The Lanier Library Spring Book Sale will be held at the library on Friday, March 25 and Saturday, March 26 from 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Library members can preview the selection on Thursday, March 24 from 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Hundreds of books and other media (cassettes, CDs, etc.) will be available, including a large collection recently donated from an estate. Book lovers can choose from popular novels to glossy art books, collectable antiquarian volumes, “how-to” books for hobbyists and home decorators, biographies, historical references, dictionaries and encyclopedias. Reference and educational materials are also available for home schooling and traditional students.

April will be another busy month at the Lanier Library. On Saturday, April 9 at 2 p.m. the winners of the 2011 Sidney Lanier Award Poetry Competition will be announced. The awards, with a top prize of $500 for the adult competition and $100 for the winning student, will be presented by North Carolina Poet Laureate Cathy Smith Bowers, the competition’s judge. Light refreshments will be served at a reception following the presentations and reading of the winning poems.

On Tuesday, April 19 at noon, Tryon architect Holland Brady will discuss the history of architects and architecture in Tryon and the surrounding area. Brady, a Tryon native, has been practicing architecture in Tryon for more than 50 years.

All programs at the Lanier Library are free and everyone is welcome. The library is located at the corner of Chestnut Street and Melrose Avenue and is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. and on Sundays from 1 – 4 p.m.

The public is always welcome to browse the reference collection, read newspapers and magazines and use the computers. Membership is necessary for borrowing books and other media, but new members are always welcome.