Friends of Kalamazoo Public Library

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We are an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting literacy through financial support to KPL projects and by providing a convenient source for the community to purchase quality and affordable books and audiovisual materials.

Books are MUCH cheaper than therapy if you buy them from the Friends Bookstore! 🤓
06/13/2026

Books are MUCH cheaper than therapy if you buy them from the Friends Bookstore! 🤓

Friends Bookstore will be participating in the July 10th Art Hop! As with the past few Art Hops, we will keep the bookst...
06/12/2026

Friends Bookstore will be participating in the July 10th Art Hop!

As with the past few Art Hops, we will keep the bookstore open until 8pm that Friday (the Library will be open after hours ONLY for Bookstore Art Hop access), and our artist (TBA) will be here from 5pm to 8pm. We can't wait to see you here!

The Central Library's internet has been down since yesterday morning, but the bookstore is open! We're open today until ...
06/12/2026

The Central Library's internet has been down since yesterday morning, but the bookstore is open! We're open today until 4pm and Saturday from 10am to 4pm. Come see us! We have free books on carts outside the bookstore!

Here's hoping this weather stays true for today! SO much to do today!!! The Doo-Da parade 🎉 Art on the Mall & KIA Art Fa...
06/06/2026

Here's hoping this weather stays true for today! SO much to do today!!!

The Doo-Da parade 🎉 Art on the Mall & KIA Art Fair (I really really hope all those artists' booths are okay after that big storm last night!!) 🎨 PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈...
..AND our Friends Bag of Books Sale on the third floor of the downtown library from 10-3:30!! 🤓🛍️📚 We hope to see you downtown!

The Bookstore is open today from 10am - 4pm. And the Bag of Books Sale is THIS FRIDAY from 10am - 3:30 pm!! We hope to s...
06/04/2026

The Bookstore is open today from 10am - 4pm. And the Bag of Books Sale is THIS FRIDAY from 10am - 3:30 pm!! We hope to see you soon!

BOOKSTORE HOURS:
Wednesdays noon -6pm
Thursdays 10am - 4pm
Fridays 10am - 4pm
Saturdays 10am - 4pm

You can find LOTS more books at our Bag of Books Sale this Saturday from 10 - 3:30 at the Kalamazoo Public Library downt...
06/04/2026

You can find LOTS more books at our Bag of Books Sale this Saturday from 10 - 3:30 at the Kalamazoo Public Library downtown! Come on over and stock up! 🤓📚☀️

WOW! Check out this morning's NowKalamazoo Nonprofit Spotlight featuring Friends of KPL! Thank you SO MUCH for the perfe...
06/02/2026

WOW! Check out this morning's NowKalamazoo Nonprofit Spotlight featuring Friends of KPL! Thank you SO MUCH for the perfect timing, NowKalamazoo! Right before our big summer Bag of Books Sale this Saturday! 😍

The link to the Nonprofit Spotlight feature is in the comments of this post because for some reason Facebook doesn't like people sharing links from outside Facebook. 🫢

The Friends Bookstore lists some of our more valuable or unusual books on the global online marketplace AbeBooks (bit.ly...
05/29/2026

The Friends Bookstore lists some of our more valuable or unusual books on the global online marketplace AbeBooks (bit.ly/FKPL-on-Abe). Your purchase is then shipped directly to you with free shipping on domestic orders. These are samples of some of the books we currently have available (links to each book are in the photo captions).

It's Wednesday! That means the bookstore is open for the week, now until 6pm! We hope to see you soon. And please spread...
05/27/2026

It's Wednesday! That means the bookstore is open for the week, now until 6pm! We hope to see you soon. And please spread the word to your friends about our Bag of Books Sale coming up on June 6th.

BOOKSTORE HOURS
Wednesdays noon - 6pm
Thursdays 10am - 4pm
Fridays 10am - 4pm
Saturdays 10am - 4pm

PLEASE NOTE: We will NOT be accepting donations from JUNE 1st through JUNE 6th, the week of our June 6th Bag of Books Sa...
05/26/2026

PLEASE NOTE: We will NOT be accepting donations from JUNE 1st through JUNE 6th, the week of our June 6th Bag of Books Sale.

Address

315 S Rose Street, In The Lower Level Of The Central Library
Kalamazoo, MI
49007

Opening Hours

Wednesday 12pm - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+12695537820

Website

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