Author Talk with Nova Jacobs
Don’t miss a very special author talk where Nova Jacobs joins Anne Louise Bannon, president of Mystery Writers of America, Southern California. in conversation as they discuss her book, The […]
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2019 One City One Story Nominees
Tomorrow, September 27 is the big reveal of our 2019 One City, One Story selection! Come by the Central Library at 5:30 pm to be the first to know what […]
2018 Beach Reads
Summer is winding down, but if you’re in Southern California, the heat is just getting started! There’s still plenty of beach weather left, so don’t let the kids going back […]
Fantastic Libraries in Fiction
April 8-14 is National Library Week. In honor of the occasion, we’re celebrating fantastic libraries in fiction. Come on in to the library, check out some books, and work […]
Japanese Internment
In February we’ll be hosting a Big Read program focusing on the novel When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka and the experience of Japanese Americans who were placed […]
Swashbuckling Tales
Today is Talk Like a Pirate Day! While there are many wonderful ways to celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day, including learning how to speak Pirate through Mango Languages, our […]
Hot and Steamy Novels
The heat is on and Southern California is hot, hot, hot. We hope you’re being able to stay cool in this heat wave; remember that you can always come […]
Tales of Amnesia
While we are beginning to understand more about how memory works, the idea of amnesia is still a profoundly unsettling disorder because of the way that it strikes at our […]
Man Booker Longlist
The 2017 Man Booker Prize Longlist was announced last Wednesday, July 26th. The British-based Man Booker Prize for Fiction, first awarded in 1969, is open to writers of any nationality, provided […]
The Salem Witch Trials
Tomorrow, July 19, 2017 marks the 325th anniversary of the first mass execution of people accused of witchcraft during the infamous Salem Witch Trials. To commemorate the occasion and honor […]