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Friday, Nov.18 & Saturday Nov. 19 11 AM TO 6 PM Your downtown shop for unique gifts 10% Off Regular Merchandise PLUS 50% OFF Clearance Table GREAT USED BOOKS! Check the Buy One/Get One Free Table Find us in the lobby of the Millennium Library at Donald & Graham. See Flyer.

Grant Park High School gym, 450 Nathaniel at Grant Saturday, October 15:     10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday, October 16:        11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Half price on Sunday

To all our Book Sale Fans who are asking “When?!”  There has been a delay in getting our Permit from the Winnipeg School Division to use Grant Park High School Gym for the sale.  But stay tuned – we hope to announce it very soon.

Consider donating your gently used books, CDs, DVDs & LPs for our fall book sale.  Label the bags or small sturdy boxes “FRIENDS” and take them to any branch of Winnipeg Public Library.  If needed, we can pick up larger donations, which must be packed in smaller, sturdy boxes.  Leave a message at (204) 488-3217 […]

BOOKS & BRUNCH 2016 was another winner.  The sunny blue sky and warm temperature was a perfect backdrop to The Gates’ setting on May 1st for the 11th annual BOOKS & BRUNCH.    A capacity crowd enjoyed the superb buffet as well as the Rainbow Auction (our best yet – over $2,000 in prizes!)  The highlights […]

On May 1, 2016 at The Gates on Roblin an enthusiastic audience enjoyed wonderful weather, a super silent auction, great food, and entertaining recollections of “Books I Have Loved 2016” by guest speakers Lara Rae and Catherine Hunter. Mark your calendars now for next year’s event on May 7, 2017!

Kathy Blight (wonder woman) has just announced that The Gates on Roblin have found a couple of extra tables for us – YAY! So if you thought we were sold-out for Books & Brunch and you hadn’t bought a ticket, this is good news!

Books & Brunch with guests Lara Rae & Catherine Hunter is heading for a sell-out – 90% of the tickets have aleady been sold! Phone 204-947-0110 or email info@friendswpl.ca or in person at the Best of Friends Gift Shop in the lobby of the Millennium Library, Monday to Friday 11 to 4.

WHEN:  Wednesday, April 6, 2016 2:00 p.m. WHERE:  Millennium Library, 251 Donald Street, second floor, Anhang Room All members are encouraged to attend. Guest Speaker: Rick Walker, Manager of Library Services NOTICE: At the Annual General Meeting, the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Winnipeg Public Library Board will be proposing amendments to By-law No. 1, […]