Our Pop-Up Book Sale on Saturday, June 25, was a big success for all ages! Our theme for this sale was “Summer Reading” and books of all genres were featured. A curated selection of books from the Lawrence Reh collection … Read More
Books for Friends (BFF), a used bookshop that supports the Alameda Free Library, celebrated its grand opening on June 23-25. BFF is led and managed by volunteers from Friends of the Alameda Free Library (FAL) and is located across from … Read More
We held our first-ever themed pop-up book sale on March 12! It was very successful, with many shoppers finding a great selection of almost new books at very affordable prices. More pop-up sales are coming and will be held at … Read More
We’re very excited to share the news that Books for Friends (BFF) opened on March 17 at the main library! Open hours: Thursdays, 12 – 4 p.m. Fridays, 12 – 4 p.m. Saturdays, 12 – 4 p.m. Find our new, … Read More
Books for Friends (BFF) We are very excited about our new used book sale space, Books for Friends. It will open Thursday, March 17th, at noon, and will be open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 12-4 pm. You can find BFF … Read More
After a year and a half of doing our best with online used book sales, the Used Book Sale committee has scheduled many sales opportunities for 2022. We are really excited about this book sale comeback and know you will … Read More
We will be opening a small used book store in the library near Dewey’s Cafe. We are planning a soft opening sometime in January 2022. Updates will be made on our website and in the January e-newsletter (to sign up … Read More
Our amazing book sale committee volunteers, led by FAL board members Marcie Soslau and Carole Robie, are rethinking how to sell donated books. Though we may return to our large weekend sales at the O’Club in the future, in the … Read More
Sita (Sailaja) Peddada moved to Alameda in 2008 after completing her PhD at UC Davis on the genetic and molecular basis of autism spectrum disorders. Her journey with FAL started when she decided to volunteer in the city she had … Read More
We are so excited to announce that we are bringing our used book store to you, online! It took a lot of planning and work, but we made it. We have moved all used book sale activity from Facebook to … Read More