NCSU Libraries Focus Online

Volume 24 number 3 - Spring 2004

By Mary Kate Keith, Friends of the Library

Annual Book Sale To Coincide with North Carolina Literary Festival

The Friends of the Library will hold its fifteenth annual Book Sale from April 16 through 18, 2004. The sale, located on the Brickyard in a large tent in front of the D. H. Hill Library, will add to the festivities of the North Carolina Literary Festival scheduled from April 15 through 18, 2004.

Thousands of books are available, as well as CDs and audio books. Subject categories include a variety of scientific textbooks, fiction, history, health and self-help, foreign language, and children's books.

The sale begins Friday morning, April 16, with a preview sale open only to Friends' members. Life members can shop from 9:00 until 10:00 a.m. The sale then opens to all Friends' members between 10:00 a.m. and noon. The general public is then invited to shop on April 16 from 12:00 noon until 4:00 p.m.; on Saturday, April 17, from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.; and on Sunday, April 18, from 12:00 noon until 5:00 p.m.

During that weekend, NC State will host the 2004 North Carolina Literary Festival. The festival, expected to command an audience of more than 10,000 patrons, will feature nearly 100 southern writers. It provides readers of all ages and backgrounds with the unique opportunity to meet and interact with some of their favorite published authors.

The D. H. Hill Library is located on Hillsborough Street, directly across from the Wachovia Bank. For additional information, please call the Friends of the Library, Monday through Friday, between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. at (919) 515-2841.