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Book Marks Book MarksRare wine auctionThe public is invited to participate in the first Amelia Island Book Festival Vintage and Rare Wine Auction to be held at the Palace Saloon at 5 p.m. on October 2 in downtown Fernandina Beach. All proceeds will go to support the Amelia Island Book Festival and its many programs, including Authors in Schools. Last year authors visited and talked with 6,000 children. More than 100 bottles of quality wine will be available for auction. Light hors d'oeuvres will be served. Tickets are $30 and may be purchased at www.bookisland.org or call 491-8176 or e-mail info@bookisland.org Book sale & silent auctionThe Friends of the Hilliard Library will host a book sale in October featuring more than 500 titles. There will also be a silent auction, including several unique items such as two first editions and a complete "Dandelion Library" set, Random House's collection of classic children's tales. The sale is tentatively scheduled for October 2-4. Of the two first editions, one is inscribed by the author to Tony Award-winning actor/director Cyril Ritchard. The book, The Ape in Me, is a 1959 collection of humorous pieces by Cornelia Otis SkinnerThe other first edition is Sinclair Lewis' book, It Can't Happen Here. All funds will go to support the Hilliard branch library. For more information, call the library at (904) 845-2495. |
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