All the Seattle Public libraries are closed this week because of budget cuts. But you won’t have to go without a read because a group of activists is setting up a people’s library in the Central ...

The ways things sometimes go, we should probably celebrate what is retained over mourning anything lost in the most recent changes for library hours across Capitol Hill, the Central District, and ...

Seattle Public Library card holders can now get free admission to two new museums: the Seattle Japanese Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum and the Volunteer Park Conservatory. All it takes to ...

Seattle Public Library (SPL) is the only U.S. library system that makes its anonymized, granular checkout data public. Want ...

SEATTLE — All locations of The Seattle Public Library will be closed on Thursday, May 1, for the library's annual in-service day dedicated to systemwide staff training and team-building, the SPL ...

The Seattle Public Library is gearing up for another volume of its citywide book group, Seattle Reads, and this year, the KUOW Book Club is getting involved. SPL announced Monday that the 2025 Seattle ...

Seattle Public Library, or SPL, is the only U.S. library system that makes its anonymized, granular checkout data public. Want to find out how many ...

The library board of trustees unanimously rejected a name and logo change Wednesday evening, The Seattle Times reports. It was a decision that followed months of criticism. The rebranding proposal ...

Thinking of grabbing a book to read in the park Thursday for Seattle’s warmest day of 2025 so far? Be warned that the Seattle Public Library is closing all of its locations on May 1. The library ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle Public Library is hosting a variety of free arts and literary events throughout August at multiple branches and venues across the city. Highlights include a Silent Reading Party ...

The Seattle Public Library's West Seattle Branch, 2306 42nd Ave. S.W., will close at 5 p.m. Aug. 15, for a partial re-roofing project. The branch is scheduled to reopen at 10 a.m. Sept. 11. The roof's ...

The moment Seattle's bookworms have been training (reading) for is upon us: Book Bingo kicks off today. But there's a lot more competition in the field this year. That's because adult Book Bingo has ...