Elkin Public Library
Branch Info
111 North Front Street
Elkin, NC 28621
Phone: 336-835-5586
Fax: 336-835-5008
elk@nwrl.org
Hours
Mon & Thurs: 8:30 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Tues, Wed, Fri: 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Sat: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sun: Closed
Free WiFi available 24/7
What’s Happening at the Elkin Public Library
Special Events
IRS VITA Income Tax Filing Service for individuals with incomes of $67,000 or less. By appointment only. Call 336-835-5586, beginning Thursday, January 16, for appmnts on Mondays and Thursdays, January 27-April 7.
Online Book Discussion – Monday, March 30 at 6:00 p.m. “On the Swamp” by Ryan E. Emanuel – Books available for checkout at the library. On The Swamp is the next NC Reads title. Join us for a live virtual meeting with the author Ryan E. Emanuel. You can sign up to access this discussion from home at NC Reads Virtual Program.
Book Chat If a virtual meeting link is required, email elk@nwrl.org
The Writers Road Show is back and bigger than ever with authors Susan Beckham Zurenda and Dale Neal. Don’t miss these exciting upcoming events in and around the area. The Northwestern Regional Library is once again offering events and opportunities to bring the in-person reader experience to small town libraries and rural audiences.
- Sunday, April 6, 2-4 p.m. Marjorie Hudson in conversation with Valerie Nieman, Pages Books & Coffee, Mount Airy, NC 336-789-3363
- Monday, April 7, 1-3 p.m. Dale Neal Writers Workshop, Danbury Public Library, Danbury NC 336-593-2419
- Monday, April 7, 7-8:30 p.m. Dale Neal Book Talk, Stokes County Arts Council, Danbury, NC
- Tuesday, April 8, 4-5 p.m. Susan Zurenda Book Talk, Elkin Public Library, Elkin, NC 336-835-5586
- Tuesday, April 8, 10:30 a.m. – Noon Coffee & Drop-in with Author Dale Neal, Pages Books & Coffee, Mount Airy, NC 336-789-3363
- Tuesday, April 8, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Dale Neal Book Talk Alleghany County Public Library, Sparta, NC 336-372-5573 Registration: AlleghanyArtsCouncil.org
- Wednesday, April 9, 10 a.m. – Noon Dale Neal Writers Workshop Alleghany County Public Library, Sparta, NC 336-372-5573 Registration: AlleghanyArtsCouncil.org
- Wednesday, April 9, 5-7 p.m. Susan Zurenda Open Conversation Pages Books & Coffee, Mount Airy, NC 336-789-3363
- Thursday, April 10, 5-6 p.m. Dale Neal Book Talk Sanders Ridge Vineyard & Winery, Boonville, NC
- Sunday, April 13, 2-4 p.m. Charlie Lovett in Conversation & Cocktails with Belinda Smith-Sullivan, Pages Books & Coffee, Mount Airy, NC 336-789-3363
- Regional book clubs are encouraged to add The Woman with The Stone Knife, Kings of Coweetsee and The Girl from the Red Rose Motel to your 2025 reading list and stay connected with your local branch of the Northwestern Regional Library to learn about other activities during this author tour. One more way we’re here for YOU!
Teen Events
Trash Art Wednesday, March 5 from 3:30 to 5:30 pm – Teens & Tweens Join us next week for Trash Art – use buttons, beads, and all the other bits & bobs we’ve collected to make a unique piece of art! Feel free to bring your own “trash” from home to use in your creation.
Call (336) 835-5535 or email ctransou@nwrl.org to reserve your spot.
TEEN HUNGER GAMES AFTERNOON – Tuesday March 18 from 3:30 – 5:00 PM – May the odds be ever in your favor… call 336-835-5586 or email ctransou@nwrl.org to let us know you’re coming!
