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Carlos Bulosan and the echo park branch library
Echo Park Branch, Echo Park Branch Library, January 27, 2026

Carlos Bulosan was 17 when he arrived in Seattle in 1930. The son of farmers in Pangasinan, Philippines, he had little formal education and limited English. Like many others before and since, he wanted a better life. Moving up and down the Pacific coast, he did hard manual labor in canneries and farm fields. His first-hand experience as a migrant worker in an often hostile world inspired a...

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Author Travis Baldree and his latest novel, Brigands & Breadknives

Interview With an Author: Travis Baldree

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, December 18, 2025

Travis Baldree is a full-time audiobook narrator who has lent his voice to hundreds of stories. Before that, he spent decades designing and building video games like Torchlight, Rebel Galaxy, and Fate.


10 book covers with a bow around them

Lo mejor del 2025: los libros preferidos por nuestros lectores y bibliotecarios

Multilingual Collections, Librarian, Saturday, December 13, 2025

Description: El mejor regalo que puedes ofrecer durante las festividades de invierno es un libro. Si necesitas ideas sobre qué libros regalar (o regalarte a ti mismo), aquí te presentamos los títulos preferidos por nuestros lectores y bibliotecarios en el 2025.


Author D.J. Waldie and his latest book, Elements of Los Angeles: Earth, Water, Air, Fire

Interview With an Author: D.J. Waldie

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, December 11, 2025

D.J. Waldie is a historian of Los Angeles, a memoirist, and a translator.


etching of moths on a plant

Want to Start a Nature Journal? Here’s How!

Julia G, Young Adult Librarian, Robertson Branch Library, Wednesday, December 10, 2025

The other day, I walked out to my garden to discover a strange sight: two of my California poppy seedlings had leaves that looked completely different.


Films and their adapted books

Read It First! Movie Adaptations in Theaters This Month

Elizabeth Graney, Librarian, Literature & Fiction Department, Friday, December 5, 2025

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.


Author Eric Heisserer and his debut novel, Simultaneous

Interview With an Author: Eric Heisserer

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, December 4, 2025

Eric Heisserer is the Academy Award–nominated screenwriter of Arrival and


Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca

Lo nuevo en español para niños: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes

Patricia Valdovinos, Librarian, Multilingual Collections, Wednesday, December 3, 2025

La Biblioteca Pública de Los Ángeles ofrece los libros más leídos y más esperados para niños. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo!


Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca

Lo nuevo en español para adultos y jóvenes: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes

Multilingual Collections, Librarian, Wednesday, December 3, 2025

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!


Author Deston Munden and his latest book, Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife

Interview With an Author: Deston J. Munden

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Deston Munden is the author of several books, including Tavern, also set in Dargath. Born and raised near the Outer Banks, he can be found writing, cooking, playing World of Warcraft, and cosplaying in the way-too-hot North Carolina weather.


Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopods! book edited by Richard Wolinsky

Interview With an Author: Richard Wolinsky

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, November 20, 2025

Richard Wolinsky co-hosted and produced Probabilities, a half-hour radio program devoted to science fiction, mystery, and mainstream fiction, from 1977 to 1995 on KPFA-FM.


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