Friends of The Seattle Public Library
@friendsofthespl.bsky.social
Our mission is to elevate The Library and inspire the love of reading in our communities.
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Hi, Bluesky! We're the nonprofit Friends of The Seattle Public Library. The Friends currently run the FriendShop at Central Library and the Georgetown used bookshop. Excited to be here alongside our valued partners @seattlelibrary.bsky.social and @supportspl.bsky.social. 💜📖
Excited to share our December blog about the beloved South Park Branch of the @spl.org
Huge thanks to staff members Emely and Max who sat down for a conversation!
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Huge thanks to staff members Emely and Max who sat down for a conversation!
www.friendsofspl.org/s/stories/so...
December 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Excited to share our December blog about the beloved South Park Branch of the @spl.org
Huge thanks to staff members Emely and Max who sat down for a conversation!
www.friendsofspl.org/s/stories/so...
Huge thanks to staff members Emely and Max who sat down for a conversation!
www.friendsofspl.org/s/stories/so...
Learn in our newest blog post about how the Friends sort and price more unusual books donated to our organization. Some are sold for a steal at our Georgetown Used Bookshop!
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November 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Learn in our newest blog post about how the Friends sort and price more unusual books donated to our organization. Some are sold for a steal at our Georgetown Used Bookshop!
www.friendsofspl.org/s/stories/ge...
www.friendsofspl.org/s/stories/ge...
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Free #BannedBooksWeek webinar.
Join experts on Mon, Oct 6 at 3 p.m. CT to explore how policies can be a powerful tool for fighting censorship in libraries, bookstores, and communities and how advocates can use policies in their work.
See details + more free events: https://www.ala.org/bbooks/events
Join experts on Mon, Oct 6 at 3 p.m. CT to explore how policies can be a powerful tool for fighting censorship in libraries, bookstores, and communities and how advocates can use policies in their work.
See details + more free events: https://www.ala.org/bbooks/events
October 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Free #BannedBooksWeek webinar.
Join experts on Mon, Oct 6 at 3 p.m. CT to explore how policies can be a powerful tool for fighting censorship in libraries, bookstores, and communities and how advocates can use policies in their work.
See details + more free events: https://www.ala.org/bbooks/events
Join experts on Mon, Oct 6 at 3 p.m. CT to explore how policies can be a powerful tool for fighting censorship in libraries, bookstores, and communities and how advocates can use policies in their work.
See details + more free events: https://www.ala.org/bbooks/events
September's blog post is all about Library Card Sign-Up Month and the numerous opportunities @spl.org creates for cardholders.
Take a look. friendsofspl.org/library-card...
Take a look. friendsofspl.org/library-card...
Library Card Sign-Up Month - Friends of the Seattle Public Library
Having fun isn’t hard…when you’ve got a Seattle Public Library card! September is Library Card Sign-Up Month, and if you’re reading this, we’re pretty sure you are already a library cardholder. If not...
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September 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
September's blog post is all about Library Card Sign-Up Month and the numerous opportunities @spl.org creates for cardholders.
Take a look. friendsofspl.org/library-card...
Take a look. friendsofspl.org/library-card...
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September 30th is going to be a big day in more ways than one. Stay tuned!
September 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
September 30th is going to be a big day in more ways than one. Stay tuned!
Whether you just found out about the Friends of The Seattle Public Library or are a decades-long member, we hope you learn something new from our latest blog post.
friendsofspl.org/friends-101/
friendsofspl.org/friends-101/
Friends 101 - Friends of the Seattle Public Library
Class is in session! How well do you know the Friends of The Seattle Public Library? Established in 1941, the Friends have gone through quite a few changes in the last 84 years. In the early years, th...
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August 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Whether you just found out about the Friends of The Seattle Public Library or are a decades-long member, we hope you learn something new from our latest blog post.
friendsofspl.org/friends-101/
friendsofspl.org/friends-101/
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As book bans spread nationwide, a professor, an author, and the UChicago library system defend the freedom to read. mag.uchicago.edu/university-n...
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As book bans spread nationwide, a professor, an author, and UChicago’s library system defend the freedom to read.
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August 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
As book bans spread nationwide, a professor, an author, and the UChicago library system defend the freedom to read. mag.uchicago.edu/university-n...
Check out our latest blog post! friendsofspl.org/warren-chin/
Warren Chin: Librarian and Community Builder - Friends of the Seattle Public Library
If you’re up with the latest on local social media, you might have seen Warren Chin’s prolific Instagram account, @chin.libraryworld, recording all things library. Having volunteered and worked for Th...
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July 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Check out our latest blog post! friendsofspl.org/warren-chin/
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The Circle Up! Listen to the Moment exhibit features oral histories from Black Restorative Justice practitioners and Circle-keepers in Seattle—leaders who have fought to create healing-centered schools.
📍 The Central Library
🗓️ Through July 31
🎧 Bring headphones!
Learn more at www.spl.org/Exhibits
📍 The Central Library
🗓️ Through July 31
🎧 Bring headphones!
