Thousands of book lovers will descend on local bookstores on Saturday, April 25, to celebrate the love of reading and community for Seattle Independent Bookstore Day. Thirty-three local bookstores …

Help us find the Friends community's champion book genre! HOW IT WORKS: We begin with 16 genres and have 4 rounds of voting, one each week in March as the tourney progresses. During the first roun...

Having fun isn’t hard…when you’ve got a Seattle Public Library card! September is Library Card Sign-Up Month, and if you’re reading this, we’re pretty sure you are already a library cardholder. If not...

Class is in session! How well do you know the Friends of The Seattle Public Library? Established in 1941, the Friends have gone through quite a few changes in the last 84 years. In the early years, th...

As book bans spread nationwide, a professor, an author, and UChicago’s library system defend the freedom to read.

If you’re up with the latest on local social media, you might have seen Warren Chin’s prolific Instagram account, @chin.libraryworld, recording all things library. Having volunteered and worked for Th...

Tucked into two floors of an unassuming house off the NE 130th Street exit of I-5 in North Seattle is Collins Books, a longtime partner of the Friends of The Seattle Public Library and one of the gems...

Washington Gives is an online giving platform that helps individuals, groups, and businesses to discover and donate to nonprofits headquartered or serving Washington. Washington Gives hosts two fundra...

This is the KUOW Book Club, and we're reading "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" edited by 24th U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. I'm your guide, Katie Campbell. I asked y'all to try writing a…