Friends of the Welles-Turner Memorial Library

The Friends of Welles-Turner Memorial Library is a non-profit membership organization. They provide financial support for library initiatives not provided by the Town of Glastonbury budget. For more information, click here. Please visit our eBay charity page at where unique items are listed for purchase. Choose “Local Pick Up” and shipping will be deducted from your cost.

From the Friends...

BOOK SALE NEWS!

The Friends of Welles-Turner will have their spring book sale on the lawn at the library on Saturday, May 10th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. In case of inclement weather, TD Bank has graciously offered us the use of their parking garage.

Our sale will feature many of our traditional genres including fiction, nonfiction, special priced books, Children’s books of all types, Young Adult literature, and DVDs and CDs. 

SPECIAL NOTE:  For those of you who love history, biography and art, our May sale will feature an amazing selection of books in these genres!

If you are interested in volunteering at the spring book sale, please contact us at booksale@friendswtmlib.org or 860-652-7728.

Donation House

Please remember the Friends if you are doing some spring cleaning! We are always looking for donations of clean, gently used books. Please place your bagged or boxed donations in the “house” located at the rear entrance to the library. In order to prepare for our sale, the donation house will be close on Friday, May 2nd and reopen on Wednesday, May 21st.

Looking for something special?

Check out the Friends Book Stop at the rear entrance to the library which is refreshed daily or peruse our eBay charity page at https://www.ebay.com/usr/friendswellesturnerbooks where unique items are listed for purchase. Choose “Local Pick Up” and shipping will be deducted from your cost.

Planning Ahead

For your calendars! Our biggest book sale of the year will be held over three days this coming fall at Academy School on September 5, 6 and 7, 2025. Look for more information coming this summer.

2025 Scholarship Application
The Friends of the Welles-Turner Memorial Library 2025 Scholarship application is now available. The application period is from 2/1/25 through 4/15/25. The application will be available through the GHS Guidance website, the Friends Facebook page, and the Friends website. Any senior in high school that lives in Glastonbury is eligible to apply for the $1,000 award.