The Agawam Library kicks off our 15th Annual Adult Summer Reading Program on June 24! The fun begins at our READLocal author event on Monday, June 24 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Participants will have the opportunity to meet and greet ten local authors. Books will be available for purchase and signing and each author will have a few minutes to discuss their latest book. Refreshments will be provided by Partner’s. Information on more summer programming will be available this evening as well.

“A Universe of Stories” is the 2019 Summer Reading theme and we have exciting prizes and events for adults all summer long. Reader’s BINGO is back this summer! Our readers will have the opportunities to win daily and weekly raffle prizes, as well as the grand prize. Winning is as easy as completing a BINGO square. For each square completed, readers will receive a scratch ticket with the chance to win a small prize. Those scratch tickets will then be entered into a raffle for the weekly prizes, $25 gift cards. Completed BINGOs will earn readers a raffle ticket towards the Grand Prize, a $100 Visa gift card. Readers can complete up to 10 BINGOs as there will be two BINGO cards available throughout the summer. BINGO squares and rows MUST be verified by the Reference Desk or the Information Desk staff. Our winning continues until Friday, August 9 at 12:00 p.m.! Don’t forget to pick up a Summer Reading Hat or T-Shirt at the Information Desk. All summer reading apparel is just $10! Below are our early summer programs for adults. We hope to see you this summer!

June 28; July 1, 12, 19, 26; and August 2 at 10 am. We are taking our show on the road! Catch us at one of the following locations for some off-site library chat! We will be reading Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. Discussions will be held at various locations around town. Books (large print and audiobooks too!) and discussion questions will be available at the library throughout the summer. Join us at one of these locations this summer: June 28 @ 10:00 a.m. Giovanni’s Bakery July 19 @ 10:00 a.m. Partner’s Restaurant July 1 @ 7:00 p.m. Agawam Library July 26 @ 10:00 a.m. Auntie Cathie’s Kitchen July 12 @ 10:00 a.m. Main Street Deli August 2 @ 10:00 a.m. School St. Park Pavilion.

Monday, July 1, all day. E.B’s Restaurant Gives Back to the Friends of the Agawam Library. From open to close, 10% of all food and soft drink sales will be donated to the Friends of the Library-take-out AND delivery!

July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and August 6 at 10 am. Memoir Writing Workshop. Presented by award-winning author Kate Anderson, this 6-week course will begin with the people and places that create the foundation of a memoir. Learn to outline your story, and make a plan for finishing, including staying focused, editing and revising. Participants should bring a laptop or writing materials. Space is limited to 20 writers, so please plan to attend all 6 sessions.

July 15 at 7:00 p.m. A Universe of Ice Cream! We are fortunate to have local reporter and ice cream connoisseur Liz Roman visit again this year for an ice cream tasting. Come and sample some summer flavors and maybe even have some astronaut ice cream! Seating is limited and tickets can be picked up at the Information Desk.

Registration for Adult programs begins on June 1. Please sign up for events by calling 789-1550 x4 or go online at www.agawamlibrary.org. A Universe of Stories is sponsored by one or more of the following: Agawam Center Library Association, the Boston Bruins, The Massachusetts Library System, the Agawam and Massachusetts Cultural Councils, the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP). We hope to see you this summer at the Agawam Library!