Annual Used Book Sale– FOIL is requesting books for their annual used book sale. Preferably, drop your books off during the days and hours that the library is open. On alternate days,please set them in front of the double door entry to the Noble Barn. We need clean, gently used books. FOIL is asking that you please find another home for out of date computer books ,text books, dictionaries,travel books older than 3 yrs, VHS tapes and old encyclopedias.These have all exceeded their “use by” date, even at a used book sale. The sale will open Saturday, Jun 28th, 10:00 AM-7:00 PM.
In the Library Display Cabinet during April -Magdalena Herreshoff will be displaying her limited edition handmade books with original art and poetry. Magdalena’s poetry/art books (most of them modeled after the simplicity of the 17th Century chapbook) are held in Special Collections at the University of Washington in Seattle and in book art collections.
Weird, Wonderful and Worrisome Objects in Washington State’s Libraries -with Harriet Baskas from Humanities Washington. In this talk, explore a wide range of hidden objects found in the back rooms of museums in our state and around the country. Examples include a Spokane institution that holds Bing Crosby’s toupées and a museum in Lynden that’s home to a 150-year-old pickle. When possible, we will have local museum curators on hand to answer questions, participate in our discussions, and unbox a few hidden treasures. Harriet Baskas is the author of nine books, including 111 Places in Seattle That You Must Not Miss and Hidden Treasures: What Museums Can’t or Won’t Show You. She writes about airports, museums, travel, and a variety of other topics for outlets such as NBC News, The Points Guy, and her own site.
Intimate Evening of Conversation with Lummi Island Poet and Artist Magdalena Herreshoff. Reading from her works and discussing the challenges and joys of creating handmade, limited edition, poetry/art books. On view are a variety of her works featuring delicate watercolors of birds, haiku with animal block prints, and unique, accordian-folded chapbooks written in a call-and-response format. Saturday, April 26, 7:00 – 8:30 PM.
The Friends of Island Library( FOIL) is a local non-profit that owns the Island Library property; supports the Library through fundraising and promoting the purposes and activities of the Island Library and its community. The FOIL Board meets monthly on the third Monday of the month. The next meeting will be April 21st at 6:00 PM at the library.
If you’d like to support FOIL’s work, financial donations can be sent to PO Box 204,or made through Paypal on www.friendsofislandlibrary.org.