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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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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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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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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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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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Thank you to our members and volunteers who came out to celebrate our 40th Anniversary. The slideshow we played is available here: Friends of the Edmonds Library 40th Anniversary – 1979-2019 My Edmonds News coverage: Friends of Edmonds Library celebrates 40 years of support for community literacy

Friends of the Edmonds Library membership can vote on the proposed 2020 Budget and Board of Directors that was introduced to membership in October at our Annual Meeting at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 21. Questions? Please email us! [email protected] Proposed 2020 Board of Directors President                     …

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If you missed our June program, you can get caught up on current FEL activities through our mid-year update:June 2019 mid-year update presentation

By Pam O’Sullivan I want to thank you, Edmonds Friends, for allowing me to attend the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Seattle in January.  It was an amazing—and educational—experience. A real eye-opener. Before I go any further, I want to pass along to you a couple comments about Friends.  At a panel discussion,…

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As part of the 2019 budget process, last November the Friends of the Edmonds Library board and membership approved a new budget item, “Education & Literacy Grants,” with funds for this year approved at $1,500. In addition, it was decided that the University of Washington iSchool would administer the graduate-level scholarship provided by the Friends, which…

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