November Volunteer of the Month Our Volunteer of the Month, Chad Ledford, was born and raised in Black Mountain and has worked for JHA healthcare management group for about 20 years. Chad provides a secondary market for books we are unable to sell in our bookstore. He furnishes these books to residents of health care…
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…
Poetry Anthology Available Now! The Dark City Poets Society is excited to announce the publication of their first anthology! This project has been in the works since the beginning of the year when the group decided to create something that would have more of a lasting impact within our community. Over the past several months,…
Big Book Sale and an Antique Book Sale, Too! Folks were lined up at 9:15am on Saturday, August 12 (the morning of the Sourwood Festival) anxiously waiting for the doors to open for the Big Book Sale. And the emphasis was on BIG! FOL had recently received a single contribution of two truckloads of used…
Fiction Book Donations Needed We are in need of fiction books for our upcoming book sale in December. If you have fiction books you are ready to donate, we would love to have them! You may place the books in our book donation bin in the foyer of the library. Or if you have a large quantity…
The Things We Find in Books, Chapter 4 The Friends of the Library receive book donations on a weekly basis and are most appreciative. Books are sold in our library bookstore, online, and at book sales, and all funds generated are used to support our own Black Mountain Library. And we also continue to find…
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…
Mark Your Calendar for August 12 Book Sale Do we have books for you? Indeed, we do! Boxes and boxes. At our August 12 Book Sale, to be held in the Community Room from 10am – 1pm, we will have lots of books for everyone – vintage, adult, young adult and children’s books. In addition…
GROW Trail Opens On June 10th, the Greenways Read Out-loud Walking Trail, or GROW Trail, officially opened with a morning celebration and ribbon cutting at Lake Tomahawk. Read the full story in the Black Mountain News here. Conceived by Melisa Pressley, Manager of the Black Mountain Library, the GROW Trail was supported by the Black Mountain Greenways…
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…