The Friends of CALS are hosting the triannual used book sale at the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) Main Library, 100 Rock Street, July 11-13.
Basement sale books are $1 (paperbacks) and $2 (hardbacks). Sale hours are 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Friday, July 12, and 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 13. Friends of CALS members are invited to an evening shopping event on Thursday, July 11, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friends members will also be given 9:00 a.m. entrance on Friday and Saturday morning. Memberships are available for purchase at the Bookstore at Library Square and will be available at Main Library during the sale. Educators are eligible for a 25-percent discount with a valid ID.
A Friends of CALS members-only preview party at the Bookstore at Library Square is scheduled for Saturday, July 6, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Books will be 50% off and merchandise 20% off. Refreshments will be served.
Funds from the book sale help provide, among other things, book club kits and Summer Reading Club materials for branches and special Saturday programming for children at Main Library. For more information about the sale, call 501-918-3000 or check the website: www.cals.org. To volunteer at the Friends used book sale, email pdeems@cals.org or call 501-918-3085.