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Submitted by emmettoconnell on Mon, 04/28/2008 - 1:07pm.
May 3 2008 - 10:00am
May 3 2008 - 4:00pm

The Friends of the Olympia Library will hold a book sale on May 3-4 (Saturday 10-4 and Sunday 1-4) at the Downtown Olympia Timberland Library.

There is also a members only presale on Saturday May 3 beginning at 8a (memberships can be purchased at that time).

Actually memberships can be purchased throughout the sale and whenever you want here.

All of the proceeds from the book sale go to your local library. Please, donate your old and discarded books to the Friends of the Olympia Library.

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Submitted by agathafrye on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 5:34pm.
Apr 19 2008 - 2:00pm
Apr 19 2008 - 3:30pm

Join three authors for a reading and signing of their new releases. Elizabeth Crane, winner of the Chicago Public Library's 21st Century Award, will read from "You Must Be This Happy to Enter: Stories." Nina Revoyr, winner of an American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book in Literature award, will read from "The Age of Dreaming: A Novel." Abraham Rodriguez, American Book Award winner, will read from "South by South Bronx." The books will be available for purchase. The publisher of the books is independent book publisher, Akashic Books.

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Submitted by emmettoconnell on Thu, 02/07/2008 - 4:13pm.
Feb 9 2008 - 10:00am
Feb 10 2008 - 4:00pm

The Friends of the Olympia Library will be having a two day book sale this weekend.

Saturday (February 9) from 10:00 to 4:00 and Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00.

From email (mostly): 

If you are a member of the Friends there is a friends members presale from 8:00 to 10:00. This is a great booksale - paperbacks are .50 cents and all of the other books are $1.00, except for some special books which are specially priced. On Sunday only it's $3.00 for an entire bag of books. The bags are provided by the Friends.

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