Talking Books

We love books. You love books. We are proud of our brilliant selection of books and we're good at selling them. Every month you buy £1.6m of donated books. We have over 40,000 books listed on our online store  and we have over 140 dedicated book stores across the UK. You can get involved by reading our blog, donating books, volunteering in your local shop or simply buying your next read.

We celebrate our love for books every summer during Bookfest with book signings, competitions, cinema screenings and children's story time, on-line promotions and at Hay Festival.

If you've finished the latest bestseller or got boxes of paperbacks you'll never read again, you can donate books directly to our shops during opening hours, or pop them into one of our donation banks at any time.

We have a donation drive each year and you generously donated over 400,000 books in three weeks in 2011. Unsold books are redistributed across the Oxfam shop network. And any that can't be sold are recycled or even made into cardboard boxes…nothing is wasted!

We're always on the lookout for book-loving volunteers. Share your passion for books and help fight poverty while you're at it. Fill in a form or go to your local Oxfam store to find out more. Full training is provided.

Every book volunteer contributes something special, and together they've raised millions and turned Oxfam into Europe's largest second-hand bookseller.

Volunteer now

A better world, free with every purchase. We have a brilliant selection of second hand books to choose from. Current fiction to antiquarian titles can be found online and at your local store. Our 140+ dedicated bookshops are treasure troves with hidden gems waiting to be discovered.

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For the fourth year running, Oxfam will be hosting a stocked filled Bookshop at Hay Literary Festival 2012. If you would like to join us, bring along a bag of books you wish to donate and receive a free ticket for the speaker events (subject to availability). Last year this bookshop raised £52,000 for Oxfam and we hope to make it even bigger and better this year.To find out more, visit www.hayfestival.com.

The Lindeman's Wine & Book Club is a series of open evening events taking place in nationwide Oxfam bookshops from May 2012. Guests will have the chance to get together with fellow book lovers to discuss, donate and buy books, all over a glass of Lindeman's wine. Entrance to the events will require a donation of a bag books to Oxfam, on the door and Lindeman's has pledged to match the total amount of money made in book sales at each event. To find out more about your local event, visit www.wineandbookclub.co.uk.