Category: Book Sale

• A Good Year for Book Sales

  Posted on Jun 1st

  Most people love a sale. Make it one of the most significant used book sales in the state, and you can bet […]

• Friends Book Sale: Enriched by the Generous Donation of Dr. Lewis Bosworth

  Posted on Mar 16th

  “As a linguist by training I thrive on language – from bits like sounds to syllables to words to sentences and more […]

• Friends Book Sales in the Pandemic Era: October 20-23

  Posted on Oct 9th

  Like many other community events, the Friends of UW-Madison Libraries’ biannual used book sale was disrupted by the emergence of COVID-19 in […]

• Million$ Mission Accomplished

  Posted on Oct 24th

  The Friends of UW-Madison Libraries are pleased to announce that the accumulated revenue from the book sales did, indeed, surpass ONE MILLION […]

• The Libraries’ Million Dollar Man

  Posted on Aug 27th

  In this fast-paced world of immediate gratification, the virtues of patience and persistence are often overlooked. Yet deep in the basement of […]

• What’s in a Friends Book Sale?

  Posted on Nov 1st

  The scene is a bustling one: people come from all over the region to snap up bargains, discover new treasures, and stumble […]

• A Dynamic Duo – the Nadlers Introduce a New Way to Look at Old Ideas

  Posted on Oct 11th

  Take one UW-Madison philosophy professor, add an illustrator with a penchant for “comic art,” shake vigorously, and the result is Heretics! The […]

• John Tedeschi Book Talk and Signing

  Posted on Feb 18th

  Italian Jews Under Fascism, 1939-1945: A Personal and Historical Narrative  Thursday, March 17 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. University Club, 803 State St, Madison […]

• Sound Salon – Folksongs from Another America: Lost Sounds from the Upper Midwest

  Posted on Oct 7th

  Folksongs from Another America: Lost Sounds from the Upper Midwest Talk and Screening with Author Jim Leary Thursday, November 12, 6:30 pm […]