Author Visit

Looking for a top notch mystery where the pages practically turn themselves. Join author Mark Stevens, a natural born storyteller, as he takes us to the Colorado Flat Tops wilderness area as two hunters go missing. His books Antler Dust and the sequel Buried by the Roan will be available for signing and purchase. Program takes place on Thursday, September 13th at 7:00 pm. Free tickets are available until August 13.

The Rifle Branch Library is excited to host Peter McBride's & Jonathan Waterman's travelling photo exhibition, "The Colorado River: Flowing Through Conflict," which will be on display from May 25th through September 30th at the Rifle Branch Library.

The Ladies Who Do Lunch meet at the Parachute Branch Library at noon on the third Tuesday of every month. For more information, contact the Parachute Branch Library at 285-9870.

Join us at the Parachute Branch Library on Wednesday, May 9, from 2-3 p.m. for a reception with author Patricia Martin. If you love true stories that recall our pioneer past, you will enjoy Patricia Martin's Meadowlark Callings in which she recalls her homesteading grandmother.

Join us at the Parachute Branch Library on Wednesday, April 11, from 2-3 p.m. for a reception with mystery writer Debby Arthur Warner. Click here to find her book, Only by Chance in Cripple Creek, in our catalog. The Colorado National Monument is the setting for this mystery as it looks at the death of a young lady.

Join us at the newly renovated New Castle Branch Library on Tuesday, April 24, for an evening with best-selling author C. J. Box! Proceeds from the evening will benefit the Garfield County Public Library Foundation, which promotes and supports the Garfield County Libraries.

Celebrate Women's History Month with author Jill Tietjen at the Silt Branch Library on Tuesday, March 6, at 7:00 p.m. Tietjen co-authored the best-selling book, Her Story: A Timeline of the Women who Changed America, which is a vivid documentation of the breadth and diversity of American women's achievements throughout U.S. history. Tietjen is one of the country's top historians on the topic of women in science and technology.

Join us at the Parachute Branch Library on Wednesday, February 15, from 2-3 p.m. for a reception with author Susan Hornick. Click here to find her book, More Than A Cowboy, in our catalog.

Join us at the Parachute Branch Library on Wednesday, January 18, at 2:00 p.m. to meet Marilyn M. Barnewall, author of When the Swan's Neck Breaks and Flight of the Black Swan.

Want to learn to express yourself through poetry? Join Colorado's Poet Laureate David Mason at his "Writing in Lines" workshop on Saturday, October 29, at 3 p.m. at the Silt Branch Library. This workshop is a great opportunity for beginner poets to get feedback from one of Colorado's greatest. Mr. Mason will also share his own work.