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A Reading List For National Poetry Month

A Reading List For National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world. Every year, tens of millions of readers, students, teachers, librarians, booksellers, publishers, bloggers, and  poets mark poetry’s important place in our culture and our lives throughout the month of April. Here at...

Picture Books for Women’s History Month

Picture Books for Women’s History Month

For this last week of Women's History Month, we are sharing a selection of children's picture books that highlight the impact of women’s contributions throughout history. These books for young readers particularly reflect on women who have overcome obstacles to leave...

A Conversation With the Spokane Poet Laureate

A Conversation With the Spokane Poet Laureate

Spokane Poet Laureate Mery Smith will lead two workshops in late March at our Quincy and Moses Lake branches. Then she will come back in May for two more workshops at our Wenatchee and Cashmere branches. You can now register for the first two workshops, "Joy and...

Celebrate Women’s History Month With Fiction

Celebrate Women’s History Month With Fiction

Let's continue our celebration of Women's History Month with a focus on fiction. While reading nonfiction is important for acquiring knowledge and fact-based understanding about people and events, fiction helps us build empathy. Great novels allow us to see through...

Online Resources for Women’s History Month

Online Resources for Women’s History Month

Celebrate Women's History Month with books, movies, music and more at any time of the day or night through the online resources that you can use for free with your library card. Listen, watch or read from your phone, tablet and other devices either from home or on the...

Calling All 9th-12th Grade Writers!

Calling All 9th-12th Grade Writers!

The 13th Annual Teen Writing Competition is now open for submissions! Any student currently enrolled in 9th - 12th grades within the library service area is eligible to submit an entry. Write on the River is providing $200 in cash prizes to award three winners for...

HW Virtual Program in March

HW Virtual Program in March

How can a two-century-old Eastern European Jewish tradition help us grapple with contemporary catastrophes, as well as old displacements, genocides, and assimilation? Explore the ancient Ashkenazi women's tradition of feldmestn -- a practice of measuring ancestors'...

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