Bendigo's secondhand book trade is tight in the middle and loose at the edges. Book Now in Farmer Lane, Bendigo Book Mark on High Street and the TAFE hall that houses the Bendigo Book Fair sit within a kilometre of one another in the CBD, while the op shops and volunteer counters are spread through Long Gully, Eaglehawk, Golden Square and Kennington, and all of those suburbs sit inside the Bendigo urban area mapped by the national statistics bureau, the ABS. Any entry beyond the CBD names its suburb straight away, and the prices quoted here are in Australian dollars.
The map shifted between March and July 2026. The Lions clubs lost the Garsed Street warehouse that had been their book depot during the autumn, and Book Now reopened on 3 July after a closure, with a Friday-to-Sunday week announced by a neighbouring bookshop. Bendigo Foodshare's fair fills a hall at the TAFE twice a year, and the charity called its Easter 2026 edition record-breaking; between editions it keeps a book stall going at smaller events.
Used bookstoresBendigo Book Mark
24 High St, Bendigo VIC 3550
A self-described quirky little secondhand bookshop at the CBD end of High Street, some 600 m west-south-west of the town centre, with shelves stacked to the ceiling and stock running from classics and rare finds through to thrillers and mysteries. Its current website opened with a welcome post dated 24 April 2025, and the contact block at the foot of each page reads open 7 days, 10am to 5pm. An eBay store linked from the site serves buyers who cannot make the trip, and a Facebook post on 6 September 2026 was about reading the latest bookshop-detective novel on the road.
Hours: Daily 10am–5pmWebsite Rotary club bookshopRotary Club of Eaglehawk Bookshop
30 High St, Eaglehawk VIC 3556
In Eaglehawk, which lies 5.2 km to the north-west, the local Rotary club runs a volunteer bookshop in the old O'Brien's Pharmacy building, a site the club's 2024–25 annual report traces back to an 1853 chemist, followed by a photographic studio and a dentist's surgery. The 2025–26 annual report says local history titles are always in demand, that a vintage collection of childhood books is popular and that customer numbers have grown, and it gives Wednesday and Saturday mornings as trading times. Donated DVDs and CDs fill part of the shelves, and the club's online calendar has volunteers rostered on from 10am to noon on Saturday 3, 10 and 17 October 2026.
Hours: Wed, Sat 10am–noonWebsite Charity book fair (Bendigo Foodshare)Bendigo Book Fair
MacGillivray Hall, Bendigo TAFE, 128 McCrae St, Bendigo VIC 3550
Bendigo Foodshare's fundraising fair takes over MacGillivray Hall on the Bendigo TAFE campus, and the charity says its two main editions are held each year over the Easter and AFL Grand Final long weekends. Its media release of 9 September 2026 set the spring edition for Friday 25 to Sunday 27 September, with a separate collectibles room, tens of thousands of pre-loved books alongside magazines, records, CDs and DVDs, and a target of more than $30,000 for food relief. The Easter edition had opened on Good Friday, 3 April 2026, with a second room added after its first year at the TAFE, and the Bendigo Times wrote on 2 April 2026 that the rolling stock would sell at rock-bottom prices.
Hours: Last documented: 25–26 September 2026, 9am–5pm; 27 September 2026, 9am–3pmWebsite Where can I find cheap used books in Bendigo?
Watch the charity tables. The Strath Village Lifeline put a batch of children's books out at $1 apiece in July 2026, and the Strathfieldsaye church pop-ups priced all their books at the same dollar. For sheer volume, the Foodshare fair over the Easter or AFL Grand Final long weekend fills a hall with donated books by the tens of thousands, with every purchase going towards food relief in central Victoria.
Where do I sell used books in Bendigo?
Book Now and Bendigo Book Mark set out no buying terms on its website or social profiles, so take a small sample in and ask first. The charities work on donations instead: Foodshare collects books at its Golden Square hub for the fair, and Lifeline takes them at the back door of its Long Gully store. Run your shelf past BiblioScan before either; one photo gets you an estimated resale price beside every spine the app recognises, and that tells you which titles are worth photographing again for Facebook Marketplace, Gumtree or eBay.com.au and which can go to charity.
Which op shops have books in Bendigo?
Three charity counters on this page showed evidence of books at that particular store: the Lifeline Loddon Mallee shops in Long Gully and Kennington and the Rotary club's dedicated bookshop in Eaglehawk. The two Lifeline stores trade Monday to Saturday, while the Rotary shop keeps to two mornings a week.
Which day is best for book hunting in Bendigo?
Saturday, since the five shops listed here only line up with their doors open together on that day. Book Mark opens daily, Book Now opens on Saturdays under both the schedules in circulation, the Eaglehawk Rotary shop opens on Saturday mornings, and the two Lifeline stores stay open until 2pm. On the month's second Saturday, the Foodshare book stall at the Golden Square farmers market is there as well.