Monday, May 24, 2010

Summer Reading Kick Off

Please join Warren County Public Library and dive into Summer Reading with the Kick-off to be help at Parker-Bennett-Curry Elementary School, on June 7, 2009 from 1:30-2:30p.m.
There will be a concert by the The Wulfe Brother with a special guest, the Bowling Green Hot Rods!
The kick-off starts off eight weeks of Summer fun at your library in the form of a reading incentive program. Prizes included free tickets to a special Hot Rods baseball game, and for kids 13 and under, a chance to twin $1,000 as part of the Summer Reading Sweepstakes!
For more questions please contact WCPL at 270-781-4882.


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Fact, Fiction, & Forensics Speaker Series


Tess Gerritsen at your Library


Warren County Public Library is proud to present the next speaker in our Fact, Fiction, & Forensics series, Tess Gerritsen, best-selling suspense author. Gerritsen's works have been translated into 33 languages, and more than 20 million copies have been enjoyed worldwide. Some of Gerritsen's best-sellers include Harvest, Life Support, Bloodstream, Gravity, and The Surgeon.


Please visit the library for your FREE tickets to Gerritsen's lecture on Thursday, June 17 at 6PM. For more information please call (270)781-4882


Interesting highlights:



  • Gerritsen recieved her M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco, but has retired from medicine to focus on her writing. She first began to write while on maternity leave from her practice.

  • The TNT Network is developing a series around Gerritsen’s Jane Rizzoli character featuring Angie Harmon as Rizzoli.

  • If you are curious about what order her books should be read in here is the list provided from her website: http://www.tessgerritsen.com/faq.html You can also get more information about the author, her novels, and other speaking events as well as view the author's own blog.

  • An associate from Barnes & Noble will be on hand with copies of Gerritsen's works if you would like to purchase copies to be signed.