The Harbour City Lions Book Fair is back for another year – and this time it's twice the size.

Volunteers have been hard at work for the past few months collecting, sorting and getting thousands of books ready to sell.

Organiser Christine Currie says this year the books will spread out across two large rooms.

This will allow for all items to be on display, rather than having boxes of books hiding away.

Christine says she is overwhelmed with the amount of 'good quality” books that have been donated.

Community members can expect to find fiction and non-fiction books on a range of topics along with CDs, jigsaw puzzles and sheet music.

All money raised at the event will go back into the community.

'All of the money will go back into the community – that's why all the volunteers are here. We like helping the community, and we have fun while doing it,” says Christine.

The event kicks off on Friday, November 6, and runs until Sunday, November 8, at the Tauranga Racecourse. It will run from 9am-5pm on Friday and Saturday, and from 9am-3pm on Sunday.

Fiction books will be sorted alphabetically, and non-fiction books will be sorted into categories.

Eftpos will be available.