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  • Los Angeles arts & culture magazine, The Graphic

    Graphic: Part II: A Lifestyle Magazine for Los Angeles

    This is part two of a seven-part blog series exploring the long-forgotten Los Angeles arts & culture magazine The Graphic. The Los Angeles Public Library owns what is likely the most complete…

    • Date: April 18, 2023
    • Nicholas Beyelia
  • Scrabble tiles spelling out the word AUTISM

    Autism Awareness / Acceptance Month

    Einstein, Newton, Charles Darwin, Tim Burton, Emily Dickinson, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Michelangelo, Jerry Seinfeld, Satoshi Tajiri creator of Pokemon, Nikola Tesla, Leonardo Da Vinci, Steven Spielberg…

    • Date: April 17, 2023
    • Journey
    • Mental Health
  • Author Emilia Hart and her debut novel, Weyward

    Interview With an Author: Emilia Hart

    Emilia Hart grew up in Australia and studied English Literature at university before training as a lawyer. She lives in London. Weyward, her debut, was highly commended by the Caledonia First Novel…

    • Date: April 13, 2023
    • Daryl M.
  • Graphic Content: the life and death of the Los Angeles Graphic 1892-1918

    Graphic: The Life and Death of The Los Angeles Graphic 1892-1918

    This is part one of a seven-part blog series exploring the long-forgotten Los Angeles arts & culture magazine, The Graphic. The Los Angeles Public Library owns what is likely the most complete…

    • Date: April 11, 2023
    • Nicholas Beyelia
  • Collage of films and their adapted books

    Read It First! Movie Adaptations in Theaters This Month

    If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen. But if you don't…

    • Date: April 7, 2023
    • Elizabeth Graney
  • C.L. Polk and their book Even Though I Knew the End

    Interview With an Author: C.L. Polk

    C.L. Polk (they/them) wrote the Hugo-nominated series The Kingston Cycle, including the WFA winning Witchmark. The Midnight Bargain was a Canada Reads, Nebula, Locus, Ignyte, and WFA finalist. They…

    • Date: April 6, 2023
    • Daryl M.
  • close up of a bee with large sac of pollin on a flower and colorful painted rocks

    Teens Leading Change: Platt’s Pollinator Protectors Update

    As part of the Los Angeles Public Library’s Teens Leading Change initiative at the Platt Library, a group of devoted volunteers has brought awareness to the dwindling species of pollinators that are…

    • Date: April 5, 2023
    • Guest Blogger
    • Teens
    • Teens Leading Change
  • Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca

    Lo nuevo en español: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes para todas las edades

    Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo! Adultos Juvenil Infantil

    • Date: April 3, 2023
    • Multilingual Collections
    • En español
  • Author Leigh Bardugo and her latest novel, Hell Bent

    Interview With an Author: Leigh Bardugo

    Leigh Bardugo is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix original series) which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, The…

    • Date: March 30, 2023
    • Daryl M.
  • Gertrude E. Darlow (1864-1949) surrounded by some of the books she reviewed

    The Charming Miss Darlow

    When Gertrude Darlow joined the Los Angeles Public Library in October 1893, there were less than twenty employees. During her thirty-plus years with the library, she worked under seven City Librarians…

    • Date: March 27, 2023
    • Tiffney Sanford
    • Women's History Month
  • Author Ryan North and his latest book, How to Take Over the World

    Interview With an Author: Ryan North

    Ryan North is a New York Times—bestselling author whose books include How to Invent Everything, Romeo and/or Juliet, and To Be or Not To Be. He’s the creator of Dinosaur Comics and the Eisner Award…

    • Date: March 23, 2023
    • Daryl M.
  • Collage of selected libraries of Los Angeles and Tiffney Sanford

    Public History Spotlight: A Conversation With Tiffney Sanford

    Within the larger discipline of history, there is a field that has been gaining traction called public history. Public history can encompass an assortment of ventures, occupations, and activities…

    • Date: March 22, 2023
    • Nicholas Beyelia
    • Library History
  • Elizabeth Catlett, artwork with a boy and a girl and a red ball, and photo of Margaret

