Join us on Saturday, April 25, 2026 for a fantastic children’s book sale featuring early reader board books through middle-school series favorites! Fill a bag for $10, or $1 per...
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Join the Friends of the Orinda Library for a Valentine's Day book sale featuring a great selection of children's books. Saturday, February 14 1:00-4:00pm
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The contest is closed for 2026. Please check back in January 2027. The Friends of the Orinda Library is excited to announce the start of the 2026 Poul Anderson Creative...
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The City of Orinda will be hosting Winterfest, an annual celebration to ring in the holiday season, on December 5. This year’s event will take place indoors—so no matter the...
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The City of Orinda’s second annual Trunk and Treat event was a spooktacular success, selling out with 225 young participants ages 1–11. The Friends of the Orinda Library added to...
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On July 31, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier visited the Orinda Library, accompanied by his District Director Janessa Oriol, Senior Outreach Coordinator Kaylee DeLand, and Jill Ray, District Representative from Supervisor Candace...
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The library will soon have an exciting new feature, a seed library!. That's right you will be able to find books, information, and actual packets of seeds gathered together for...
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July 4th was a festive and exciting day in Orinda, marked by the annual parade and a wide array of activities at the Orinda Community Center. The Friends of the...
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Poul Anderson Writing Contest. The contest is an annual event, sponsored by the Friends of the Orinda Library. Entries are submitted online in…
The Friends of the Orinda Library are pleased to announce that the Bookshop has extended its weekend hours and will now open from 10:00am-4:00pm on Saturdays. Be sure to stop...
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The Friends of the Orinda Library are fortunate to receive an abundance of donated books. While many meet the high standards required for resale in our Book Shop, some do...
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Don't miss the largest book sale of the year! Bookshop volunteers will be setting up tables filled with wonderful books, puzzles other treasures for you to purchase. The book sale...
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The Friends of the Orinda Library is pleased to be sponsoring a special talk by noted Berkeley scientist, activist, and author Joshua Miele. His new book, Connecting Dots: A Blind...
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On Saturday, January 11, Orinda author Leah Fisher launched her new book titled My Marriage Sabbatical. Her entertaining and informative talk at the Orinda Library Auditorium was sponsored and facilitated...
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The Friends of the Orinda Library is excited to announce the start of the 2025 Poul Anderson Creative Writing Contest, open to all students who reside and/or attend high school...
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The Friends of the Orinda Library will be holding a holiday book sale on Saturday, December 7, from 10:00am-1:00pm. The sale will feature children’s books, holiday books, and puzzles -...
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Congratulations to the city of Orinda Parks and Recreation Department for a fun and successful first-ever Trunk and Treat. 150 children and their families enjoyed candy, games, and other fun activities....
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Orinda Parks and Recreation is sponsoring Orinda's first ever Trunk or Treat event and Friends of the Orinda Library is thrilled and chilled to participate in this spooktacular. So sign...
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A very special set of six notecards is now avalable for purchase at the Friends of the Orinda Library Bookshop. Each set of cards, features six different images taken from...
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Don't miss the largest book sale of the year! Bookshop volunteers will be setting up tables filled with wonderful books, puzzles other treasures for you to purchase. The book sale...
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The Orinda Library's Summer Reading program begins on June 1st! Readers of all ages are encouraged to pick up a Reader Passport at the library. Record each 20 minutes you...
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The Friends of the Orinda Library proudly announce the winners of the 2024 Poul Anderson Creative Writing Contest, which was open to all students who reside or attend high school…
FASHIONING SAN FRANCISCO: A Century of Style The Friends of the Orinda Library invite you to a docent lecture on the de Young Museum's exhibition, FASHIONING SAN FRANCISCO: A Century...
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Jimmy Quinn, a wealthy and powerful landowner, has been found floating in the Alabaster River, dead after being shot. Sheriff Brody Dern, a decorated war veteran, is tasked with gathering...
