For more than 10 years, on two Fridays each month, October through April, the Friends have offered local authors, book reviewers, and other interesting presenters, talking about books for Booked for Lunch. On alternate Mondays, the Great Decisions discussion group explores local and international issues. Writers such as Mary Higgins Clark, Belva Plain, Bernard Cornwell, Stuart Kaminsky and Sean Flannery have been featured speakers at the Friends' annual author event. The Friends also sponsor the local Great Books Discussion Group. There are more than 3,000 Friends of the Library groups in the United States.
None is more helpful, more active, more dedicated than the Friends of the Venice Public Library.
Membership applications are also available at the Friends' desk in the library. Attend the volunteer orientation on the first Wednesday of each month at 9 a.m. and hear all about it.