SPL libraries will be closed Monday, 10/9, for fall Staff Development. Regular hours will resume Tuesday, 10/10, at 9 a.m. Explore our digital library anytime, anywhere featuring eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, music, movies, and more.
BUY-THE-BAG ANNUAL BOOK SALE
It's what you've been waiting for—the Friends annual Buy-the-Bag used book sale is here again! This year's sale will be:
Thursday, Sep 21 @ Grove City Library | 12–7 p.m.
Purchase a bag and fill it for just $10! The sale will include books and AV material for all ages. Material for children will be included; however, please be aware, these titles usually go quickly.
Don't forget books are also available for sale year-round in the FOL Book Sale Room at Grove City and in the lobby at Westland. Find treasures anytime for a great price! Ongoing FOL Book Sale prices:
Hardbacks: $1 • Paperbacks: $0.50 • Audiovisual: $1
Big Book Sale FAQs
Join us for a discussion of Edgar Allan Poe's greatest works on Thursday, September 14, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the the Grove City Library. Presented by the Grove City Writers' Group.
Join us for a very special Centennial event with Ohio’s bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix! SPL will host Haddix at both Grove City and Westland this fall. Bring a friend and enjoy a talk from the author with a book signing to follow. Books by Haddix will be available for purchase at both events courtesy of Cover to Cover Books. The talk and book signing are free and open to all.
Margaret Haddix Author Talk & Book Signing
Haddix’s newest book, The Ghostly Photos, book two in the Mysteries of Trash and Treasure series, will be published in September of 2023 and be available for checkout at both SPL libraries. Check out book one of the series, The Secret Letters, to be ready to read book two as soon as you meet the author!
This event is generously sponsored by the Friends of Southwest Public Libraries Centennial Series.
Margaret Peterson Haddix (born April 9, 1964) is an American writer known best for the two children's series, Shadow Children (1998–2006) and The Missing (2008–2015). She also wrote the 10th volume in the multiple-author series The 39 Clues. Haddix grew up on a farm about halfway between two small towns in Ohio: Washington Court House and Sabina. She grew up in a family of readers. Some of her favorite books growing up included E.L. Konigsburg books, Harriet the Spy, Anne of Green Gables, Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, The Diary of Anne Frank, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and The Little Princess. She graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with degrees in English/journalism, English/Creative writing, and History. Her books have won many literary awards, including the Ohioana Library Association’s Book Award for Juvenile Literature and the Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Award.
Enjoy live music? Join us on Saturday, 9/9, at 2 p.m. to listen to members of the Columbus Symphony perform at the Westland Area Library. We're thrilled to host this special event. Free and open to all. Seating first come, first served.
