Latest News & Upcoming Events

Summer Hours
Summer hours for both the Thomas Public Library, Fort Valley and the Byron Public Library, Byron are:

	Monday		9:00 am - 6:00 pm
	Tuesday		9:00 am - 6:00 pm
	Wednesday		9:00 am - 6:00 pm
	Thursday		9:00 am - 6:00 pm
	Friday		9:00 am - 1:00 pm
	Saturday		Closed
	Sunday		Closed

Summer hours begin Tuesday, June 1, 2010 and continue until Saturday, July 31, 2010.

Summer Reading Sign-Up
Signup for this year's Children's Summer Reading Program, "Make A Splash! Read!" begins Saturday, May 22, 2010. Signup for this year's Teen Summer Reading Program, "Make Waves at your Library" begins Tuesday, June 1, 2010. It is all happening at the Peach Public Libraries this summer. Get your calendar of library activities at either library location in Byron and Fort Valley.

Georgia WorkReady Testing
Peach Public Libraries has partnered with Peach County Chamber of Commerce and Middle Georgia Technical College to offer Georgia WorkReady testing in Peach County. Earn your Georgia WorkReady certificate by taking an online exam at the library. Please call the Thomas PUblic Library at (478) 825-1640 to schedule testing.

WorkReady was created to ensure that Georgia's workers have the best skills, easy access to training and world-class job opportunities. The backbone of the initiative is the worker certification program that assesses the real world skills of Georgia's workers and provides valuable job training.

For more information on the Georgia WorkReady program, please visit http://gaworkready.org/

Introducing Playaway Audio
Peach Public Libraries is introducing a new audio format for enjoying audio recordings. READ MORE

New Titles on Playaway

• Birdland by Tracy Mack
• The Broker by John Grisham
• Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
• The Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig
• Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery
• There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Her Country's Children by Melissa Fay Greene
• Typhoon by Joseph Conrad
• White Oleander by Janet Fitch
• The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman

Your Library and The Entrepreneur Friendly Community
Congratulations to Peach County on being designated an "Entrepreneur Friendly" community by The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s (GDEcD) Small Business & Innovation (SBI) Division. Georgia's "Entrepreneur Friendly" Initiative assists the state's counties in cultivating business environments that develop and encourage entrepreneurs and small businesses. READ MORE

Donate Your High School Yearbook
Peach Public Libraries is attempting to complete our collection of Fort Valley High School and Peach County High School Yearbooks. If you have unwanted copies of yearbooks from Fort Valley High School or Peach County High School, please consider donating them to the library. All donations to Peach Public Libraries are tax deductible. Please ask for a donation receipt letter at the time of donation.

High Museum of Art Atlanta Brochures and Free Admission Coupon
Peach Public Libraries has High Museum of Art Atlanta brochures available for pickup. The brochures contain a coupon for ONE FREE ADMISSION to the museum, with the purchase of one admission of equal or greater value. READ MORE

ParkPass Library Loan Program
With a valid library card you can borrow a Georgia State Parks Annual ParkPass and an individual Historic Sites Visitors Pass for up to 7 days. READ MORE

New Releases for the June 2010

• Overton Window by Glenn Beck
• Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain
• Oceans: The Threats to Our Seas and What You Can Do to Turn the Tide (Participant Guide) by Participant Media and Jon Bowermaster
• Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis by Rosalynn Carter, Susan K. Golant, and Kathryn E Cade
• Burned (House of Night Novels) by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
• Pray for Silence: A Thriller (Kate Burkholder) by Linda Castillo
• Whiplash (An FBI Thriller) by Catherine Coulter
• The Burning Wire: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel by Jeffery Deaver
• The Lion by Nelson DeMille
• A Quiet Belief in Angels: A Novel by R.J. Ellory
• Lowcountry Summer: A Plantation Novel by Dorothea Benton Frank
• An Actor and a Gentleman by Louis Gossett Jr. and Phyllis Karas
• Promises to Keep: A Novel by Jane Green
• Bullet (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter) by Laurell K. Hamilton
• Life among the Lutherans by Garrison Keillor and Holly Harden
• Frankenstein: Lost Souls: A Novel by Dean Koontz
• So Cold the River by Michael Koryta
• After the Fall by Kylie Ladd
• Edge of Apocalypse (End Series, The) by Tim LaHaye and Craig Parshall
• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
• That Perfect Someone by Johanna Lindsey
• Death Echo by Elizabeth Lowell
• Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Objective (Jason Bourne) by Eric Van Lustbader
• Hardcourt Confidential: Tales from Twenty Years in the Pro Tennis Trenches by Patrick Mcenroe
• Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder by Mark Ribowsky
• Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything by Geneen Roth
• On Thin Ice: Breakdowns, Whiteouts, and Survival on the World's Deadliest Roads by Hugh Rowland and Michael Lent
• Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth by James M. Tabor
• Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson
• What's New, Cupcake?: Ingeniously Simple Designs for Every Occasion by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson

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* This is not a complete list of all of our new titles, only a selected few. Please come into the library to checkout all our new arrivals or search the Georgia PINES catalog before visiting the library.

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