Learn more at www.spl.org/Exhibits
July 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The Circle Up! Listen to the Moment exhibit features oral histories from Black Restorative Justice practitioners and Circle-keepers in Seattle—leaders who have fought to create healing-centered schools.
📍 The Central Library
🗓️ Through July 31
🎧 Bring headphones!
Learn more at www.spl.org/Exhibits
📍 The Central Library
🗓️ Through July 31
🎧 Bring headphones!
Learn more at www.spl.org/Exhibits
New blog post about the Friends' friends at Collins Books. Check it out!
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Meet Bill Wolfe of Collins Books - Friends of the Seattle Public Library
Tucked into two floors of an unassuming house off the NE 130th Street exit of I-5 in North Seattle is Collins Books, a longtime partner of the Friends of The Seattle Public Library and one of the gems...
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June 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
New blog post about the Friends' friends at Collins Books. Check it out!
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friendsofspl.org/meet-bill-wo...
Have you visited the Friends' used bookshop in Georgetown yet?
We are celebrating the shop's first anniversary 10–3 on Saturday, May 10.
Stop by our cozy space at 5608 6th Ave S and join the fun with arts and crafts, advocacy projects, and a prize drawing!
We are celebrating the shop's first anniversary 10–3 on Saturday, May 10.
Stop by our cozy space at 5608 6th Ave S and join the fun with arts and crafts, advocacy projects, and a prize drawing!
May 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Have you visited the Friends' used bookshop in Georgetown yet?
We are celebrating the shop's first anniversary 10–3 on Saturday, May 10.
Stop by our cozy space at 5608 6th Ave S and join the fun with arts and crafts, advocacy projects, and a prize drawing!
We are celebrating the shop's first anniversary 10–3 on Saturday, May 10.
Stop by our cozy space at 5608 6th Ave S and join the fun with arts and crafts, advocacy projects, and a prize drawing!
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Today is a chance to show what @spl.org means to you — in honor of #GiveBIG, all gifts are DOUBLED up to $25,000!
Now is the time to give. Your support is crucial to protect libraries and the communities that depend on them. Thank you!
Give now: www.wagives.org/donate/Seatt...
Now is the time to give. Your support is crucial to protect libraries and the communities that depend on them. Thank you!
Give now: www.wagives.org/donate/Seatt...
Discover and donate to Washington nonprofits!
Washington Gives is an online giving platform that helps individuals, groups, and businesses to discover and donate to nonprofits headquartered or serving Washington. Washington Gives hosts two fundra...
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May 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today is a chance to show what @spl.org means to you — in honor of #GiveBIG, all gifts are DOUBLED up to $25,000!
Now is the time to give. Your support is crucial to protect libraries and the communities that depend on them. Thank you!
Give now: www.wagives.org/donate/Seatt...
Now is the time to give. Your support is crucial to protect libraries and the communities that depend on them. Thank you!
Give now: www.wagives.org/donate/Seatt...
"...everyone belongs, no strings attached or purchase required. Libraries are a place to explore your First Amendment rights, to read and think for yourself, and to engage in democracy. They are places to learn, grow and connect with your community and with the broader world."
The elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) threatens the future of essential library programs in Washington state.
In an op-ed for @seattletimes.com our Chief Librarian Tom Fay explains why - and what you can do to help.
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In an op-ed for @seattletimes.com our Chief Librarian Tom Fay explains why - and what you can do to help.
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/libr...
April 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
"...everyone belongs, no strings attached or purchase required. Libraries are a place to explore your First Amendment rights, to read and think for yourself, and to engage in democracy. They are places to learn, grow and connect with your community and with the broader world."
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This month the KUOW Book Club is reading "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" edited by 24th U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. Club curator and KUOW web editor Katie Campbell challenged readers to write their own poems, and they delivered.
'You Are Here' and you are writing. Readers get creative for National Poetry Month
This is the KUOW Book Club, and we're reading "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" edited by 24th U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. I'm your guide, Katie Campbell. I asked y'all to try writing a…
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April 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This month the KUOW Book Club is reading "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" edited by 24th U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. Club curator and KUOW web editor Katie Campbell challenged readers to write their own poems, and they delivered.
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Now is a time to stand together in support of our public libraries.
Read a message from our CEO: supportspl.org/2025/03/toge...
Sign up for our advocacy action alerts: actionnetwork.org/forms/seattl...
Make a gift to help our library: give.supportspl.org/give/675675/...
Read a message from our CEO: supportspl.org/2025/03/toge...
Sign up for our advocacy action alerts: actionnetwork.org/forms/seattl...
Make a gift to help our library: give.supportspl.org/give/675675/...
"Eliminating an agency as impactful as the IMLS is a step that should not be taken lightly."
Read our statement with King County Library System about the impact of the Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington state and throughout the U.S.
blog.spl.org/2025/03/24/i...
Read our statement with King County Library System about the impact of the Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington state and throughout the U.S.
blog.spl.org/2025/03/24/i...
