Denver Public Library Friends Foundation

You're Welcome Here at Denver Public Library

Denver Public Library wants you to know that "You're Welcome Here" at the library. Come stand out, express yourself, learn and read.

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June 5 – 8, 2019

Over 60,000 books and media items for sale! Come on down to Central Library to find your favorite titles.

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The Red Chair Bookshop is now open Saturdays!

Central Library, Monday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

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Save the Date! September 28

The 2019 Booklovers Ball will celebrate the legacy and works of William Shakespeare. Cocktails, dinner, music and dancing at Central Library.

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We have a bookselling business!

Volunteers help us resell donated and ex-library books online, at our Central Library bookshop and at our Used Book Sale events. Check out our wide variety of inventory and stock up on your favorites, all while supporting the Friends Foundation.

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Mission

The Denver Public Library Friends Foundation enriches our community by building support and raising money to enhance the library's programs and services.

2018 Book Sale Volunteers

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We have a bookselling enterprise housed at Denver Central Library. We have a bookshop, a book donation processing center, an online storefront and two large book sale events a year. Volunteers and interns from Denver Public Schools help us run the bookshop and sort our books.

Red Chair Bookshop

We run a small bookshop at Central Library, Monday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Our collection is eclectic and in great shape. Proceeds benefit Denver Public Library.

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Donor Profile: Judy Allender

Judy and John Steinbeck have a visit

Donor Profile

Judy Allender, long-time Board member and supporter of Denver Public Library, shares her library story.

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