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In February, the Lamorinda Arts Council will be presenting the Bay Area Studio Artists (BASA) group show in the Art Gallery at the Orinda Library entitled, "The BASA Invitational: As...
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Come celebrate the Year of the Dragon at the Orinda Library! Performers from the Concord Kung Fu Academy will perform a Lion Dance and a sword demonstration at the Orinda...
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Chad Glashoff and Alex Nolan's 7,200-pound kinetic, interactive bear stands almost 12-feet tall. The sculpture, entitled "Ursus Redivivus, Recycled Bear" is constructed almost entirely from scrap metal from escalators salvaged during...
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The Contra Costa County Library is introducing the Rolling Reader, the Library’s brand-new, all-electric, early literacy outreach van. The Rolling Reader will visit underserved communities across the county where library...
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The Friends of the Orinda Library is excited to announce the start of the 2024 Poul Anderson Creative Writing Contest, open to all students who reside and/or attend high school…
The Friends of the Orinda Library proudly announce the winners of the 2023 Poul Anderson Creative Writing Contest, which was open to all students who reside or attend high school…
The Friends of the Orinda Library proudly announce the winners of the 2022 Poul Anderson Creative Writing Contest. The contest, named…
The Friends of the Orinda Library are excited to announce that they have commissioned renowned mural artist Jane Kim of Ink Dwell studio to create a beautiful mural to be…
The Friends Bookshop is delighted to once again welcome visitors. Beginning Tuesday, June 15, 2021, the shop will return to its usual hours of 1-4 pm Monday through Saturday, with…
Please join the Friends of the Orinda Library in congratulating the winners of the 2021 Poul Anderson Creative Writing Contest. The…
Thank you for your patience! The donation room has reopened, and we warmly welcome your gently used books. The donation room is located at the end of the Orinda Library…
The Friends of the Orinda Library is excited to announce the winners of the 2020 Poul Anderson Creative Writing Contest. The writing contest is named in memory of Orinda…
Generally the first Thursday of the month, from 10am to 12pm, the Friends of the Orinda Library will feature ‘dealer days’ in the bookshop/sorting room. The dates for 2020 are…
The Friends of the Orinda Library is excited to announce the winners of the 2019 Poul Anderson Creative Writing Contest. The writing contest is named in memory of Orinda resident…
The first Thursday of the month, from 10:00am to 12:00pm, the Friends of the Orinda Library will feature ‘dealer days’ in the bookshop/sorting room. The dates for 2019 are: January…
Join READ Orinda — Orinda’s first ever community-wide all ages Read-a-thon from October 6-12, 2018! Kara Dille, EFO President, and Nancy Ross Madnick, President of Friends of the Orinda Library, are…
The Friends of the Orinda Library is excited to announce the winners of the 2018 Poul Anderson Creative Writing Contest. The writing contest is named in memory of Orinda resident…
The City of Orinda is hosting a Pan-Asian Arts Festival this Memorial Day weekend. The two-day celebration, part of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, is free of charge and features programs…
Starting February 1, Lamorinda high schools and libraries will launch the first annual Teens Read; a program with aspirations far beyond books. “The purpose of this project is to excite…
Did you know it takes 67 volunteers 2400 hours each year to run the sorting room and bookshop at the Orinda Library? Can you help us? Can you give just…
The Contra Costa County Library is celebrating Discover & Go Month this October. Visit your local branch and enjoy the Library’s ongoing partnership with Bay Area museums and cultural venues….
