Join David Kipen, Director of Literature for the National Endowment of the Arts

As part of THE BIG READ EPHRATA, the library will host David Kipen on Monday, May 5th at 7 p.m.

David Kipen joined the National Endowment of the Arts in September 2005 as Director of Literature. More recently, he was appointed Director of Literature, National Reading Initiatives. David manages the Big Read, the Arts Endowment's largest literary initiative. Beginning in 2000, David was the book critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, where he reviewed six to eight books each month. He was also a book critic and essayist for National Public Radio's "Day to Day" show and presented KCRW-FM's weekly commentary and podcast "Overbooked." Before working with the Chronicle, Kipen was senior editor with Buzz magazine about his native South California. He is also the editor and author of the recently published book "The Schreiber Theory: A Radical Rewrite of American Film History."

New Downloadable eAudiobooks!

Following are the new eAudiobooks ready for download:

"Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington" by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein
"America, 1908" by Jim Rasenberger
"The Days the Cowboys Quit" by Elmer Kelton
"Avenger" by William W. Johnstone
"Loop Group" by Larry McMurty
"Just Beyond the Clouds" by Karen Kingsbury
"My Heart May Be Broken, But My Hair Still Looks Great" by Dixie Cash
"Code of the West" by Aaron Latham
"Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears" by Theda Perdfu and Michael D. Green
"Dark Room" by Andrea Kane
"The Winter Lodge" by Susan Wiggs
"Cypress Grove" by James Sallis
"McKettrick's Pride" by Linda Lael Miller
"Rehab's Story" by Ann Burton
"Getting Some of Her Own" by Gwynne Forster
"Your Sacred Quest" by Joan Borysenko
"Apache Strike" by Jason Manning
"Heart in the Right Place" by Carolyn Jourdan
"The County Fair" by Katherine Valentine
"Montana Revenge" by Dusty Richards
"The Texicans" by Nina Vida
"Lady Sings the Cruels" by Eric Pete
"Almost Dead" by Lisa Jackson
"Defining Moments" by Jacqueline Thomas
"The Culture Code" by Clotaire Rapaille
"Goodnight, Irene" by Jan Burke

Local Health Information

Lancaster County Libraries are pleased to announce www.healthylancastercounty.org, a public library initiative in partnership with Lancaster County Hospitals/Health Care Providers and United Way of Lancaster County that’s designed to provide reliable health information to Lancaster County residents in a variety of forms. The project components include programming provided by Lancaster County Hospitals; online web portal for public access; collection enhancement of circulating books on consumer health/wellness at public libraries and hospital health libraries; and printed information in the form of flyers, brochures, etc. that will be distributed throughout the county at public libraries, hospitals and other designated locations. The Health Information Access Project is funded by a LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) Grant from Commonwealth Libraries.

Next time you have a health question, check it out!