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The Friends of the Brentwood Library is a nonprofit (501c3) service organization dedicated to the adv The artwork can be viewed during regular business hours.

The Friends sponsor book sales four times a year and online through Amazon and donate countless hours of volunteer service. All monies from the book sales go directly back into your library! Following are special projects funded by the Friends' efforts:

Library staff scholarships for library staff for travel and attendance at conferences and workshops
Staff Development Day
Summer Reading Program

s: Adult, Teen, and Children
Electronic equipment
Additional wiring for the security cameras
Holiday decorations and many other improvements to services and collections at the library. Friends of the Library Art Gallery
Each month a different artist is featured on the Brentwood Library’s Gallery Wall at The Brentwood Library, 8109 Concord Road. Artists and collectors - Please complete an Exhibition Application, availble on the library website, and return to: Art Committee, Friends of the Brentwood Library, 8109 Concord Road, Brentwood, TN 37027 to be considered for an exhibit. Friends of the Library Showcase Display
Exhibitors display artwork/collectibles at the Brentwood Library's Friends of the Library Showcase Display in the lobby of the library. The display is on view at the library for two months. Artists and collectors - Please complete an Exhibition Application and return to Art Committee, Friends of the Brentwood Library, 8109 Concord Road, Brentwood, TN 37027 to be considered for an exhibit.

06/03/2026

Don’t miss this members’ only event at the library on Wed June 10, 1-3 pm! We’ll be hands-on learning to make spring rolls and your own dipping sauce. Mmmmm!
Registration required and only 3 spots are left! Link below for the sign up page. See you there!
RSVP form:
https://forms.gle/BM8pKPipLGmXtHECA

05/31/2026

The Friends had a blast helping to host and sponsor the Summer Reading kickoff party at the library this week! And to help celebrate its@50th anniversary, proudly provided a golden ticket good for a free snow-cone from to every child or teen who signed up for the reading challenge this summer!
It’s just one of the many ways FOBL works in tandem with to support its mission of literacy and service to the community.
Take a peek at all the fun and festivities from the day!

05/21/2026

Join us for a members-only event and learn more about the library’s Charlie Cart, a mobile demonstration kitchen funded by the Friends of the Brentwood Library. 🥒🍆🥬 🧑‍🍳

We will be making spring rolls, a fresh and tasty appetizer or snack that is perfect for these soaring temperatures! In this hands-on class, you’ll make your own spring rolls and dipping sauce.

The demonstration will take place Wednesday, June 10 from 1-3 pm in the Craft Room located in the Children’s Library.

This event will be limited to the first 15 registrants, so RSVP soon to grab a seat! Sign up via the link:
https://forms.gle/BM8pKPipLGmXtHECA

Not a member of Friends yet? Join up here: https://www.fobltn.org/join

05/16/2026

Hey howdy, Friends! Members of the Friends of the Brentwood Library gathered on Thursday and had a rousing good time with delicious southern fare from Pucketts and to enjoy the featured speaker, Mary Ellen Pethel. Pethel regaled the crowd with fun and stories and facts about the woman known as the one and only Minnie Pearl, aka Sarah Ophelia Colley.

Along with Pethel’s entertaining presentation, FOBL was proud to honor its 2026 Friend of the Year, Dottie Grief, who throughout her life and career has worked tirelessly to promote the strengths and virtues of a strong community library. In addition, the Friends honored board members who will be rolling off from their positions this year: Past President Cindy Franklin along with Peter Chan, Maxine Cleeton, Kate MacMichael, and Melissa Orum.

Finally, as is tradition during the May general meeting, President Tricia Allison officially passed the gavel to incoming president, Bridget von Weisenstein, who will serve in this capacity for the next two years.

05/14/2026

Doing any spring cleaning? The Friends would love your Imagination Library/Dolly books for our outreach! These books aren’t sold, but are used as giveaways at events, such as Summer Reading Kickoff, community events, Little Free Library, and Booktacular.
If you have some previously and gently used Imagination Library books just drop them at our handy book drop outside the library anytime! The Friends will ensure that they go to good homes to keep the life cycle of these books going!

04/24/2026

Engraved legacy bricks offer a unique way to honor a loved one, memorialize a special life event, or to simply publicly acknowledge support for the Library.

The Friends of the Brentwood Library is therefore offering a limited opportunity to purchase legacy bricks that will be installed in the lovely reading terrace of the John P. Holt Brentwood Library.

The engraving on these bricks is guaranteed to last a lifetime, so acknowledgements of loved ones can be viewed for generations to come. Imagine the delight of a child finding his or her family name on a brick at the Library marking their birth, or in dedication to grandparents or other family members. Bricks can mark the occasion of a graduation or a wedding, or simply recognize a special friendship or love of reading. The possibilities are endless, but the result is the same: public acknowledgement of your support of our beloved library!

The Friends of the Brentwood Library has reserved approximately 25 bricks for recognition of long-serving library volunteers and Friends volunteers, so this leaves 75 bricks for purchase. In other words, this is a limited opportunity!

Proceeds from the sales of bricks directly benefit the Library.

Price: $100.00
Size: 4” x 8”
Engraving: Up to 3 lines; up to 20 characters each

Order: https://donate.brickmarkers.com/bwl

04/21/2026

Got shipping supplies to recycle?? FOBL would LOVE to have your ready-to-recycle bubble wrap and padded envelopes for our online store! Every envelope donated adds more $$ to our library donation funds! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Just drop them at our donation cart outside the library 24/7 any day. Thank you!

04/17/2026

HOWDY! On May 14, Belmont historian and award-winning writer Mary Ellen Pethel will share the stories and humor of Sarah Ophelia Colley, who grew up to embody the iconic, much loved character of Minnie Pearl.

The is so excited to bring this amazing author to our May General Membership meeting and we hope you can join us! Doors open at 5:30 pm and the meeting starts at 6:00 pm.

Not only will everyone get to soak in stories about the southern charm of one of Nashville’s most celebrated celebrities, but our hospitality volunteers have planned scrumptious samplings of southern fare as well.

Finally, this meeting will bring all members up to date with programs, fundraising, and plans to bring our 50th Anniversary to life this year. This is truly a meeting you won’t want to miss.

So register yourself and any guests who would like to join by May 8 via the link below or you can visit the website at www.fobltn.org/events.

https://forms.gle/L6umvANNgmc2zmVK6
See you there!

04/15/2026

We couldn’t do it without all of you! Thank you!!!

07/15/2025

You don’t want to miss all the fabulous titles for great summer reading that are waiting for you at our quarterly sale! Literally thousands to choose from—our tables will be packed with something for every age and interest! Children’s, teens, adult nonfiction, literary, best-sellers, cookbooks and much much more!

Dates and times below— see you there!!

Members-only shopping (or join at the door!):
Thursday, July 17 2 - 5:30 p.m.

Friday, July 18 9 - 5:30 p.m.  Saturday, July 19 10 - 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 20 1 - 5:30 p.m.

Address

8109 Concord Road
Brentwood, TN
37027

Telephone

(615) 371-0090 Ext 8340

Website

https://www.fobltn.org/

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