Read to Feed Kick Off Celebration
Saturday September 18, 2-5pm
Join the county-wide launch of Heifer International's Read to Feed reading incentive program; it has the power to change lives. The event will feature stories from around the world, craft activities for children, and refreshments. Parents and teachers will be able to pick up Read to Feed materials, as well as information from the partnering organizations.

 

Monster Bash!
With NY Times Bestselling zombie author Jonathan Maberry
Thursday, September 30, 6pm
Celebrate American Library Association’s Teen Read Week with pizza and readings by NY Times Bestseller and multiple Bram Stoker Award winner Jonathan Maberry from his new teen zombie novel Rot & Ruin. Teens and the young at heart are invited come as their favorite dead, living dead, or un-dead book character. Sparkly vampires not invited. Proceeds will be donated to teen programs of the Lancaster County Public Libraries.
Tickets $7. Call or visit Aaron’s Books for reservations or information. Costumes not required.

Launch Party for Vera Dietz
Saturday, October 16, 6pm
Aaron’s Books hosts the national release of author A.S. King’s new YA novel Please Ignore Vera Dietz with an evening of refreshment, live music, and a reading by A.S. King.
This event is free. Call or visit Aaron’s Books for reservations or information.

 

Bestselling Author Beth Hoffman
Co-sponsored by the Council of Friends of the
Lancaster Public Libraries
Thursday, October 21, 6:30pm at the Cork Factory Hotel
Aaron’s Books & the Council of Friends brings bestselling author Beth Hoffman to Lancaster for an evening of refreshments and a reading by the author, as well as an exclusive early release of the paperback edition of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt.
Tickets $20. Contact Ronnie Kepchar at 569-6850 to purchase tickets.

 


Books & Brunch
Meets the 3rd Sunday each month at 11am with a full brunch... and lots of book talk. We focus on 'new to us' women writers.

Our upcoming reads-
The is no meeting in August. All book groups are invited to join us in reading Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen or The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove and meet author Susan Gregg Gilmore on Wednesday, Aug. 25 @ 4pm

Sept 19- Benny and Shrimp by Katrina Mazetti

October 17- Promise Bridge by Eileen Clymer Schwab Eileen will join us to discuss her debut novel, a historic novel of the Underground Railroad and friendship.

November 14- In Hovering Flight by Joyce Hinnefeld. We will meet at 7pm as Joyce will be joining us for coffee and dessert and to discuss her new novel Stranger Here Below.

 

Crazy for Cozies
Meets one Tuesday a month at 6:30pm to discuss the "cozy" mysteries, those that typically feature an amateur sleuth, crafting or cooking, and a small town.

Aug 17- Death by Darjeeling and Gunpowder Green by Laura Childs

Sept 14- Death by Sudoku by Kaye Morgan

Oct. 12- Night of the Living Deed by EJ Copperman


All our book groups and events are open to the public.Aaron's Books has space available to host any outside book group that is looking for a location. We do this free of charge. Our staff is also available to make suggestions for your book group. Book groups that order copies of books together can get 10-20% off. Please let us know what your group is reading in the coming months and we will make sure to have it in stock.

  

              

              
As with any  independent bookstore, the store’s focus is on community involvement –  providing goods and services that enhance the quality of life in Lititz as well  as throughout Lancaster County. Both Todd and Sam were instrumental in  establishing the wildly successful event “Lovin’ Lititz Every 2nd,”  where all the downtown businesses are open late the second Friday of each  month, and the town is full of music, food, shopping, and neighbors gathering  to enjoy their town.

              
Aaron’s Books is  open many evenings for free community events. Recent discussions hosted by the  store have included exploring the religious themes of the best selling novel The Shack with Lancaster Theological  Seminary professor Dr. Bruce Epperly and possible solutions to the ongoing  humanitarian crisis in Darfur with authors of the first and only book that  gives a comprehensive look at the history and American involvement in that  region of Africa. The local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism  meets monthly at Aaron’s and other community groups use the store as an  informal gathering spot.

              
Over the past four  years, Aaron’s Books has brought dozens of local, regional and national authors  to Lititz.  Lancaster County favorite Ken Munro, author of the Sammy &  Brian mysteries, makes Aaron’s Books a regular stop on his book tours, and  young readers continue to flock to meet him. And Aaron’s proudly hosted the book  release party and first signing for the book Lititz by local historian Kathy Blankenbiller. Aaron's Books hosts an annual 3 day children's literature festival each fall. 

              
Aaron's Books is proud to be a part of such a great community, and opening its doors as we bring writers and readers together in a variety of ways.