The Friends of the Library are holding a board meeting today at noon in the meeting room at the Olympia Library. You can find our meeting agenda here.

Please, join us!

The board of the Friends of the Olympia Library will hold their monthly board meeting and annual membership meeting on May 21 at noon. The meeting will be held in the meeting room of the Olympia Library. Here is the agenda for the meeting.

The annual membership meeting portion will include election of certain officers and board members whose terms are up. The current proposed slate is: President Claire Thompson, 1st VP Patti Paul, 2nd VP Irene Osborn, Secretary Lila Sjodin, Board Member Victoria Byerly.

UPDATE: Our Giant Book Sale raised $1,950 included $195 in memberships. Thank you!

Support your library and get great deals on used books! Most books are $1 and paperbacks are $.50.

Saturday, May 11 , 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday, May 12, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The book sale will be held in the meeting room of the Olympia Timberland Library at 313 8th Ave SE Olympia.

On the first day of the sale, there is a Friends membership pre-sale starting at 8 a.m. You can renew or join at the door and memberships start at only $10.

Scanners may not be used at this sale.

There will be specially marked comic books and some will be the cover price. Lots of variety to choose from! We will also have some role-playing books.

The Friends of the Olympia have gotten some recent donations of great comics. So, come on down and check out our collection and buy some to support your library. Some of these are valuable mint editions.

Local artist Nora Walsh will guide you in creating your very own sock kitty. Bring a favorite sock, or use one supplied at the program. Parents are encouraged to attend with their children. Recommended for ages 6 though 10. Space is limited. Please register at the youth desk, online, or by calling 360-352-0595. Participants will leave their creations at the library for display during Spring Arts Walk on April 26 and 27, and may pick them up beginning Monday, April 29.

New applicants please send three digital images of your work to: Olympia.artsale5 (at) gmail (dot) .com

Send your non-refundable $10 application fee to:

Friends of the Olympia Library
Attn: Beth Dubey
313 8th Ave SE
Olympia, WA 98501

The jury meets once a month. Spaces will be filled on a first come first serve basis. When  your work has been accepted, a $50 refundable deposit is required to hold your space. This fee will be refunded after participation in the sale. Other costs include a non-refundable booth fee of $5 for a 5’x5’ space, or $10 for a 10’x10’ space, and a contribution of 20% of the artists’ proceeds to the Friends of the Olympia Library & Patrons of South Sound Cultural Arts (POSSCA.)

Previous participating artists: You do not have to go through the jury process again. Please send in your deposit of $50 to reserve a space.

For more information call Irene Osborn at 360 754 6225 or email: Olympia.artsale5 (at )gmail (dot) .com

UPDATE: 20 percent of the proceeds of this book sale are going to the Steamboat Island Little Library project. This is a great effort to promote literacy and community! You can read more about it here.

ALL paperbacks will be $.50 – that’s right, FIFTY CENTS per book!

Come by and see us, and don’t forget to join the Friends of the Olympia Library when you come by so that when the GIANT July sale rolls around you can have early access to the sale and all future book sales with us for a YEAR!

We look forward to seeing you there!

A note from our comic book sale captain:

The comic book sale went really well. Antonio set things up perfectly, as usual. Sara, i Youth Services, announced our sale every two hours. That always brings in a wave of customers.

We had a good time and people enjoyed looking at all the different comics. The more the word gets out the more money we will make. We would like to do this again in April. It is an easy set-up and only takes two people to run it.

Saturday, February 16, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m.
Olympia Timberland Library
313 8th Ave. SE, Olympia
In the Olympia Library Meeting Room

There will be specially marked comic books and some will be the cover price. Lots of variety to choose from! We will also have some role-playing books.

The Friends of the Olympia have gotten some recent donations of great comics. So, come on down and check out our collection and buy some to support your library. Some of these are valuable mint editions.

The Friends supports our library staff, programs and generally buys what the library itself cannot afford.