The next Michael Egan Book Fair won’t return until May 2026, but the hard yakka required to make it happen is taking place right now.

Event organisers, Dubbo West Rotary Club, will hold their next Book Collection Day for this important community initiative on Saturday, October 11.

The book drive is a fundamental part of the much-loved local book fair, as it's how the organisers get the vast majority of the books for it.

Dubbo West Rotary invites the community to clean out their cupboards and bookshelves for pre-loved, no longer wanted books and bring them to the Book Collection Day – all in the name of a good cause.

“The Michael Egan Memorial Book Fair raises funds for cancer research or patient support and for the RFDS Dubbo Support Group,” Rotarian Lyn Smith told Dubbo Photo News.

“To do this, we depend on the very generous donations of books from the public.”

Rotarians will literally operate a “book drive-thru” at Custom Steel Frames in Fitzroy St, Dubbo, on October 11, where the community can drive in and drop off their books between 9am and 2pm, and drive off.

“Books donated on that day will be sorted, categorised and stored for the 2026 Book Fair which will take place on May 2-3 next year,” Ms Smith concluded.