Be A Friend

The new year for Friends of East Providence Public Library begins on October 1. If you are currently a member, it is time to renew. If you are not yet a member, we welcome you to join us. Bright orange membership application cards can be obtained at the Welcome Desk at Weaver Library, 41 Grove Avenue, East Providence, Riverside Library, 475 Bullocks Point Avenue, Riverside and Fuller Creative Learning Center, 260 Dover Avenue, East Providence. Fill out the card and give it to a staff member, with annual dues of $10 per person. Membership cards will also be available at the Fall Book Sale October 2 to 5. Membership dues help to provide special programs and projects at the library.

Friends volunteer hundreds of hours preparing for semi-annual book sales and events. They donate hundreds of books each year to local organizations to promote free access to reading materials for everyone. They contribute thousands of dollars annually to help provide educational and fun activities and programs for people of all ages in our community. They annually pay for museum passes to allow community residents to visit educational venues for free or at a reduced rate. This year, the Friends provided funding for five sewing machines for Fuller Creative Learning Center and contributed $20,000 to the redesign of Weaver Library to enhance patron experience.


You can be part of this community-focused group. As an added bonus, your membership card provides entry to the preview sale night for the Fall Book Sale on Thursday, October 2, from 6-8 p.m., the day before the sale opens to the public, October 3 to 6, as well as to preview night for the Spring Book Sale. This is the best time to buy the best books. Sign up now to avoid waiting in line on preview night. Your support is greatly appreciated.


New, Drew and More


Want to read the latest novel by your favorite author? The Fall Book Sale at Weaver Library Oct. 2 to 5, 2025 will feature more than 300 recent novels by popular authors. Need a bit of nostalgia who-done-it? Want to share your love of vintage mysteries with a friend or grandchild? You will find a selection of more than 100 Nancy Drew mysteries at the Fall Book Sale. Are mid-century alien space invasions your thing? Or are vampires and witches at the top of your reading list? The Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale includes more than 100 vintage paperback sci-fi novels, with some dating back to the 1950s and 1960s. A special cart of fantasy novels features selections from popular authors of the genre. Looking for early readers or chapter books for your classroom or elementary school child? Hundreds of children’s books for beginning readers are available, as well as many more soft cover and hard cover books for young adults.


More than 50 other topics will be featured, all sorted by category on easy-to-reach book carts for your convenience. They include banned books, health, mind, parenting, home, crafts, knitting and crocheting, history, religion/spirituality, pets, science, true crime, sports, travel, reference, business, math, poetry, plays, philosophy, short stories, education, games, hobbies, writing, foreign language, cooking, music, art, biographies, memoirs, Rhode Island and New England. Author-signed, vintage, graphic, manga, giftable and collectible books, including antiquarian, classics, history, author-signed, first editions and interesting finds will be on sale. Also offered are East Providence Hight School yearbooks, paperback novels and romance, sheet music, Great Courses, DVDs, CDs, audio books and holiday books and media.


A members-only prevail sale will be held from 6 to 8 PM on Oct 2. Join at the door for $10. The sale continues during library hours Friday, Oct. 3 to Sunday, Oct 5, with free admission.