The storage room is full, and the local volunteer group that collects and sells used books is throwing a One Day Family Book Sale to make room.
The book-storage area on the ground floor of the Nellie McClung branch at Cedar Hill Road and McKenzie Avenue is overflowing. ItB次元官网网址檚 at the Nellie McClung branch (3950 Cedar Hill Rd.) where theyB次元官网网址檒l hold the One Day Family Book Sale, Sunday, Feb. 11, starting at noon.
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Admission to the Feb. 11 Book Sale is free from noon to 2:45 p.m., during which time books are marked by price. The sale runs again from 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. when the books are free but admission is $5.
In line with the family theme there will be lots of kids, teen and adult books, with a big selection of mysteries, science-fiction, romance, thrillers and fiction works in paperback and hardcover.
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Last year Friends of the Library spent $40,000 on Greater Victoria Public Library initiatives and programming such as the youth summer reading program.
