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January 2026 Staff Picks

January 2026 Staff Picks

Feb 11, 2026 | , ,

Enjoy our staff favorites this month!Devin: Clair Obscur : Expedition 33 My favorite videogame of 2025! The story was phenomenal. It touches on themes of grief,  the importance of art, and philosophical questions about what life really is. Danie: The House Witch by Delemhach A heartwarming and humorous blend of fantasy, romance, and mystery featuring a witch with domestic powers and the royal household he serves . . . dinner. Filled with fascinating characters, courtly intrigue, political...

“Fore” the Love of Libraries: Mini-Golf Returns February 6-7!

“Fore” the Love of Libraries: Mini-Golf Returns February 6-7!

Jan 16, 2026 |

York Public Library invites the community to experience the library in a new way at its “Mini-Golf at the Library” event on February 6 and 7. Now in its third year, “Mini-Golf at the Library” is an annual one-of-a-kind community event spanning two days with activities for all ages. Both levels of the library will be transformed into 18 miniature golf holes with obstacles designed by York Public Library librarians and a wide range of community groups including the York Soccer Club, York Ready...

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December 2025 Staff Picks

Jan 6, 2026 | , ,

Enjoy our staff favorites this month!Amanda: A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen In this treasure of a book, Anna Quindlen, the bestselling novelist and columnist, reflects on what it takes to “get a life”—to live deeply every day and from your own unique self, rather than merely to...

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November 2025 Staff Picks

Dec 4, 2025 | , ,

Our staff shares their picks books for you to gobble up!Amanda: Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey I read this book while I was participating in a six week National Outdoor Leadership School program in the Sonoran Desert in the southwest in 1996. His writing is poetic, accurate and inspiring! This...

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September 2025 Staff Picks

Sep 26, 2025 | , ,

Curated just for you: Check out the latest hand-picked books by our library staff Michelle: North by Daniel Mason WOW. Just…WOW. The premise is unique and unusual one: it’s a novel about a little cabin in the vast woods of western MA and the people who come to live there through the centuries....

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Statement from the YPL Board of Trustees

Sep 25, 2025 |

Recently, some members of the community voiced their opposition to the use of colorful flags in the YPL Teen Room intended to show support for the LGBTQIA+ community and other groups. The opposition was the subject of two recent articles in the local publication, The York Weekly. York Public...

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YORKWISE Grant Brings New Life to Teen Room

Sep 12, 2025 |

The new academic year has begun, and York teens headed to the Library after school have an improved space to hang out, thanks to a room update funded by Yorkwise.  YORKWISE, the community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting drug and alcohol prevention and education for York’s youth...

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