FOL Book Store News & Notes Have you visited the FOL Store in the Black Mountain Library lately? Or browsed for books on our Etsy sites – FOL Black Mountain and Black Mountain Reads? It is so easy to support your local library through a purchase of a unique book, gift basket, puzzle, tote bag…
Book Sale Success Well, another successful holiday sale is in the books! Many thanks to our volunteers as well as to our community of readers and shoppers. It was worth it to see so many books go to good homes! The dreary weather did not deter our dedicated readers and repeat buyers who were ready…
It’s the Big Holiday Books (and More) Sale! Join us in the Community Room from 10am-1pm on Saturday, December 2 for the Friends of the Black Mountain Library Holiday Book Sale. This sale features a large selection of military books (some fiction but mainly non-fiction), bookish gift baskets, jigsaw puzzles and vintage/collectible books. You’re sure…
FOL Online Bookstores Some of you are aware that FOL volunteers manage two Etsy stores. Lyndall Noyes-Brownell is our veteran Etsy seller and manages the store FOLBlackMountain (https://www.etsy.com/shop/FOLBlackMountain). Laura Lunsford opened a second Etsy store some months ago, and is selling as BlackMountainReads (https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlackMountainReads). Laura and Lyndall are selling vintage and collectible books that are at least 20…
Join us at the Swannanoa Valley Museum Antique Sale Join us at the historic Monte Vista Hotel on Saturday, August 26, as the FOL embarks on a new adventure. We will be participating as a vendor at the Swannanoa Valley Museum Antique Sale! The sale is the first of its kind for the Museum and…
Pop-Up Book Sale Coming in August Some of you have been asking when our next Friends of the Library Book Sale will be. Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 12 from 10am–1pm. The sale is the same weekend as Sourwood Festival so be sure to include us in your festival plans! This will be a great sale – you…
The Things We Find in Books, Chapter 2 As mentioned previously, FOL volunteers spend every Tuesday morning sorting the donated books that make their way into the library bookstore or FOL pop-up book sales. And we continue to find things that have been left in donated books. A recent sampling turned up a Russian song…
Get Ready! Another awesome book sale is coming!! The FOL will be hosting a book sale on Saturday, December 10, from 10-1 at the library. Fill an Ingles paper shopping bag with books of your choice for $5. Or purchase children’s books for 2 for $1.00. This sale will not be a lot of any…
FOL Book Donations Thanks to the generosity of Black Mountain residents, the FOL receives book donations every week. Sometimes a few books, sometimes several boxes of books. Most of these donations are destined for our library bookstore, and the money raised from selling these books is used to support the library. Occasionally the FOL receives…
Friends of the Black Mountain LibraryDog Days of Summer Pop-Up Book Sale August 13, 2022 While the dog days of summer will have technically ended, our FOL dog days book sale will offer plenty of summertime reading. The sale is scheduled for Saturday, August 13 from 10 am until 1 pm and will be at…