The Pella Public Library will welcome local author Carol Van Klompenburg on Wednesday for a reading/performance of her recent book, Creative Aging: 52 Ways to Add Life to Your Years. 

Van Klompenburg is a writer who has lived in Pella since 1979. Her most recent publications are a memoir titled Child of the Plains, and a book of essays and poems titled Tending Beauty; Forty Moments in my Gardens. She also had taught writing in high school and college and managed The Write Place writing and graphic arts service. Copies of her book will be available for purchase and signing after the presentation. 

This event will take place at 1:30 pm on Wednesday in the Pella Public Library Meeting Room and is free and open to the public.