Since we’re celebrating Central Library’s centennial year, let’s take a look back at some of the library’s summer reading campaigns over the last century.
Whether you are a steadfast reader of the classics or have never dared to tackle Homer before, here are this blogger’s picks for the "best of" works from and inspired by Homer’s epic tale.
Tony Lee Moral is a British filmmaker and author specializing in film history, particularly the work of Alfred Hitchcock. His latest book is A Century of Hitchcock.
Faith Holmes Hyers was the awe-inspiring woman behind the successful publicity campaign for the 1926 opening of Central Library. Read on for a few of her notable projects.
"I was inspired by my dear friend and mentor, Robert Frank, who encouraged me to look beyond just pretty pictures and consider what I was trying to say. What were the photographs about, and what…
Priya Parmar is the author of the novels Exit the Actress and Vanessa and Her Sister. Her latest novel is The Original, and she recently talked about it with Daryl Maxwell for the LAPL Blog.
Moving the contents of the Los Angeles Public Library from the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth floors of the Metropolitan Building, the library’s home from 1914 to 1926, to its new Central Library…
Vincent Yu is a sales manager at W.W. Norton/Liveright and the winner of the 2021 Ashley Bourne Prize for fiction from Ploughshares. His work has been published in Prairie Schooner, StoryQuarterly…
Por primera vez en su historia, la Copa Mundial de 2026 se celebrará simultáneamente en tres naciones: Canadá, México y Estados Unidos desde el 11 de junio hasta el 19 de julio.
If someone identifies as part of the LGBTQ+ community, there’s a strong possibility they grew up without role models who reflected their gender identity or orientation. It’s possible they didn’t "meet…
Leah Weiss is an acclaimed southern writer living in Virginia. Her debut novel If the Creek Don't Rise was released in 2017 and selected as Library Reads, Indie Next, and SIBA Okra Pick. It was…
"Bond. James Bond."This iconic opening line to the exotic world of Agent 007 in high-end bars and free-wheeling, global casinos was first spoken by actors starting with Sean Connery in the first Bond…
Meg Shaffer is the USA Today bestselling author of The Lost Story and The Wishing Game, which was a Book of the Month finalist for Book of the Year as well as a Reader's Digest and Washington Post…
A native-born Kentuckian, Kim Michele Richardson is a New York Times, L.A. Times, and USA Today bestselling author who has written six novels, including The Book Woman's Daughter, a memoir and most…
Leila Siddiqui was born in Chicago, raised in Texas, and now lives in New York with her husband. She is also a digital marketing strategist in publishing. When she's not writing, she spends her time…
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…
Los Angeles Public Library is celebrating 100 years of the Central Library, making this the perfect time to spotlight the exceptional librarians who have overseen this remarkable building and…
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! Infantil
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 Jóvenes
Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in their purse, and nothing particular to interest them on shore, Alexis Hall thought they would sail about a little and see the…
