Booklovers listen up! The Tauranga Harbour City Lions Club is about to host its biggest ever booksale on November 4-6 at Tauranga Racecourse in Greerton.

Thousands of books – from all themes of fiction through to every category of non-fiction you can think of – have been sorted by volunteers ready for the sale.

'We have been donated the most books ever – so it will be our best sale,” says Booksale convenor Christine Currie. 'We have at least 1200 banana boxes full of books.”

The Harbour City Lions Club has been gifted thousands of high-quality books, many brand new and there has been an exceptional donation of a collection of photographic art books. 'They're absolutely beautiful – they are of a quality that you wouldn't expect to see at a book sale.”

The sale – located in the main racecourse building – will run 9am-5pm on both Friday, November 4 and Saturday, November 5. On Sunday, November 6, the sale is open 9am-3pm.

As people wander in the main racecourse building they'll find one large room to the left holding all the non-fiction books. These are sorted into dozens of categories, such as recipes, gardening etc.

The fiction books – sorted into alphabetical order – will be in a large room across the hallway.

'The club would like to thank the stores that have been the collection points for the sale, the public for their amazing contributions and the volunteers who've been working for months sorting books and setting up for the big event,” says Christine.

Funds raised from the annual booksale, which began in 2007, is gifted by the Lions to community groups and projects.

'Every dollar is going back to the community, so to make this sale a success and raise as much money as possible, we invite everyone to come along on November 4-6.”

There will be a bargain for everyone. There is plenty of free parking and Eftpos available, so please get along.