GET INVOLVED IN OUR ANNUAL BOOK SALE!

Our Annual Book Sale will run from June 9-13, with book drop off and room set-up June 1-6. Please remember to save your books for donation in June!!

The book sale is the primary source of fund-raising for the Friends. Money raised enables us to underwrite the cost of 21 museum passes – enjoyed by kids and adults alike –as well as select library programming and our own cultural and educational events. It’s a VIP event for us!

Contact co-chair Anne Casey at acasey1058@aol.com or 978.766.5242 if you’d like to participate or with questions.

New This Month

MONTHLY MEETING

Friends’ meetings are open to the public and are usually held on the third Wednesday of the month. We welcome anyone interested in the workings and the welfare of the library to attend and learn more about what we do.

Our April Meeting was held on April 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM in the Classroom. Read the minutes here.

Our next meeting is our Annual Meeting and it will be held on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. in the Gordon Room. A brief business meeting will be followed by guest speaker, local author Betty Cayouette. She is the author of three romance novels and will read from I Kissed Her First, her debut sapphic new adult novel to be released this summer.

See more information below, and please join us! Register here!

SPECIAL EVENTS

Talk with Author Betty Cayouette

Betty Cayouette is the author of three novels, and the creator of Betty’s Book List. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Brandeis University and double majored in Film, Television and Interactive Media and in Communications. She went on to work as the videographer for Aerie by American Eagle, and currently enjoys shooting weddings and engagements.

Betty’s debut novel ONE LAST SHOT sold to Macmillan’s St. Martin’s Press in a three-book major deal. It was released in May 2024, and was the Afterlight book box pick. Her sophomore novel TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL released May 2025. Her third novel I KISSED HER FIRST will be released by Macmillan’s Saturday Books in August 2026.

Become a Friend!

When you become a Friend of the Peabody Institute Library,
you enable us to enrich the community’s cultural and
educational life and to enhance the activities of our library.
All our activities are free and open to the public.

Your contribution funds:

• Museum passes to 21 different institutions
• Varied musical, dramatic, and educational programs for children and adults
• In-person and Zoom lectures
• Community-based events
• Library initiatives and improvements

Annual membership levels are:

• Friend                                 $20
• Supporter/Family              $30
• Sponsor                              $50
• Benefactor/Corporate     $100 and above

Become a Friend now with an easy-to-complete online application or print application.  You may drop your print application at the library circulation desk or mail it to Friends of Peabody Institute Library, 15 Sylvan Street, Danvers, MA 01923.

The Friends is  a vibrant, sociable group that warmly welcomes volunteers. Please email us at friends.pil.danvers@gmail.com to let us know your interest in program planning, hospitality, publicity, membership, and/or assisting with the book sale.

The Peabody Institute Library is a beloved and vital Danvers institution, and your membership contribution will sustain its impact in the coming year, and beyond. Thank you!

Give

Beyond membership, you can support the Friends with a gift or memorial donation here or by sending a check  written to Friends of the Peabody Institute Library and mail to Friends of Peabody Institute Library, 15 Sylvan Street, Danvers, MA 01923.

If you would like to become a local business sponsor or corporate patron, please contact us at friends.pil.danvers@gmail.com.