BOOKS CAFÉ IN QUEENSTOWN STARTS FIVE-WEEKEND RUN AT END OF JANUARY


The 2025 Wye Parish Books Café begins a five-weekend run on Friday January 31 and Saturday February 1, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., for its 22nd year at St. Luke’s Chapel, Queenstown. The popular sale of heavily discounted books and homemade food items will then re-open on the next four Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., concluding on Saturday, March 1. As in the past, many thousands of carefully sorted books will be offered at 90% off cover or market price. From 11 am to 2 pm on each sale day, the Café section of Books Café will provide a light lunch and snacks for enjoyment in the
cheerful Lunchroom. The largest sections at Books Café are the alphabetized displays of Fiction,
current and classic, hardcover and paperback, with special sections on Mysteries, Classic Fiction, Short Stories, and Historical Fiction. Running a close second in popularity to the Fiction sections is History.

This large display covers all periods, with an exceptionally wide range of titles in Military History, ranging from detailed accounts of notable air, land and sea battles to biographies of war leaders and comprehensive treatments of major wars.


For younger readers, there is the Young People’s Room at the rear of the Main Hall, offering everything from board books and picture books to easy readers, Newbery winners, popular series, classic stories, nature/science, and teen and YA. The books in the Young People’s Room are sorted into age-
appropriate categories and can be conveniently browsed on the spot by the readers for whom they are intended. On higher shelves there are teachers’ materials that may be useful for home-schooling. Nearly two dozen other collections, ranging from Animals to Art, Cooking to Religion, are spaced out around the Hall and in adjoining rooms. Books Café volunteer Don Regenhardt of Queenstown noted that access to the sale may also be available at unscheduled times during the five-week run: “When we are in the
building doing re-stocking, and if the OPEN flag is flying outside, come on in for browsing and buying!”

Sale proceeds support special projects and local community outreach
organized by the Parish’s Vestry and Episcopal Church Women. Books Café
accepts cash, checks, and the occasional IOU; no credit card sales. Sales to
approved dealers are by advance authorization only; any use of barcode scanners
inside the premises is strictly prohibited.
For further information on Books Café, call the Wye Parish Office at 410-
827-8484.