BookFEST! offers patrons over 10,000 books and non-print items for sale. The sale offers some twenty different categories of books including children’s, teens, adult general fiction, romance, mysteries and thrillers, and science fiction/fantasy. Non-fiction includes self-help/parenting, biography, history/culture, cooking/food, crafts and hobbies, the arts, sports, religion, Judaica, science, humor, travel, classics, and poetry/short stories/plays. This year BookFEST! will offer a separate category for business. In addition, the sale has added dime novels and other $.10 reads. BookFEST! has a wide selection of DVDs for children and adults, including some full seasons of TV shows and recent movies, audio books, music CDs, LP record albums, and paintings. Friends will also offer free books on cassette and VHS tapes, including children’s tapes, while supplies last.
The sale, in the Library Program Room, will be held on Thursday, October 24 from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. On Friday and Saturday October 25 and 26 the hours are 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, and from 1:00 to 4:00 pm on Sunday the 27th. Members of Friends of the Library will have pre-public access to the sale on Wednesday, October 23 from 2:30 to 8:30 pm. Memberships can be purchased at the door.