It’s time to prepare for the upcoming November and December holidays, so stop by the Santa Monica Public Library Bookstore, operated by the Friends of the Santa Monica Public Library, to take advantage of the Bookstore's terrific collection.
You can:- Buy a cookbook with a great new holiday recipe
- Purchase a mystery by Baldacci, Patterson, Grisham and others, many in pristine condition useful as holiday gifts
- Start a new craft project with one of our many beading, needlecrafts, or home décor books
- Plan next year’s vacation with a guidebook from our travel collection
As we approach the end of our fifth year, we extend a big thank you to all our wonderful patrons, donors, and volunteers. We need all three groups for the Book Store to exist. To learn more about the Friends and the activities we support, to become a member, or to make a donation, check out our website at www.friendsofsmpl.org.New books and audio/video materials arrive by the dozens every day, so drop by soon. Bookstore hours are Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 11-4:30, Sunday 1:30-4:30, closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Location is on the left as you enter through the north entrance of the Main Library at 601 Santa Monica Boulevard.
During October in the Santa Monica Public Library Friends’ Bookstore, all library discards will be half-price. You can easily identify these books by the existence of a library spine label. The books are usually stamped Discard or Withdrawn. These books cover a wide range of subjects, fiction and non-fiction. Come in and buy a bunch.Save the Date: Please come to the Santa Monica Public Library Friends' Bookstore special sale of higher value books on Saturday, November 20, 2010, from 11-2pm. We will feature books from $2-$75 on art, photography, history, signed fiction, cookbooks, collectible classics, and other subjects. Why not do your holiday shopping at the Friends' Bookstore! See you there!Be sure to check out our monthly theme books, displayed in the windows and on the Perennial Place cart.
New items arrive by the dozens almost every day, so drop by soon. Bookstore hours are Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 11-4:30, Sunday 1:30-4:30, closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Location is on the left as you enter through the north entrance of the Main Library at 601 Santa Monica Boulevard.
Friends Board member Edward Edwards has been getting rave reviews for Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” at the Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica. The LA Times says Edwards directs a play with “an emotional authenticity that honors the play’s timeless themes.” The cast is superb, the theater intimate – a setting where we can all share with each other the sense of what it is to be a human being.“All My Sons,” at the Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Road, Santa Monica with shows at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Ends Oct. 2. For tickets call (310) 397-3244.
At its July Board meeting, the Friends approved funds for the development of interactive capabilities for the Library’s new website. At the June meeting funds were approved for continued digitization of the Santa Monica Evening Outlook newspaper and for a subscription to Overdrive, which will provide content for the library’s eBooks program.
The Friends of the Santa Monica Library Book Store offers a special September Sale: All non-fiction books are 50% off on Fridays and Saturdays only, throughout the month of September.Yes, this includes science, health, cookbooks, religion, parenting, biographies, history, crafts, gardening, sports, reference, art, travel, politics, law, technology, and we’ll throw in poetry, plays, and more.
No, it does not include novels, mysteries, science fiction, fantasy, short stories, or westerns.
(The sale excludes specially marked higher value books.)
New items arrive by the dozens almost every day, so drop by soon. Bookstore hours are Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 11-4:30, Sunday 1:30-4:30, closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Location is on the left as you enter through the north entrance of the Main Library at 601 Santa Monica Boulevard.
To learn more about the Friends of the Santa Monica Public Library and the activities we support, to become a member, or to make a donation, check out our new website at www.friendsofsmpl.org.
The Friends of the Santa Monica Public Library Book Store announces the arrival of a new collection of higher value books. We have received about 300 books over the past few months that have interesting qualities and are priced at higher than our usual bookstore prices. Art books, signed books, coffee table books, books of historical interest, and others will be available for your inspection and purchase in the front room starting Thursday July 1st.
Come visit with us soon. Bookstore hours are Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 11-4:30, Sunday 1:30-4:30, closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Location is on the left as you enter through the north entrance of the Main Library at 601 Santa Monica Boulevard.
To learn more about the Friends of the Santa Monica Public Library and the activities we support, to become a member, or to make a donation, check out our website at http://www.friendsofsmpl.org/.
To improve your golf game
To plant your garden
To plan your next vacation
To relax and read a good book
The volunteers at the Friends of the Santa Monica Public Library Bookstore can help you find the right books for all of that, so drop by soon.
Plus, during the month of June, we are continuing our May sale: all higher value books are half-priced. These are the ones we usually sell for $2, $5, $10 and up. This is an opportunity to stock up on gifts for Dads, Brides, Grooms, and Grads.
Bookstore hours are Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 11-4:30, Sunday 1:30-4:30, closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Location is on the left as you enter through the north entrance of the Main Library at 601 Santa Monica Boulevard.