The annual Contra Costa County Library Summer Reading program is almost here! Visit your local branch June 5 – August 5 and “Build Your Brain” today! For more information, visit…
Tuesday, May 2 | 6:30pm Join George Hammond of Humanities West for a fireside chat exploring the history and legend of Cleopatra. An iconic figure who lived dangerously and died sensationally,…
Thursday, May 4 | 1:00pm Dr. Marshall Zaslove, a Board certified psychiatrist, author and meditation practitioner for over 40 years, will offer simple, effective techniques, and will demonstrate the most practical…
The Friends of the Orinda Library is excited to announce the start of the 2017 Poul Anderson Creative Writing Contest, open to all students who reside and/or attend high school…
Visit a participating Contra Costa County Library branch in October and take part in this year’s Discover & Go Month, which celebrates the Library’s ongoing partnership with Bay Area museums…
The Lafayette Library and Learning Center is celebrating makers, creators, and the curious in the community at MakerFest on Saturday, July 30. The third annual MakerFest will include demonstrations for…
The Friends of the Orinda Library is excited to announce the winners of the 2016 Poul Anderson Creative Writing Contest. The writing contest is named in memory of Orinda resident…
The Friends of the Orinda Library is excited to announce the start of the 2016 Poul Anderson Creative Writing Contest, open to all students who reside and/or attend high school…
This year, on Tuesday, December 1, 2015, the Friends of the Orinda Library is participating in #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving. #GivingTuesday was created to offset the materialism of…
Join Orinda’s own Teen Advisory Group (TAG) for a Hunger Games themed afternoon – featuring button and t-shirt making, along with a screening of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1. Saturday,…
The Orinda Library and MathElf, an SF startup from local edtech entrepreneur Vanessa Roth have teamed up to offer professional tutoring to all Lamorinda students completely for FREE during our…
Come to Hogwarts this holiday break. Join us on Monday, November 23, at 2:30pm for a special showing of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
Join us Thursday, October 22, 7:00-8:30pm, in the Orinda Library Auditorium to hear 94-year old Holocaust survivor, author and lecturer Dora Sorell tell her story and talk about her book Tell…
The Friends of the Orinda Library is excited to announce the winners of the 2015 Poul Anderson Creative Writing Contest. The writing contest is named in memory of Orinda resident…
The Orinda Library along with the other Contra Costa County Libraries want you to shake, rattle, and roll to your local library for the Summer Reading Festival, June 6 –…
Thanks to generous private donations from the Hart family; the Friends of the Orinda Library, and additional financial support from the Contra Costa County Library system, Orinda teens now have…
Visit your local Contra Costa County Library this October and take part in our first ever Discover & Go Month which celebrates our ongoing partnership with Bay Area museums and cultural venues….
The 2014 Summer Reading Program, themed Paws to Read!, kicks off on June 14 and will run through August 23! Get started today and read your way through summer break! For…
The Friends of the Orinda Library is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Poul Anderson Creative Writing Contest, an annual competition open to all high school students who…
SHELLY RIVOLI, AUTHOR OF TRAVELS WITH BABY Join us June 17 at 11:30 for a chance to get tips from an award-winning family travel author and blogger on everything from where to…
This spring, the Orinda Library will celebrate its 100th anniversary. The power of community is at the heart of the one hundred year history of the Orinda Library. We might…
Please join us to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Orinda Library – Saturday May 17, 2014 from 3:00-5:00pm on the Library Plaza. Enjoy live music performed by three local…
Embracing the Benefits of Living a Balanced Lifestyle Join us April 1, 2014 for the second of three Health Matters events sponsored by Orinda Library, Orinda Parks and Recreation Department…
Mary Roach’s Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal Step into any Contra Costa County Library to borrow a copy of the book or audiobook today, or pick up a copy…
Richard S. Lee, Bay Area photographer, teacher and writer will present an illustrated overview of Taishan, China. This region in southern Guangdong province, is home to the Taishanese people, also…
Embracing the Benefits of Living a Balanced Lifestyle Join us March 6, 2014 for the first of several free Health Matters lectures sponsored by the Orinda Parks and Recreation department…
The Friends of the Orinda Library is excited to announce the start of the 2014 Poul Anderson Creative Writing Contest, open to all students who reside and/or attend high school…