Ephrata, WA Public Library

08/26/2026

Ephrata Library Update! 📦

The main room is officially empty and the shelving is dismantled. It's a strange and wonderful thing to see a library floor that bare. Behind the scenes, our facilities and IT teams got temporary networking, wifi, and phone service up and running so staff can keep serving you while the work continues.

It's not the flashiest week of a renovation, but it's the week that makes everything else possible.

In the meantime, we are prepping our pop-up library for you! Questions? Give us a call at 509-754-3971.

More updates coming as we go. Thanks for your patience, Ephrata! We can't wait to show you what's next. 💙

08/25/2026

📚 New Book Tuesday

This week in new books, some adorable titles are hitting the shelves!

⭐In First Dates at the Cat Café (Rowlands) Love is in the air at the cat café, where Grace adores her job as a barista at the café, but dreams of one day setting up a matchmaking agency to help pet lovers find true love.
⭐Graphic novel Books, Iced Coffee & a Side of Dragons (Lovelace), asks: a struggling bookstore, a budding romance, and a mischievous coven of dragons - what could go wrong?
⭐For middle-grade readers, the graphic novel Library of Memories (Perez Marquez) is full of magic and mystery, revealing a beautifully drawn story that explores the power of memories that’s perfect for fans of Pixar's Inside Out and The Moth Keeper.

Find a new book: https://ncwlibraries.aspendiscovery.org/MyAccount/MyList/12965

08/14/2026

📚 Ephrata Library is closed for its remodel! Here's what to know until the pop-up opens on September 3.

📦 Returns: The book drop is still open. Return items here or at any NCW Libraries location.

📖 Holds: Holds pick-up is paused until September 3. Anything waiting for you will stay on the shelf for 10 days once the pop-up opens. Need something sooner? Change your pick-up location to a nearby library in your online account, or give us a call and we'll switch it for you.

📵 Phones & Wi-Fi: Through Monday, August 18, the Ephrata Library has no phone or Wi-Fi service. Need help? Reach out to our Call Center at 509-663-1117 or [email protected].

🎨 Programs are still happening! Storytime is Tuesdays at 10:30 AM and Sit & Stitch is Fridays at 1:30 PM at the Ephrata Recreation Center, 112 Basin Street SW.

Your library card works at all 30 of our locations! We'd love to see you at a neighboring branch in the meantime.

Full details:

What to Know Between August 10 and September 3 Returns: The Ephrata book drop is still open. Return items there or at any NCW Libraries location. Holds: Holds pick-up at Ephrata is paused until the pop-up library opens on Thursday, September 3. Keep placing holds as usual, anything waiting for you w...

08/14/2026

Hello Ephrata! Just a quick reminder that your Ephrata Library is currently closed for all library services while we begin our long-awaited Reimagining Spaces project.

📚Wondering about your holds? Any holds that are currently at the library will still be here for you when our temporary Pop-up space opens on Thursday September 3rd and we will allow extra time for everyone to pick them up (you'll have until Monday, September 14—about ten days).

Due to construction and demolition processes happening in the building, library staff are unable to process any materials for a while. Thank you so much for your patience and we look forward to seeing you again on Thursday September 3rd in the Library's temporary Pop-up Space!

08/11/2026

📚 New Book Tuesday!

This week the new books are taking a look at family.

⭐Disarmingly funny and quietly wise, A Guide to Open Water Life Saving (Eubanks), is the story of how one woman tried to rescue her beloved and learned she would also have to rescue herself, reminding us: no one survives the wilderness alone.
⭐In A Tender Age (Lee), at home, Jeon-Gi’s working-class parents dote on him, but outside, he is part of a roving pack of kids with dominion over a derelict baseball field, where getting into and out of trouble is all-consuming; however, he becomes embroiled in events reverberating far beyond himself and his family.
⭐For teen readers, My Killer Family Reunion (Thiru) is a hilarious and twisty mystery-comedy about an Indian American teen whose family reunion at a lavish manor falls into chaos after her grandma is attacked.

📖Find a new book: https://ncwlibraries.aspendiscovery.org/MyAccount/MyList/12909

08/07/2026

After our remodel, the Ephrata Library isn't just going to be "kinda chic" it's going to be the MOST chic!! 🤩

08/04/2026

📚 New Book Tuesday!

This week, we have new books about people and their stories!

⭐The Story of Your Life (Jezer-Morton) examines how social media platforms change the way we share information but what stories we choose to tell and how these choices reflect and shape our evolving identities.
⭐In Your Fellow Americans (Santenello), after years of traveling abroad, the author realized how unfamiliar America seemed; with a camera in hand and an open mind, he began visiting places that the media overlooks or misrepresents, from tiny towns in Appalachia to the streets of East LA.
⭐The People’s Historian (Zirin) is a deeply researched biography of Howard Zinn, iconic historian and the beloved author of the national bestseller, with more than 4 million copies sold, A People's History of the United States.

Reserve a new book: https://ncwlibraries.aspendiscovery.org/MyAccount/MyList/12868

07/31/2026

📚✨ Big news, Ephrata! Your library is getting a whole new look.

Starting Monday, August 10, the Ephrata Public Library will close temporarily for a full interior remodel, designed with input from 600+ community members through our Reimagining Spaces Project.

Think a community meeting room, refreshed kids' and teen areas with fun new furniture, a study room set up for telehealth and video appointments, totally renovated restrooms (hello, first fully ADA-compliant restroom!), and new paint, flooring, lighting, and furniture throughout. 😍

Huge thanks to our partners at the City of Ephrata - Government for helping make this happen! 💛

Weekly Storytime and Sit and Stitch will continue at the Ephrata Recreation Center. And, in early September a pop-up library will open in the meeting room.

The remodeled library will reopen in the first quarter of 2027. We'll be sharing progress along the way. Full details ➡️

https://www.ncwlibraries.org/ephrata-library-remodel/

We can't wait to show you what's next. 💛