Message regarding the COVID-19 pandemic

In these uncertain times, the Friends of the Durham Library remains committed to maintaining the safety of our members and volunteers. We are eager to get back to sharing our love of books and serving the Durham community, but we are unable to accept donations and conduct our book sales at this time. When the Durham County Libraries re-open we hope to continue our mission of supporting the library's programs.

Thank you.

Did you know. . .

that Friends of the Durham Library is a charity available on Amazon Smile?

You can link your existing Amazon account to Friends of the Durham Library at smile.amazon.com, then log in through smile.amazon.com whenever you shop Amazon, and the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate .5% of the purchase price of any eligible products to FODL. 

Book Sales at
Books Among Friends

 

Next Book Sale: TBD

 

Welcome to the Friends of the Durham Library

The Friends of the Durham Library is nonprofit that helps fund programs, services, and materials at Durham County Library. You can help by becoming a member, attending a book sale at Books Among Friends, and by donating gently used books.

 

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“There is no friend as loyal as a book.” ― Ernest Hemingway

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” ― Charles W. Eliot

“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.” ― Mark Twain

“Books may well be the only true magic.” ― Alice Hoffman