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# Bibliophile’s bazaar turns 50
- URL: https://www.redeyebr.com/bibliophiles-bazaar-turns-50/
- Published: 2026-04-15T00:03:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-15T00:03:27.000Z
- Description: Take the day. Buy more than you should
- Author: Mukul Verma
- Tags: Last Call

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For a certain kind of local, the Friends of the LSU Libraries [Book Bazaar](https://lib.lsu.edu/friends?ref=redeyebr.com) is not so much a sale as an annual pilgrimage. It is for those who cannot pass a shelf without reading the spines, who still suspect that some lost treasure—an obscure biography, a blues record, a book they did not know they needed—may be waiting on a folding table for $3.

What began in 1976 as a modest fundraiser in the LSU Union has become one of Baton Rouge’s annual rituals. This year, it turns 50.

Walking through the used book sale will remind you of a slower way of moving through the world. One aisle offers a starfish’s life in improbable detail, another Walker Percy’s *Lost in the Cosmos*, another a cookbook with scribbled sarcastic replies to the author. 

And the wandering does good. Over five decades, the Bazaar has raised $2.75 million for LSU Libraries, helping acquire materials the system might never otherwise afford.

**When is it?** The sale is Thursday and Friday, April 16-17, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., and Saturday, April 18, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum. Admission and parking are free. The only real risk is carrying home more than you planned.

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