TALK Series Begins!

Sunday, January 15, at 2:00, Dr. Jane Holwerda of Dodge City Community College leads the discussion of Betty MacDonald’s The Egg and I.
The Talk About Literature in Kansas (TALK) book discussion series is provided by the Kansas Humanities Council (KHC), a nonprofit cultural organization with over 35 years of experience promoting understanding of the history [...]

Angels in the Library

Angels have filled the library thanks to dollmaker Mary Hughes! Come enjoy her beautiful artistry during this holiday season.

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Angels We Have Heard on High!

Singing very, very, very quietly in the Library.                                                                                                                                                  Monday, November 28, 5:00 to 7:00        

                 
Make Santa picture frames, Visit the Angel Display, Enjoy Treats!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Audiobooks, Music, & More to have new website!

The State Library had been in contract negotiations with Overdrive, and they failed. In a nutshell, Overdrive wanted to impose a 700% administrative fee increase over the next 3 years and wanted to stipulate that all of the audiobooks and ebooks purchased from them over the last 6 years were “leased” not “owned” as per [...]

Nicodemas Historical Speaker Monday at Noon

Angela O. Bates, Executive Director of the Nicodemus Historical Society, will speak at the Ashland Library at noon, on Monday, November 14. The program is free, so bring a sack lunch and enjoy a great presentation! Dessert will be served.

Geek The Library!

geekVERB
1. To love, to enjoy, to celebrate, to have an intense passion for.
2. To express interest in.
3. To possess a large amount of knowledge in.
4. To promote.
Whatever you geek, the public library supports you. Join Geek the Library in spreading awareness about the value of libraries.

Scholarship Forms Available @ the Library

The Maxine Humphreys/Ashland BPW Scholarship forms are available.  Click the link to access a printable form or come into the library to receive one.  Scholarships are due by September 9, 2011.

Cutting for Stone is New Book Club Title

Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of [...]

Book Club Meets Thursday @ Noon!

Ashland Book Club meets Thursday, August 10, to discuss The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, the first in a series of twelve novels by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith.  Bring a sack lunch and we’ll see you at the library!

Book Club Meets July 8

Book Club will meet Friday, July 8 at noon to discuss Lisa See’s Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Copies are available at the library. Bring your lunch and we’ll see you there!