookarama Oamaru offers bibliophile bliss

From Sunday Morning, 9:38 am on 9 June 2019
The Oamaru Bookarama offers up as many as 35,000 books, all for a gold coin.

The Oamaru Bookarama offers up as many as 35,000 books, all for a gold coin. Photo: Facebook

Oamaru's largest book sale, Rotary organised Bookarama is an annual fundraiser with as many as 35,000 books on sale for the price of a gold coin. One of the hard-working volunteers behind Bookarama is media personality and Waitaki District Councillor Jim Hopkins.

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