January 4, 2024

A Letter from Abraham

Library staff recently contributed a piece to LehighValleyNews where we recommended our favorite books we read this year. One of the top choices was Abraham Verghese’s Covenant of  Water, recommended by Michele. Through a friend of his who coincidentally lives in the Lehigh Valley, Mr. Verghese was able to read the piece which discussed how well […]

Book recommendations
June 30, 2020

No Waitlist or Holds on Important Anti-racist Books

You may have seen the new stories on how the demand for antiracist literature has been skyrocketing at libraries, ours included. It’s a good problem to have! But it’s also kind of annoying when there is a long wait time for the book you are interested in. Well, good news! Overdrive has donated unlimited copies of […]

Book recommendations
June 29, 2020

Antiracist Resources

The Bethlehem Area Public Library is committed to actively supporting essential conversations and actions to confront racism in America. This page will feature antiracist resources available in our collections, links to external resources, and information about library programs that promote antiracist conversation within our community and with our patrons. In our collections Antiracist reading Stamped […]

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