The Friends AGM will be held online this year. We wish we could see you in person, but hope you can join us online on Saturday, June 20, 2020, 11:00 am PST.

Hello, friends! A reminder that the Spring Book Sale, previously scheduled from May 28-30, remains cancelled, even as B.C. moves into Phase 2 of reopening.

Still thinking about what to get the important moms in your life for Mother’s Day?

Help support Friends by buying a book’mark gift card! 10% for a limited time!

We greatly care about the health and safety of both our fellow book lovers and our hardworking Friends volunteers. Due to the COVID-19 virus and the uncertainty as to when the Central Library will reopen, the upcoming Spring Used Book Sale (May 28-30) has been cancelled.

In light of the situation surrounding COVID-19, book’mark will be closed and will will no longer be accepting book donations to protect our volunteers and the community. 

Just Marie Kondo’d your books? Friends is here for you! From now until March 8, donate your books (and more!) at the Fraserview, Kitsilano and Renfrew Branches, as well as two locations at Central Library. 

If January is about personal growth, then February should be all about growing with your loved ones! VPL has many ways you can spend time with the people that matter this month.

Every book lover will find something special at the Friends of the Vancouver Public Library’s Winter Used Book Sale this January!

Libraries are evolving in so many exciting ways – from inspiration labs full of technology to instrument lending programs to children’s spaces – but one thing has remained consistent: VPL is a space for sparking our creativity and building community.

The Writer in Residence program supports a local writer and provides a valuable mentor to other local writers…

Friends is the primary funder of the Writing & Book Camp, where youth come to grow their skills and learn from others…