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Support the Future of the Edmonds Library — Join the Friends of the Edmonds Library

The Friends of the Edmonds Library (FEL) has officially launched our annual membership drive, and we’re hoping you’ll join us as a member! We need you, fellow Edmondtonians, to help us achieve our membership goals. We’re looking for at least 200 individuals, families, and/or businesses to join or renew their memberships in FEL and we’re…

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Fall Reading Recommendations from Edmonds Bookshop

Mary Kay Sneeringer from Edmonds Bookshop shared a number of exciting reading recommendations with Friends of the Edmonds Library during our September meeting. You can access these fiction, non-fiction and children’s titles at the bookshop, or, of course, the library! Happy reading! Recommended Fiction Anxious People by Fredrik Backman Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles Lying Life of Adults by Elena…

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Edmonds Bookshop Presenting Thursday, 9/24

Mary Kay Sneeringer, owner of Edmonds Bookshop, is joining the Friends of the Edmonds Library this Thursday, Sept. 24 for her annual discussion of new books. The discussion will be via Zoom starting at 6 p.m. and is open to the public using the following link. Please join us! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87325192685.

August Virtual Meeting Details

We hope you can join our virtual member meeting at 2PM on Thursday, August 27. Our guest speaker is Dr. Yvonne Terrell-Powell, the Vice President of the Equity and Inclusion Division at Edmonds College. She will share more about the college’s impact in the local community; priorities for equity and inclusion and how we as committed lifelong learners can support…

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Join Rick Steves for July Members Meeting

Are you dreaming of past summer escapades to beautiful locales? Imagining international adventures when travel becomes safer? Or simply exploring new local destinations as a way to satisfy the travel bug? Join our July membership meeting this Thursday, July 23 at 6 PM, for a discussion with Edmonds’s own travel guide extraordinaire, Rick Steves. Log-in details below. This…

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Join our June 25 Virtual Program with MyEdmondsNews Publisher

We hope your can join our free, online community program this Thursday, June 25 at 6 PM, featuring Teresa Wippel, founder of the My Neighborhood News Network and Publisher of MyEdmondsNews. Teresa will discuss how local news coverage has changed due to COVID-19. If you plan to attend, please RSVP and submit any questions you may have for our presenter, here. This meeting will be recorded…

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FEL Operations Update

The following includes current assumptions regarding FEL operations as Sno-Isle Libraries begins a phased approach to re-opening community library locations. Please note that all recommendations developed by the FEL board are designed to comply with local public health guidelines, as well as parameters established by Sno-Isle Libraries for all of the Friends groups and volunteers across the system. We…

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May 28 Virtual Member Meeting Confirmed

Please join us for our first-ever virtual member meeting on Thursday, May 28 at 2PM via Zoom! Members will receive all relevant log-in and tech-support details via email prior to the meeting. Not a member? No problem – simply join here and you’ll be added to our membership contact list! In November, Scriber Lake High School teacher Marjie Bowker…

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