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Birmingham, Bookstores, Events

Homewood Library Booksale

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The sale runs this weekend August 15-18.

For first pick through this year’s books, show up at the library at 6:30pm, on Friday, Aug. 15th and pay $2. That gets you in to bag the books and includes wine and snacks.

There is no cover charge for the rest of the sale (though you do miss out on the choicest picks)…

Saturday, August 16 the books will be on sale from 9 a.m.– 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 17 the books will be on sale from 2 p.m.– 5:30 p.m.
Monday, August 18 the books will be on sale from 9 a.m.– 8:30 p.m.

Happy hunting!

Birmingham, News, On the Web

Birmingham Museum of Art Library

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 The Birmingham Museum of Art has opened an online doorway into their art library. If you’ve never been, there are tons of cool books there that aren’t available anywhere else in town. So many of the 35,000 items, you can’t check out.  
As of right now, the site is a bit bare bones and takes a few trial searches to figure your way through the catalog. But it’s a great resource for research or inspiration. Thanks to the powers-that-be that helped make this available! 
{via Emmet O’Neal}  

Birmingham, Book Talk, News

Magazine Mentions B’ham Bookstores

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Portico Managing Editor, Amanda Manning has penned a piece on a handful of our local bookstores. Her article is slated to run in the September issue. Manning has only called Birmingham home for a few years, so she graciously answered a few quick questions for me about her article and other bookish goodness.

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Birmingham, On the Web

Vestavia Library Blog

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The Vestavia Hills Library has joined the blogosphere. Their new blog is just weeks old, but is already filling up with photos and updates on their Library in the Forest campaign. And, in a non-bookish, but in the same social media goes mainstream vein, the Hoover School system is twittering.