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Catch all the excitement and fun at this year's annual Friends of the public library book sale. Sale begins Thursday with a sneak a peek continues through Sunday with the fili the bag sale.

The Friends of the Abilene Public Library (FAPL) are in need of volunteers to assist at the library and at their annual FAPL book sale coming up at the Abilene Convention Center.

If you haven't been to one of our libraries lately, then just know you get more than just a bunch of books.

The Abilene Public Library will host their annual Summer Reading Program from June 1st through July 31st, 2018 at all three library branches.

Bookworms will feel right at home when the Abilene Public Library hosts the West Texas Book Festival September 19-24.

Have you got an antique and you don't know what it's worth? Here's your chance to get a free estimate of value. The 10th Annual Antique and Collectibles Appraisal Fair returns to the Abilene Public Library Thursday, October 3rd starting at 6:30pm.

It's planting season once again and this year you can give your home that 'professionally landscaped' look, with help from the Abilene Public Library and Scott Warren, director of landscape and grounds at Abilene Christian University. The theme for this years workshop is, “Put Color into Your Landscape.” By using a wide variety of low maintenance perennials and annuals, Warren says he'll show you

My wife was given a Kindle by her employer for Christmas 2010. Christmas 2011, her boss gave her a 'Kindle Fire', and I was handed down her first one. At first I said "wow, an over grown iPhone for books, great." I didn't appreciate this hand me down e-book, until Janis Test with the Abilene Library, told me that I can check-out books with my Kindle and that the library has a 'Conquer yo

Public libraries aren't like they were when I was growing up. I remember my class taking weekly field trips to the local public library to check out a new book to read, and return the book from the previous week. As I grew older, I would go to research my school projects. But that was the extent of what you could do at the library. Times have changed. If you haven't been to one of the Abilene Publ

The 23rd annual 'Friends of the Abilene Public Library' book sale at the Abilene Civic Center is scheduled for June 7-10. The sale includes over one hundred thousand books, videos and cassette tapes, DVDs, CDs, records and more.