Vicki Beaton is one of Tamworth's silent volunteers that keep the city's pages keep turning - literally.
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The committed bibliophile spends about six hours of every week sorting books at the Rotary Club of Tamworth's book shed.
It's a job she's done for about three-and-a-half years, since the institution opened.
"I just love books!" she explained.
"Every time I can I've got my head in a book."
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She is one of half-a-dozen volunteers and eight organisers that keep the store running.
"Most of the volunteers come in on the days that it's open but I like to come as well when it's closed," she said.
"The day after people have been through, you've got to come back and restock the shelves and sort out where they've put things back in the wrong place, and that sort of stuff - and I enjoy doing that.
"I've always found I seem to enjoy the things that other people don't. So I'm good for those boring-type jobs"
Store manager John Nash estimated the place sells about 900 books on the two days a week it opens, Wednesday and Saturday.
But they have probably thousands more unsorted, with an entire shipping container and half of a second one packed with paper.
"We have one lady [Amy Hallford], who comes from Barraba, she's an author, she wrote three books last year, she's halfway through writing another three books this year," he said.
"She drives from Barraba [to volunteer]!"
For many book-lovers in Tamworth and the region it's a regular stop, to pick up their weekly paperback.
Even better, the Rotary club institution raises tens of thousands of dollars for charity; the club will donate about $60,000 to a variety of local charities in 2021, he said.
"We think it's the most important shed around," Mr Nash said.
"A lot of people from out of town come here to make their appointments on a Wednesday so that they can come and do a little bit of buying of books."
Mrs Beaton said she'll volunteer at the store as long as she's in Tamworth - though she's not even a Rotary member.
The greatest pleasure of all is being able to show people to exactly the book they're looking for, she said.
"One lady came in - it was father's day I think - and she wanted one specific book [the Tattooist of Auschwitz] and we found it for her and she was so happy," she said.
"People just appreciate that extra bit from you."
The one job she won't do: she won't mind the cash registers.
"I don't take money because I'd just give the books away! Take it, read it, it's wonderful!"
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