Our next Big Book Sale Event
May 16 –19, 2025
inside the Westport Library
20 Jesup Road, Westport CT
Mark your calendar now for our
2025 Big Spring Book Sale –
Friday May 16 through
Monday May 19, 2025
Once again, you'll find something for everyone from children to adults, with thousands of gently used books in over 50 categories, plus vintage vinyl, CDs, DVDs, audio books, and ephemera, and a large selection of framed artworks and photographs, from small desktop pieces to large wall pictures.
Book Sale Hours:
Free Admission:
Friday, May 16th -- 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. (please note Noon start time)
Saturday, May 17th -- 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, May 18th -- 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. - This is Half-Price Day -- almost everything at half-price! (Note: $1 Fiction books and $1 Children's books remain at $1)
Monday, May 19th -- 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. -- This is "Bag Day" -- fill our Logo bag for $10, or your equivalent-sized bag for $8, or buy individual items for half-price (your choice)
Early Access Hours, Paid Ticket Holders Only:
Friday May 16th from 8:45 a.m. to Noon
Tickets for Friday’s Early Access hours must be purchased online in advance, through eventbrite.com, at https://Spring2025BookSale.eventbrite.com
Early Access Tickets go on sale beginning April 15th, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Tickets are $35 each + the ticketing platform’s processing fees. A maximum of 125 tickets will be sold.
Of special interest for this sale:
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An Anglophile’s paradise: a large collection of books about Princess Diana, her children, and other members of the British monarchy. And check out our Featured Specials for a porcelain Princess Diana Bride Doll by the Danbury Mint!
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Surplus copies of the Staples High School Yearbook from various years between 2000 and 2024
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Novels by NY Times best selling author Jane Green, translated into 17 languages, in new condition!
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A large assortment of framed art and photographs -- from small desktop pieces, to large wall pieces, and including framed photographs by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Spencer Platt
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Another huge assortment of jigsaw puzzles, at bargain prices
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Fiction for $1 -- A conference room filled with hardcover fiction, mystery, science fiction and fantasy books, and young adult fiction, plus paperback novels, all offered at just $1 each. [Note: books in this room will remain priced at $1 each on Sunday's half-price day.]
To see a list of our Featured Specials, please click here. Items will be added to this list periodically until the date of the sale.
Please note the following Book Sale Procedures:
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No books or other materials may be left unattended at any time, except in designated areas.
Books may not be aggregated in aisles nor may they block any exit. This policy will be strictly enforced. Any books found piled up in an aisle or blocking an exit will be promptly re-shelved.
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Shoppers are requested to evaluate items "in place"— decide whether to purchase an item at the table or shelf where it is displayed. If you reject an item, please return it to the place it was displayed.
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There will be designated a limited area for high volume purchasers to aggregate and evaluate potential purchases. Due to space limitations, this area will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Users are required to leave their name and cellphone number with their materials in this area. Users are asked to return rejected books to the place they were originally displayed.
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As a convenience for high volume purchasers — as in recent sales, we will be happy to begin to add-up (tally) books you have selected for purchase while you continue shopping. You will be required to leave your name and cellphone number with your selections.
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Please bring your own bags, boxes and rolling carts to carry your selections. We do not anticipate having any boxes available for your use.
Want to support your community? Volunteer with us at the Spring Book Sale!
Help us set up at the Library before the sale starts, or volunteer during the sale.
Send an email to volunteers@westportbooksaleventures.org
Can't wait until our next Book Sale Event? Shop all year 'round at our Westport Book Shop at 23 Jesup Road in downtown Westport. For store hours and other information, click here. Or shop with us online, at our eBay store www.ebay.com/str/westportbooksalesct -- items are added to our eBay store on a regular basis.
Don't miss out -- join our mailing list to receive email notifications about our Book Sale Events and other book sale news.
Upcoming Westport Book Shop Events
Short Story Book Club at the Book Shop
Short on time but long on interest?
Every month the Westport Book Shop's Short Story Book Club
will get together to discuss another classic or
contemporary short story
Meets at the Westport Book Shop on
the fourth Thursday of every month
from 6:00 to 7:30pm
Come to one session, some, or all, it's up to you!
Space is limited; registration is required.
Each month's short story selection will be announced by or around the first day of the month, and registration for that month's session will open when the email announcing that month's selection goes out. Make sure you are on our email list (use the "Contact Us" form at the bottom of the page), so you'll be among the first to know!
The next session of the Short Story Book Club will be Thursday, April 24, 2025. We will be discussing these two short stories:
"The Elephant Vanishes" by Haruki Murakami, and
"Patriotism" by Yukio Mishima
Space is limited; registration is required, by phoning the Book Shop at 203-349-5141 or by sending an email to: RSVP@westportbooksaleventures.org
The Short Story Book Club's story selections typically are available at your local library, either singly or as part of a compilation, or online. Both of this month's stories are available online -- just search their titles. If you have difficulty obtaining a copy of any story, contact the Book Shop -- we will have copies of each story available for 3-day loans.
