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York Public Library to Host Two-Part Speaker Series for 2026 Camden Conference, “Today’s Middle East: Power, Politics, and Players”

York Public Library to Host Two-Part Speaker Series for 2026 Camden Conference, “Today’s Middle East: Power, Politics, and Players”

Dec 31, 2025 |

University of Maine Professor Derek Michaud, PhD, and Retired US Senior Foreign Service Officer Norm Olsen to present on Israel, Gaza York Public Library will host two programs in January in partnership with the 39th Annual Camden Conference, “Today’s Middle East: Power, Politics, and Players.”  The Middle East region remains one of the world’s most intractable trouble spots. It is a volatile arena where regional powers, global interests, and local aspirations intersect in ever-evolving and...

November 2025 Staff Picks

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 book is a classic work of nature writing and environmental philosophy. It’s a series of vivid, reflective essays drawn from Abbey’s experiences as a park ranger in Arches National Monument in Utah....

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March 2025 Staff Picks

Mar 6, 2025 | , ,

March Book Madness: Our Slam Dunk Staff PicksMichelle: The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison In this bighearted and profound portrait of a marriage, Jonathan Evison explores seventy years of big moments in subtle ways, elegantly braiding the Winters’ turbulent history with their present-day...

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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....

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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...

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January 2025 Staff Picks

Jan 9, 2025 | , ,

Kick off your reading goals with some inspiration!  See what books our staff loved in January.Michelle: Wordhunter by Stella Sands WORDHUNTER by Stella Sands: "an utterly original and compulsively readable detective story about a woman who uses her uncanny ability to analyze words and speech...

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December 2024 Staff Picks

Dec 26, 2024 | , ,

Unwrap a Good Book: Our Staff's December Reading RecommendationsMichelle: How to Read a Book by Monica Woods A lovely gem of a book. Wood's novel focuses on three characters whose stories are told in alternating chapters. Harriet is a retired English teacher who leads a book club at a women's...

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November 2024 Staff Picks

Nov 4, 2024 | , ,

Enjoy one of our favorite recent reads with the beautiful fall weather. Michelle: The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh Researcher Isadora Bentley is a loner. And desperately unhappy. She stumbles on an article entitled "Thirty-one Ways to be Happy" and decides to do a little...

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