The English Club hosts book sale in Cherry Hall

Makaio Smith, News reporter

The English Club is hosting a week-long book sale in Cherry Hall, room 101, which began on Monday, Oct. 25 and will stay open until Friday, Oct. 29. The book sale will run between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. each day.

The sale is to raise money for the club. Traditionally, the book sale is only a few days long, but due to theCOVID-19 pandemic the club couldnโ€™t host the sale last year and therefore has to make up for lost funding.

Seth Nevin, a senior studying philosophy and English literature, is the president of the English club. He helped organize, set up and host the book sale.

โ€œPreviously the English club has always done a book sale,โ€ Nevin said. โ€œBetween professors retiring, moving offices or donations to the club, we usually have an excess of [books]; in turn, we pack them and move them to the Warren room to sell them at a discounted price.โ€

All of the paperback books are sold for 50 cents and all hardcover books are sold for $1. The club has traditionally always used these prices since the books are donated and these prices are affordable for the students. They are even selling a few donated CDs, DVDs, and posters. The English club is accepting both Venmo and cash for purchases. 

Felicity McDonald, a sophomore double major in creative writing and literature, is the social media coordinator for the English Club. 

โ€œOur president, Seth, made a schedule poll,โ€ McDonald said. โ€œEveryone put in the poll what hours they could work. Weโ€™re trying to accommodate everyone and their class schedules.โ€

Brianna Hamilton, a junior English major with a creative writing concentration and a journalism writing minor, is the treasurer for the English Club. 

โ€œWe have a really huge variety, we have everything from literature anthologies, textbooks, Shakespeare, and cheesy romance books,โ€ Hamilton said. โ€œWe kind of have something for everybody. The good part about the book sale is that itโ€™s for everyone and itโ€™s at an affordable price range.โ€

News reporter Makaio Smith can be reached makaio.smith083@topper.wku.edu. Follow her on Twitter @MakaioSmith