Kid Events
Tiny Tots Storytime, ages 6 months -2 years 10 a.m. Fridays
Preschool Storytime, ages 3-5 years, 11 a.m. Fridays
Bookworms Book Club – March Monday 17 – 20 from 3:15 – 4:00 – Join Miss Abby for a read aloud. We are reading Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon. We will answer questions together. Come back March 21 at 3:15 for a craft. Can’t make it, come check out a copy of the book or borrow it from Hoopla, or NC Kids Digital Library. On March 10 pick up a question/answer sheet from the front desk, read each chapter. Bring your answer sheet on March 21 at 3:15 and join us for a craft. Registration required 336-835-5586
STEAM for Grades k-5 – Tuesday, March 25, 3:30 p.m. Let’s learn about our heart, lungs and stomach. Registration required – call 336-835-5535 or email elk@nwrl.org
Library Staff
Martha Smith – Branch Manager
Abby Walker – Assistant Branch Manager
Cassidy Transou – Library Programs Assistant
Carolina Del Moral – Library Programs Assistant
Sheila Kelly – Library Assistant
Friends of the Library
The Friends of the Elkin Public Library have been supporting the Library since 1964. The funds they raise enable the Library to purchase books, e-books, audios, videos, computer equipment, educational programs, and furniture. The Friends sponsor literacy outreach to area pre-schools in the spring and summer reading programs for all ages. Fall events are a two-week Used Book Sale in September and winter holidays Downtown Elkin Light-Up Night puppet shows. Members also facilitate the gift of a book to all newborn babies at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Please join the fun and jump start new library-centered activities!
Elkin Friends of the Library
Lee Villiers, President
Sarah Joyner, Vice President
Dee Ripley, Treasurer
Karen Alley, Secretary
Nancy Ball
Jessica Gilley
Stephanie Graff
Maureen McCartan
Claire Sellars
Local Advisory Board
The Elkin Public Library Board is an advisory board appointed by the Town of Elkin. Members serve for three years. Applications to serve on the Board may be submitted at any time to the Town offices at 226 North Bridge St., Elkin, NC.
Eris Ball, Chair
Shawna Poindexter, Secretary
Mary Blackburn
Anne Gulley
Leath Henderson*
Emily Rycroft
Lyle Sacco
April Swarey
Lee Villiers, Friends of the Library
*Regional Board Representatives
Meeting Dates
4th Thursday of January, March, May, and September; 1st Thursday of November.
Services & Information
Volunteer
Interested in volunteering at the Library? Complete this Volunteer Application form. The Branch Librarian will tell you in what area extra assistance is needed and how your skills and talents may be used. You may also volunteer through the Friends of the Library.
Elkin Endowment
The Elkin Public Library Endowment was established by the Elkin Public Library Board of Trustees in 2012 with a bequest from Ola Williams Hendren.
Elkin Public Library Endowment
The Elkin Public Library Endowment was established by the Elkin Public Library Board of Trustees in 2012 with a bequest from Ola Williams Hendren. It honors the spirit Mrs. Hendren and her husband Lin, their passion, curiosity, and wonder for the natural world and their love for the library and local community in which they lived. Mrs. Hendren specified that the gift be used for library improvements deemed to be “in the best interest of the Elkin Public Library.” The governing body of the Endowment is the Elkin Public Library Board of Trustees. The endowed fund’s principal amount is administered by the Winston-Salem Foundation (WSF).
We invite you to contribute to the Elkin Public Library Endowment. The Trustees seek to grow the fund through an annual solicitation of gifts of $1,000 or more and through a planned giving program. Gifts may be made payable to The Winston-Salem Foundation, earmarked for Elkin Public Library Endowment C0612. Online giving is available by clicking here (click on Named Funds, enter Elkin Public Library Endowment, then follow the prompts). If you are interested in including the Elkin Public Library Endowment in your estate plans, please contact the Elkin Branch Manager at 336-835-5586 or Philanthropic Services at the Winston-Salem Foundation 336-725-2382.
Ways to Use the Endowment
The EPL Board of Trustees governs expenditures of Endowment funds. These funds supplement the Library’s annual operating budget based on public funds appropriated by the Town of Elkin and by Surry County, North Carolina. Monies from the Endowment have been used to enrich library services for the public, including the purchase of books for all ages, electronic resources, audios and videos, and computer hardware and software, and educational programs. If you have a suggestion or project that might use the funds, you may apply to the Board. The project must be related to or benefit the Elkin Public Library. Please discuss your idea with the Branch Manager.
Memorial & Gift Books
The Library is pleased to accept donations to purchase collection items in honor or memory of friends and family. Please fill out the form below and mail it with payment to the attention of Branch Manager Elkin Public Library, 111 North Front St., Elkin NC 28621