Announcing the 5th Annual Ashley Bryan Lecture: Anthony Walton

The Annual Ashley Bryan Lecture is named in honor of the late printmaker, author, puppet maker, painter, storyteller, and illustrator Ashley Bryan, who devoted his life to bringing people together through art. This yearly lecture brings a distinguished artist or critic of color whose work reflects similarly this deep interest in racial equity to discuss that work with the Downeast Maine community.

We are pleased to announce that the 5th Annual Ashley Bryan Lecture will take place on Friday, July 11th at 7pm, featuring poet and writer Anthony Walton.

Booksale Helpers Needed

We hope you are holding Saturday, August 16th on your calendar to join us for our 55th Annual Booksale to support the Jesup. This is an important fundraising event for the library, as well as a way to help books find second (or third or fourth) readers.

Our booksale tradition is not just about the books. It is also about all the community help and support that happens before, during, and after the sale itself. There are people who have actually worked this sale for decades, but we do need new folks to pitch in as well. Even an hour of your time to work with other library lovers is satisfying and surprisingly fun.

This year, we have extraordinary quantities of handcraft and cooking books, and we have an unusual number of books on fashion. We also have a lot of comics from several decades ago.  If you have any expertise in these areas, please let us know; we’d love to have your help in organizing and presenting these categories.

Specific help, for people who can safely lift a packing box, will be needed:

• Friday the 15th at 4pm to load the truck (we’re moving fewer boxes this year, if that helps)

• Saturday the 16th at 7:15am to unload the truck at the Bar Harbor Congregational Church parking lot

• Saturday the 16th at 4pm to reload what didn’t sell and then unload remnants at our storage facility

We will also need people to set up tables and tents on Friday afternoon and then take them down at 4pm on Saturday after the sale. If you want to help set up the books and sell, you can work any shift, or all day for maximum fun.

Please get in touch with the booksale coordinator, Ruth Eveland, at reveland@jesuplibrary.org, or text or call 207-610-2355. It may seem a little early to be asking for help, but since this takes dozens of people to make happen, please help assuage our anxiety levels and volunteer now.

Much appreciation!

P.S. Book donations will be accepted at our storage location on Tuesdays from 4 to 5:30pm and Saturdays from 1 to 3pm, or by appointment. Please contact Ruth for directions.

Summer Reading BINGO is underway! Here a young reader "reads by the ocean" to complete one of our challenges. Stop by the library to pick up your BINGO card today!