Reception for April Exhibiting Artist
Linn Cassetta
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Meet local artist Linn Cassetta at a reception for the Westport Book Shop's exhibiting guest artist at the Shop's Drew Friedman Art Place for the month of April.
Join us for a Sip 'n Chat on Wednesday evening, April 23, 2025, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, at the Westport Book Shop, located at 23 Jesup Road.
RSVPs encouraged -- call 203-349-5141 and let us know you're coming! or send an email to RSVP@westportbooksaleventures.org
For more information about Linn and this exhibit, visit our "News" page.
Tuesday's May Jongg Is More Than a Game
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Join local author Marsha Temlock on Wednesday, April 16th at 6:00 p.m. at the Westport Book Shop, for a discussion of her latest novel about friendship and strengthening bonds, as a group of friends support each other through life's challenges.
Marsha Temlock has taught literature and writing at Fairfield University, Sacred Heart University, and Norwalk Community College. This is Marsha's third published book. Enjoy a reading and chat with Marsha about her writing process (and her passion for mah jongg). Books will be available for purchase.
Space is limited – RSVP to let us know you are coming: phone 203-349-5141 or send an email to RSVP@westportbooksaleventures.org
The Birth of Snow, Poems by Ira Joe Fisher
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Join us on Thursday, April 17th at 6:00 p.m. at the Westport Book Shop for a poetry reading and conversation with Ira Joe Fisher
Ira Joe Fisher has had a long and varied career, from broadcast television, to Off Broadway, to college professor, author and poet. He currently is the Poet Laureate of Ridgefield, Connecticut. The Birth of Snow is Ira Joe's fourth published poetry collection.
Don’t miss this chance to meet the author and get your copy signed!
RSVP to rsvp@westportbooksaleventures.org or call 203-349-5141
Knitting Workshop
Monday, April 21, 2025
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Join us at the Westport Book Shop on Monday, April 21 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for a relaxed and welcoming knitting session with our wonderful volunteer and avid knitter, Linda Franciscovich.
This informal gathering is open to all knitters — whether you’re just beginning or have taken one of our previous workshops. Bring your needles & yarn, and whatever knitting project you're currently working on. Linda will also talk about how to fix some of the most common knitting mistakes.
Space is limited, so please register in advance by calling the Book Shop at 203-349-5141 or emailing RSVP@westportbooksaleventures.org
Recent Events
March 13, 2025
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
at The Westport Library
in the Trefz Forum
A benefit event
to help sustain our employment program and grow our community
Since opening the Westport Book Shop in early 2021, we have provided over 10,250 hours of paid part-time employment and job training for more than a dozen adults and young adults with disabilities. Our employees are learning and exercising workplace skills that are transferable to other business and retail environments, and they have the opportunity for frequent everyday interaction with the community. Over this time, we have also provided more than $200,000 of support to The Westport Library.
On March 13, 2025, we hosted a benefit we called Growing Our Community, to raise funds to ensure we continue to have a solid financial foundation, and to support the potential growth or our employment program. Guests enjoyed live music performed by members of the Staples High School Jazz Ensemble, light bites & beverages, a paddle raise, and both a live and silent auction of a variety of unique books, vinyl, artworks, and experiences.
If you missed the benefit, you can still support our efforts: click here to donate. Thank you
Benefit Committee
Jocelyn Barandiaran ✧ Robin Berggren ✧ Tina Bory ✧ Katherine Caro ✧ Pamela Cunningham ✧
Linda Franciscovich ✧ Sharuna Mahesh ✧ Linda Monteiro Hopper ✧ Nancy Wahler
Our generous Event Sponsors
Karen Kleine Dan Levinson
Eileen Lavigne Flug Linda & Scott Hopper
Robin & Brad Berggren Jocelyn & Walter Barandiaran
Nancy Kail Ann & Bill S(c)heff(l)er
Anonymous
Our generous Food and Beverage Sponsors
Catering provided and subsidized by Seaside Sliders, LLC. Wine donated by Brescome Barton Inc.
Beer donated by New England Brewing Co. and by Whalers Brewing Company
Auction items generously donated by Miggs Burroughs, Jack Geer, Markley Rizzi, Kerstin Rao/Vivid Cottage, Rowene Weems, Heidi Hammer, The Mark Twain House & Museum, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, The Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic Aquarium, Stewie the Duck Swim School, the Ridgefield Playhouse, TerraSole Restaurant, Knopf Doubleday, The Wakeman Town Farm, The Party Partner, and Big Y
ONLINE Book Sale -- Ongoing
The Westport Library Book Sale is online!
Visit our Online Shop on eBay at www.ebay.com/str/WestportBookSalesCT and browse a broad selection of noteworthy, collectible, antiquarian and hard-to-find out-of-print books from our Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Biography, History and Politics, Art, Architecture & Design, Photography categories, and more!
Choose to have your purchases shipped to you, or pick up your order at the Westport Book Shop, 23 Jesup Road.
Items are added to our online store regularly, so check back often!
