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Celebrating over 35 years of fundraising for the Boca Raton Public Library!

FRIENDS OF THE BOCA RATON PUBLIC LIBRARY, INC.,, In
Non-profit volunteer 501(c)(3) organization
(EIN #59-2004980)
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When Nonfiction Informs Fiction: A Romance Novelist Gets Conned out of $17M
In the 1906 edition of The King's English, H.W. Fowler declared: "A thing is unique, or not unique; there are no degrees of uniqueness;...

Ilena Alvarez
Sep 23, 20213 min read


Books on Wheels
Traveling bookstores/bookmobiles are not a new thing. But they seem to be a labor of love and not common. The rarity is not a statistical...

Ilena Alvarez
Sep 18, 20212 min read


Friends of the Boca Public Library, Part III of the Series
We have arrived at the 3rd part of this series where I zone in on our Friends of the Boca Public Library. In light of the Friends'...

Ilena Alvarez
Sep 13, 20213 min read


the 'Friends' group
Susan Cushman has written a book that highlights the Friends of the Library. It is a compilation of short stories, set in a small town,...

Ilena Alvarez
Aug 13, 20212 min read


Curious about the Friends of the Library origin story?
Our bookstore, from time to time, has carried both of these titles: The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes and The Book Woman of Troublesome...

Ilena Alvarez
Aug 6, 20213 min read


Staff Picks for August: Writers and Lovers by Lily King (a review)
Writers and Lovers secured my membership into the Lily King fan club. The titular character Casey is grappling with her mother's death...

Ilena Alvarez
Aug 6, 20211 min read


Do you want to build a series collection?
You can start this summer! Do you want to build a series to add to your bookshelves? What better way than to buy books at a book sale...

Ilena Alvarez
Jul 7, 20211 min read


COVID CHANGED BOCA FRIENDS…IN AN AMAZING WAY
When life hands you a pandemic, you make an online store! The Friends of the Boca Raton Public Library are a group that even if you...

Ilena Alvarez
Jun 27, 20212 min read



Tracy Wasserman
Oct 23, 20200 min read


Did You Know?
Did you know that Friends retired Board member, Betty Grinnan, is a member of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America?...

Tracy Wasserman
Jun 6, 20201 min read


Susan Sosin retires from the Board
Long time Board member and past Friends Board president, Susan Sosin, has retired from the Friends Board, after serving for almost 20...

Tracy Wasserman
May 11, 20201 min read


The BRPL Giving Trees
Remember a loved one or memorialize a special event with an inscribed leaf on one of the Boca Raton Public Library's two Giving Trees.

Tracy Wasserman
Apr 11, 20201 min read


A 2019-2020 Season Recap
Thanks to you, our valued Friends Members and supporters, we are proud to have brought you a most succes 2019-20 season. Here are some of...

Tracy Wasserman
Apr 6, 20202 min read




History comes alive
Take a tour with us of the popular Betty Grinnan Friends of the Library Program for American History!

Tracy Wasserman
Mar 23, 20201 min read


Rabbit in the Moon by Deborah Schlian
Deborah Schlian is an author with multiple award-winning books. She came to speak about her book Rabbit in the Moon on October 27th....

Jemma Manela
Dec 7, 20192 min read


Boca Raton Meets Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, presented by Dennis Boggs, joins the Friends of the Boca Raton Library.

Gillian Manning
Dec 3, 20192 min read


A Night to Remember–Our Annual Friends Membership Appreciation Meeting
Libraries are centers for gathering, where community is established through giving, programs, and a shared love of books. On November 9,...

Tracy Wasserman
Nov 11, 20192 min read


Music, Art, Architecture Book Sale This November!
The Friends of the Library are always amazed by the love for books that runs through this city. Persons and families reading and...

Tracy Wasserman
Oct 24, 20192 min read


The Much-Awaited Library Mobile Van!
Always looking for new and exciting ways to make your local library accessible, the Friends of the Boca Raton Public Library have funded...

Tracy Wasserman
Oct 20, 20191 min read
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