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Garden Home Community Library Book Sale (3-December-2011)

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Book SaleThe Garden Home Community Library Book Sale takes place Saturday, December 3, 2011 from 9am until 3pm at the Garden Home Recreation Center (7475 SW Garden Home Road).

You’ll find hundreds of hardback and paper bound books, CDs and DVDs including fiction, crime, history, biography, children and young readers, cooking, hobbies, health and wellness, travel, arts and literature. Prices are $.50 and $1.00, and your purchases support the Garden Home Library.

Meanwhile taking place at the same time is Garden Home Recreation Center’s 27th annual Holiday Bazaar.

Small Press Love Fest (8-November-2011)

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Small Press Love FestThe Small Press Love Fest this Tuesday, November 8, 2011 is a great opportunity for readers to meet local small press publishers and authors.

Join us for an evening social with your favorite presses. Talk to local publishers to find out what’s hot that they’ve got to get a head start on your holiday shopping. There will be food, raffles, door prizes, and free gift wrapping provided by SCRAP.

Small press publishers participating include Dark Horse Comics, The Dill Pickle Club, Future Tense Publishing, Hawthorne Books, Oni Press, Reading Frenzy, Sparkplug Books, Timber Press, Tin House Books, Top Shelf Productions.

This free event runs from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the U.S. Bank Room at the Central Library (801 SW 10th).

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women (5-November-2011)

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Louisa May AlcottJoin Century of Action and the Multnomah County Library this Saturday, November 5, 2011 for a special presentation of Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women.

Louisa May Alcott supported equal rights for women and organized them to vote 40 years before the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920. While Alcott was working hard on the east coast, Oregon women began a 42-year campaign for full voting rights, which they won 8 years before the rest of the nation. Join Kimberly Jensen and the Oregon Suffrage Players in exploring the fascinating history of woman suffrage in Oregon. Turn-of-the-century attire strongly encouraged. Refreshments will be served.

The free presentation begins at 3pm at the U.S. Bank Room in the Central Library (801 SW 10th). Turn-of-the-century attire is encouraged, and refreshments will be served.

Visit the Multnomah County Library website for more information on this, and other Louisa May Alcott programs this month.

Friends of the Library Fall Used Book Sale (October 28-31, 2011)

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Fall Used Book SaleThe 2011 Friends of the Library Fall Used Book Sale takes place Friday through Monday, October 28 through 31, 2011 at the DoubleTree Hotel (1000 NE Multnomah St).

100,000 Items at Great Prices

  • Audio tapes
  • CDs and DVDs
  • Gently used books
  • Maps and sheet music
  • Children’s books, pocket-sized paperbacks start: .50
  • Hardcover books, large paperbacks start: $1.50

The 38th annual sale opens Friday for members only from 6-9pm. Non-members can join Friends of the Library on site or online. Basic memberships are only $10, family memberships $15.

Saturday through Monday the sale is open to the general public. Hours Saturday are 9am to 6pm, Sunday 11am to 5pm, and Monday 9am to 3pm. Monday is 50% discount day!

Proceeds of the sale directly support the Multnomah County Library system.

Sidewalk Sale & Surplus Book Sale at the Oregon Historical Society (30-July-2011)

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Oregon Historical SocietyThe Oregon Historical Society Sidewalk Sale (pdf) takes place Saturday, July 30, 2011 from 10am to 4pm at the museum at 1200 SW Park Avenue.

The sale features duplicate and out-of-field books from the Davies Family Research Library. Most of the books for sale are priced from $1 to $5. Duplicate photographic prints, including images of Portland and other Oregon and Pacific Northwest subjects, will also be on sale.

Some Museum Store sale merchandise will also be available – including jewelry, art prints, apparel, gift items, books, and more – at 30% to 80% off.

The sale will be held in an area accessible for free, but consider checking out the Timbers or Oregon motorsports exhibits while you’re there – regular Saturday museum hours are 10am to 5pm.