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
The Friends of the Alameda Free Library is delighted to welcome Cathy Peloquin to our board. Originally from Portland, Oregon, Cathy moved to Alameda in 1988. She and her husband have lived in the same house for 34 years. Their … Read More
The Books for Friends grand opening and our third Pop-Up Used Book Sale were very successful this past weekend! We sold record amounts of books, introduced the community to our outstanding new used bookstore in the Alameda Free Library, and … Read More
On June 15th, the Friends were joined by bestselling crime fiction author Vaseem Khan who discussed his Malabar House Novels, which take readers on an exhilarating journey from the last days of the Raj to the heart of modern India. … Read More
In the May newsletter I reported on attempts to ban or censor books in public and school libraries – a total of 729 books were banned in 2021. Most of these efforts are focused on books read by teens, so … Read More
On May 16th, the Friends were joined by national bestselling author Gail Tsukiyama who discussed The Color of Air, her gorgeous and evocative historical novel about a Japanese-American family set against the backdrop of Hawai’i’s sugar plantations. Click on the … Read More
On May 11th, the Friends were joined by art docent Avril Angevine for a presentation on some of California’s most interesting clay crafters, from studios in Berkeley, on Catalina Island, and in Southern California — from familiar names like Arequipa, … Read More
A treasure like the Alameda Free Library does not happen by accident – it’s made possible by people like you. Your support allows our library to provide the very best in books, music, movies, and technology – and grow its … Read More
We are witnessing censorship in many parts of the country. In Llano County, Texas, elected officials removed books because they disagreed with the ideas, closed library board meetings to the public, dissolved the library board, replacing them with political appointees, … Read More
On April 20th, the Friends were joined by author Sarah Penner who discussed her novel, The Lost Apothecary. In her addictive and spectacularly imagined debut, Penner tells us of an eighteenth century female apothecary who secretly dispenses poisons to liberate … Read More