This spring, The Seattle Public Library (SPL) invites the community to take part in One Book, One Coast, a shared reading initti ...

The Seattle City Council will hold a public hearing Thursday evening on Mayor Katie Wilson’s proposed $59 million a year library levy as it heads for an August vote. CHS reported here on the ...

A year and a half ago, we told you that the Seattle Public Library had obtained a $5.5 million federal grant to pay for air conditioning at five branches, including West Seattle (Admiral). Since the ...

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson unveiled a $410 million library levy proposal on Tuesday. The Seattle City Council is expected to review the proposal in the coming weeks. If approved, it would move to the ...

The KUOW Book Club is continuing our series of live author talks in partnership with the Seattle Public Library with writer ...

Every spring, The Seattle Public Library organizes Seattle Reads, a citywide book club involving over a month of programming with discussions and events. This year’s pick, “You Are Here: Poetry in the ...

The Seattle Public Library expects to pay $1 million out of their own pocket responding to a ransomware attack that shut down internet access, public computers, and in-person checkouts to all ...

Also, don’t miss The International Gem & Jewelry Show - Seattle, WA (March 2026) on the Seattle Patch calendar ...

The KUOW Book Club read "Thunder Song" by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe in March. LaPointe joined KUOW's Katie Campbell live at Seattle Central Library last week to talk about being a Coast Salish punk 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 ...

Downloaded any good books lately? Now you can, through the Seattle Public Library's new Digital Books program. The library last week started letting patrons borrow digitized spoken and readable books ...