Book Sale 2025!
Wednesday, September 24th to Saturday, September 27th, 2025
John M. Kelly Library, 113 St. Joseph Street
Wednesday September 24, 10 am-8 pm
- $5 entrance fee
- Students free with TCard
Thursday September 25, and Friday September 26, 10 am- 8 pm
- Free admission
Saturday September 27th 10 am – 1 pm
- Free admission
- All books, DVDs, and CDs available for $20 box!
Proceeds from this sale are dedicated to preserving and enhancing the library’s collections and to contributing to the improvement of the library’s physical space, furnishings and technological equipment, for all those who study and work at the University of St. Michael’s College, now, and in the future. The Friends’ annual book sale contains hundreds of impressive gently used materials. The funds raised through this sale ensure that the John M. Kelly Library can continue to be the centre of academic life on the St. Michael’s College campus. The sale includes collections of special and general materials, sorted into academic and popular categories, including books, DVDs, CDs, ephemera and maps.
Cash, Visa, Debit, Mastercard accepted.
Donations
Please note that we cannot accept nor arrange pickups of large donations between May 13th and June 6th .
We are now accepting donations for the 2025 book sale. We will close donations on August 30, 2025. You may drop off up to 8 boxes at the front desk of the Kelly Library during library operating hours. Please pack the donations in banker or liquor boxes.
If you have more than 8 boxes for drop off, please contact the library at kelly.library@utoronto.ca to arrange a drop off time at the loading dock, located at the rear of the Kelly Library.
If you require your donations to be picked up, we will see if we can arrange a volunteer for this. We cannot guarantee that we will have a volunteer driver in your area who can pick up items. Please let us know the address for pickup, contact name and phone number and number of boxes. Please pack books in banker boxes or liquor boxes. Please email kelly.friends@utoronto.ca to arrange this.
We do not accept:
- Items that have mold or the smell of mildew or are damaged or dirty
- Books with ripped covers, pages or highlighting throughout
- Magazines or journals (unless they are of historical interest)
- VHS tapes
- Textbooks older than 5 years
- Travel books older than 5 years (unless they are of historical interest)
Volunteers
If you would like to volunteer for the Book Sale setup and sale days, or if you can assist with pickups of donations in the GTA, please email kelly.friends@utoronto.ca.