The Friends of the Carmel Valley Library, a 501c3 non-profit founded in 1980, is supported by donations from the community.
It is dedicated to adding to the library’s collection and programs, as well as contributing to facility enhancements.
Highlights from Recent E-Blasts
In the News
“Honey” by Victor Lodato
This is a beautiful novel about finding salvation in art. Meet 82 Year Old Honey Fasinga, feisty, glamorous and subsisting on a diet of valium and viognier who returns home to New Jersey after decades working as a patron of the arts in auction houses in New York and...
“Old God’s Time” by Sebastian Barry
Another wonderful novel by multi award-winning Irish writer Sebastian Barry. Tom Kettle, a retired policeman, alone and living in a converted corner of an old castle overlooking the Irish Sea, has a visit from two younger colleagues who are re-investigating an old...
“The Axeman’s Carnival” by Catherine Chidgey
The Axeman’s Carnival is such an original, dark and funny novel by New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey. The narrator is Tama, a talking magpie who lives with sheep farmers Marnie and Rob struggling to make ends meet during a prolonged drought. When Tama is rescued by...