Come to the library book sale during Festival Days

Great news! Festival Days is coming up, Sept 21-23, which means the Friends of the Havre-Hill County Library Book Sale is coming up, too.

Every year during Festivals Days the Friends of the Library host a book sale where you can find great, used books and other items for amazing prices. Fill a grocery bag with used books, movies, and cassette tapes and pay just $1 per bag. New books are available for $1 per book, and other items, such as a lace bedspread and curated bundles of books, will be available to make bids on in a silent auction.

This year, to give everyone even more opportunities to shop, the Friends of the Library Book Sale will start Wednesday, at noon, and go until 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, the sale will be open 8 a.m.-8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday the sale will go noon-5 p.m. This is not only a great time to support your local library, it is a chance to find books you will love and expand your own library at home.

Are you interested in joining the Friends of the Library? We meet every third Thursday of the month at noon, October through June. The Friends of the Library supports the Havre-Hill County Library by providing funding for programs like the Summer Reading Program, the Winter Reading Series, concerts, movie screenings, lecturers and more throughout the year. In addition to the annual Festival Days Books Sale, the Friends of the Library host a Valentine’s Day Pie Social every year. The Pie Social is a great opportunity to meet up with old friends and make new ones over a piece of pie. It comes with coffee or punch, can be made à la mode or topped with whipped cream, all for $4.

Join us at the library for other Friends of the Library sponsored events, like our screening of the new documentary about Mr. Rogers, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” coming up Thursday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m., with free popcorn provided by Cottonwood Cinema 4. Monday, Oct 1, at 7 p.m. Hal Stearns will be at the Havre-Hill County Library describing the last great agricultural land rush of the American West and the drought and depression that followed, with his Humanities Montana program “Homestead Dreams.”

These programs, as always, are free and open to the public, at your local Havre-Hill County Library.

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Rachel Rawn is director of Havre-Hill County Library