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Celebrating all things literary in Pennsylvania! Schmit, Director
Caroline Wermuth, Outreach Coordinator

Team:
Steven Herb, Ph.D., Founding Director (2000-2017)
Erica King, Curriculum Specialist
Bernadette Lear, Affiliate Faculty
James McCready, Information Resources and Services Specialist
Nicole Miyashiro, Writer-in-Residence
Karla M.

10/30/2026

🗺 📸 How can Pennsylvanians access historical aerial photos of the Commonwealth?

10/29/2026

📚 Looking for a new author to read? Check out these newly published Pennsylvania authors and their 2026 debut books:

📖 Kate Koenig (author of Her Sharp Embrace from Wednesday Books)

📖 Sabina Nordqvist (author of It's All in Your Head from Grand Central Publishing)

📖 Gabriela Gonzales (author of How to Love You When You’re Gone from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

📖 Timothy Hedden (author of Dead Housewives of Philadelphia)

📖 Melody Robinette (author of These Vile Hearts from Putnam Books)

10/28/2026

📚 Any Pennsylvanian that is 16 or older can get a free library card to the State Library of Pennsylvania!
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

10/26/2026

👻 Even our friendly library ghosts love reading Pennsylvania books!

10/22/2026

🕷🎃 Looking for your next Halloween read? Check out these spine-tingling books from Pennsylvania authors:

📖 Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio from Flatiron Books

📖 Mercy House by Adam Cesare from Del Rey Books

📖 Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham from Union Square & Co.

📖 Paterfamilias by Nick Gregorio

📖 Tell Me What I Am by Una Mannion from Harper Perennial

📖 Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak

10/21/2026

We 💙 Central Pennsylvania!
Penn State University Libraries

10/19/2026

📖 Who was Bayard Rustin?

10/16/2026

🗺️ Any Pennsylvanian can utilize resources from the Donald W. Hamer Center for Maps and Geospatial Information at the Penn State University Libraries!

10/15/2026

👻📚 Spooky season is officially here! To celebrate, we are highlighting some spooky and mysterious titles perfect for young readers:

Early Readers:
📖 Secret Spy Society: The Case of the Missing Cheetah by Veronica Mang from Penguin Kids
📖 Good Night Owl by Greg Pizzoli from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Middle Grade:
📖 Mystery James Returns from the Grave by Ally Russell
📖 Bonebag by E. M. Elliott and David Elliott from Astra Books for Young Readers

Young Adult:
📖 Shaded Grove by Oliver C. Seneca
📖 Tell Me My Future by Eileen M. Ruvane from Abrams Kids

10/14/2026

📚 Ellysa Stern Cahoy, the Pennsylvania Center for the Book’s Director, and Casey Sennett, the Center’s Outreach and Social Media Coordinator, attended the Pennsylvania Library Association’s 2026 Annual Conference last week in Harrisburg!

They presented to approximately 40 Pennsylvania librarians and library workers at their session, "Connecting the Commonwealth Through Books: Statewide Resources & Youth Awards from the PA Center for the Book.” During their session, Casey and Ellysa shared information about the Pennsylvania Center for the Book and resources available to Pennsylvania libraries and their patrons.

At PaLA, Ellysa and Casey enjoyed connecting not only with library personnel, but also Pennsylvania based writers and authors. They met Jolene McIlwain, author of Sidle Creek, the 2025 PA Great Read for Adult Readers, for the first time and saw Cordelia Jensen, author of Lilac and the Switchback, the 2026 PA Great Read for Young Readers!

While in Harrisburg, Casey and Ellysa also registered for two new library cards! They registered for their Lackawanna County Library System library cards while visiting the Lackawanna County Library System Bookmobile and registered for their Pennsylvania state library cards while touring the State Library of Pennsylvania!

Thank you to everyone who attended the PA Center for the Book’s session and connected with Ellysa and Casey during PaLA!
Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA)

Address

502 Paterno Library
University Park, PA
16802

Website

https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/

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