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Take our 2025 Community Survey!

Take our 2025 Community Survey!

Mar 4, 2025 |

The York Public Library Association is embarking on a strategic planning process to shape our next chapter, and we need your input!  In order to continue York Public Library's tradition of dynamic, community-focused services, we invite you to take a few moments to fill out our community survey. The survey should take 7 to 10 minutes to complete. Whether you are a regular library visitor or you've never set foot in the building, we want to hear from you. Your feedback will help us establish the...

February 2025 Staff Picks

February 2025 Staff Picks

Feb 5, 2025 | , ,

Fall in love with reading this February with our staff picks!Michelle: The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck I'm not usually a big reader of short stories but I simply loved this collection. From the publisher: "A collection of interconnected stories, set mostly in New England, exploring how the past is often misunderstood and how history, family, heartache, and desire can echo over centuries In twelve luminous stories set across three centuries, The History of Sound examines the unexpected...

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Shelf Life: Ask a Muslim Anything on March 26

Mar 19, 2022 | ,

     Robert Azzi joins York Public Library on Saturday, March 26, 2022. Photo: New Hampshire Public Radio Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, according to Pew Research. How does that statement make you feel? Confused? Curious? Inspired? Frightened? Despite the rapid growth of Islam...

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March 2022 Staff Picks

Mar 1, 2022 | ,

Oh no! We have one hour less to read this month! Hopefully our list of favorites will save you time on browsing, so you can have more time for reading.  Michelle: All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca...

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The Future Is Now: Talking About Climate Realities

Feb 7, 2022 |

York Public Library together with the Town of York’s Climate Action Plan Steering Committee will launch four months of programming related to climate change beginning in February. The series, The Future Is Now: Talking about Climate Realities is made possible in part by additional support from the...

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February 2022 Staff Picks

Feb 1, 2022 | ,

Stuck inside with the cold weather this month? Warm up with a good book.Michelle: History of Wild Places by Shea Earnshaw As the blurb on the book’s cover reads: “What a wonderful rabbit hole to fall down.” - Erika Swyler Travis Wren is a shell of a man with a talent for finding missing people....

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January 2022 Staff Picks

Dec 30, 2021 |

What's the best way to start 2022? With a new book! Check out some of our favorites below. Michelle: On Animals by Susan Orlean My husband has a running list of “People I’d Like to Have a Beer With.” I’ve since started my own list - though I’ve broadened mine to include wine and mixed drinks...

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