    World Poetry Day: "For My People"

    In honor of World Poetry Day, I would like to bring attention to, of course, a poet, Margaret Walker but also a sculptor and artist, Elizabeth Catlett, and a book that features the two women’s…

    • Date: March 21, 2023
    • Angela B. Charles
    • African American History Month
    • Women's History Month
  • Mexican American woman workers at the Side Way Baby Carriage Co.  circa 1922

    We Mean Business: The Women of the American Labor Movement

    Women’s work—inside and outside the home—has always been a part of American life. But the reality of work has not always been easy. Through marches, strikes, boycotts, and organizing, women have…

    • Date: March 20, 2023
    • Danielle Ball
    • Women's History Month
  • Author Natalie Haynes and her latest novel, Stone Blind

    Interview With an Author: Natalie Haynes

    Natalie Haynes is the author of seven books, including A Thousand Ships, which was a national bestseller and was shortlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction, and the nonfiction Pandora's Jar…

    • Date: March 16, 2023
    • Daryl M.
  • Illustration of symbols, icons for month of March

    A Miscellany of Marches

    Did you know? The month of March is: Alport Syndrome Awareness Month: I was not aware that this is so until looking it up just now, nor was I aware of Alport Syndrome itself. According to the National…

    • Date: March 15, 2023
    • Daniel Tures
  • Polluted Beach with a piece of driftwood that reads, Save the Earth

    Teens Leading Change: Investigating the Triple Planetary Crisis

    The triple planetary crisis, consisting of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, are rapidly developing issues that are proving detrimental to our environment. Across the globe…

    • Date: March 15, 2023
    • Guest Blogger
    • Teens
    • Teens Leading Change
  • Author Jacqueline Holland and her first novel, The God of Endings

    Interview With an Author: Jacqueline Holland

    Jacqueline Holland holds an MFA from the University of Kansas. Her work has appeared in Hotel Amerika and Big Fiction magazine, among others. She lives in the Twin Cities with her husband and two sons…

    • Date: March 9, 2023
    • Daryl M.
  • Collage of films adapted from books

    Read it First!: The 95th Academy Awards

    The Academy Awards are right around the corner and, once again, films adapted from books have snagged multiple nominations! From stunning stop-motion animation to realistic war films, these…

    • Date: March 6, 2023
    • Elizabeth Graney
  • Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca

    Lo nuevo en español: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes para todas las edades

    Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo! Adultos Juvenil Infantil

    • Date: March 3, 2023
    • Multilingual Collections
    • En español
  • Author Jane Yolen and her latest novel, The Scarlet Circus

    Interview With an Author: Jane Yolen

    Jane Yolen is the author of more than four hundred books, including children's fiction, poetry, short stories, graphic novels, nonfiction, fantasy, and science fiction. Her publications include Owl…

    • Date: March 2, 2023
    • Daryl M.
  • Collage of selected books winning the Beatty Award

    California Library Association Beatty Award

    Books take readers on a journey. It is often the lure of exploration that prompts readers to bury their noses in the pages of a novel or, instead, nowadays, bury themselves in the glow of a tablet's…

    • Date: February 24, 2023
    • Christina Y.
  • Author Matt Ruff and his latest book, The Destroyer of Worlds: A Return to Lovecraft Country

    Interview With an Author: Matt Ruff

    Matt Ruff is the author of the novels 88 Names, Lovecraft Country, Bad Monkeys, The Mirage, Set This House in Order, Fool on the Hill, and Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy. He lives in…

    • Date: February 23, 2023
    • Daryl M.
  • El puente de la Biblioteca Central

    El puente de la Biblioteca Central / The Bridge in the Central Library

    Los libros son puentes a otros mundos y experiencias, nos unen a una rica tradición de la palabra escrita por todos los siglos. Hay un rincón en la biblioteca que forma parte de esta historia, no…

    • Date: February 22, 2023
    • Nicholas Clayton
    • Central Library
    • En español
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