IMLS provides invaluable support to libraries in Washington state and throughout the U.S.
Statement by The Seattle Public Library and the King County Library System On the evening of Friday, March 14, a White House Executive Order was issued to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Libr…
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March 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Now is a time to stand together in support of our public libraries.
Read a message from our CEO: supportspl.org/2025/03/toge...
Sign up for our advocacy action alerts: actionnetwork.org/forms/seattl...
Make a gift to help our library: give.supportspl.org/give/675675/...
Read a message from our CEO: supportspl.org/2025/03/toge...
Sign up for our advocacy action alerts: actionnetwork.org/forms/seattl...
Make a gift to help our library: give.supportspl.org/give/675675/...
Yes!! The Friends of The Seattle Public Library encourage our community to patronize The SPL frequently and to visit our used bookshop in the Georgetown neighborhood.
March 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Yes!! The Friends of The Seattle Public Library encourage our community to patronize The SPL frequently and to visit our used bookshop in the Georgetown neighborhood.
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📚 The best way to support your library? Use it! Every book you check out, every event you attend, and every resource you explore helps keep libraries thriving. And don’t forget—tell your friends to get their library cards too!
March 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
📚 The best way to support your library? Use it! Every book you check out, every event you attend, and every resource you explore helps keep libraries thriving. And don’t forget—tell your friends to get their library cards too!
We couldn't agree more!
Making small connections at your library can have profound effects on your own life and in the lives of your neighbors.
Libraries Are a Gateway to Community Connection
Making small connections at your library can have profound effects on your own life and in the lives of your neighbors
buff.ly
March 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
We couldn't agree more!
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Did you know SPL has tons of public art you can see for free? 🖼 🗿
E.T. Russian's "Reading in Relation" mural is the latest! You can find it outside the ZAPP Zine Room (which also features E.T.’s zines) at the Central Library.
Learn more about art at the Library at www.spl.org/using-the-li...
E.T. Russian's "Reading in Relation" mural is the latest! You can find it outside the ZAPP Zine Room (which also features E.T.’s zines) at the Central Library.
Learn more about art at the Library at www.spl.org/using-the-li...
March 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Did you know SPL has tons of public art you can see for free? 🖼 🗿
E.T. Russian's "Reading in Relation" mural is the latest! You can find it outside the ZAPP Zine Room (which also features E.T.’s zines) at the Central Library.
Learn more about art at the Library at www.spl.org/using-the-li...
E.T. Russian's "Reading in Relation" mural is the latest! You can find it outside the ZAPP Zine Room (which also features E.T.’s zines) at the Central Library.
Learn more about art at the Library at www.spl.org/using-the-li...
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#OnThisDay in 2004, the Green Lake Branch, The Seattle Public Library, reopened after renovation. historylink.org/File/7322
March 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
#OnThisDay in 2004, the Green Lake Branch, The Seattle Public Library, reopened after renovation. historylink.org/File/7322
Two days until First Thursday, our monthly 20% off sale at the FriendShop!
Visit us from 11 to 5 at Central Library: 1000 4th Ave (Level 3), Seattle, WA 98104
Visit us from 11 to 5 at Central Library: 1000 4th Ave (Level 3), Seattle, WA 98104
March 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Two days until First Thursday, our monthly 20% off sale at the FriendShop!
Visit us from 11 to 5 at Central Library: 1000 4th Ave (Level 3), Seattle, WA 98104
Visit us from 11 to 5 at Central Library: 1000 4th Ave (Level 3), Seattle, WA 98104
If you're new to the Friends, here are a few of our accomplishments in 2024!
-33,000+ books donated to community organizations
-10,000+ books donated to teachers
-3,900 tote bags given to new Seattle Public Library cardholders aged 1–6
Thanks to all our supporters!
-33,000+ books donated to community organizations
-10,000+ books donated to teachers
-3,900 tote bags given to new Seattle Public Library cardholders aged 1–6
Thanks to all our supporters!
February 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you're new to the Friends, here are a few of our accomplishments in 2024!
-33,000+ books donated to community organizations
-10,000+ books donated to teachers
-3,900 tote bags given to new Seattle Public Library cardholders aged 1–6
Thanks to all our supporters!
-33,000+ books donated to community organizations
-10,000+ books donated to teachers
-3,900 tote bags given to new Seattle Public Library cardholders aged 1–6
Thanks to all our supporters!
Hi, Bluesky! We're the nonprofit Friends of The Seattle Public Library. The Friends currently run the FriendShop at Central Library and the Georgetown used bookshop. Excited to be here alongside our valued partners @seattlelibrary.bsky.social and @supportspl.bsky.social. 💜📖
February 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Hi, Bluesky! We're the nonprofit Friends of The Seattle Public Library. The Friends currently run the FriendShop at Central Library and the Georgetown used bookshop. Excited to be here alongside our valued partners @seattlelibrary.bsky.social and @supportspl.bsky.social. 💜📖