The Friends Fall Book Sale opened on Friday, November 25th, and items are now available at half price. You’ll find not only fine books but DVDs, music CDs, and audiobooks.

The Friends’ book sales support many library services — lifelong learning programs, children’s activities, digital resources, etc. You can help support all these by shopping at the Friends’ book sales!

Treat yourself or your friends to one of the many themed baskets the Friends are raffling off (a few of which are pictured above). Tickets are available at the front desk for $2, or 3 for $5. The drawing will be held December 21st.

The popular First Wednesdays series, free and open to the public, is back for another season. The lectures are held on the first Wednesday of the month, October through May, at 7PM. This season the programs will be held in the Main Reading Room of the library, with the exception of the March lecture, accessible via Zoom (click here to register).

A description of each lecture is available here. The series is sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council, the Friends of Brooks Memorial Library, and the following generous local businesses: Berkley & Veller Greenwood Country Realtors, Brattleboro Savings & Loan, Champion Overhead Door, Richards Insurance Group, Swiss Precision Turning, Vermont Country Store, Viking Villages, Zaluzny Excavating Corp., and Ziter Taylor Real Estate. The support of our local businesses is greatly appreciated!