Books

A new children’s book written and illustrated by a local author and set on the Central Coast is launching this weekend. Debbie Noble Black will sign copies of her 237-page,…

Friends of the Santa Maria Public Library and AAUW of Santa Maria present an author discussion and book-signing with Jacqueline St. Joan, author of The Shawl of Midnight, on Thursday,…

This event was scheduled May 8, 2023. Morro Bay Art Association will present a lecture at the Art Center Morro Bay from 3 to 5 p.m. on Monday, May 8,…

Moth: A Novel by Melody Razak (Harper, 2022) and Woman of Light: A Novel by Kali Fajardo-Anstine (One World, 2022) are two books I recently read. Both have well-developed characters and…

Photo by Julia Koizumi Each year, PCPA tours a 50-minute literacy-based production to local schools with the support of the Children’s Creative Project. In 2023, in conjunction with its production…

Following college I worked for IBM for three years, then went to law school, and practiced law from 1967 until retirement in 2002. In retirement I read about 25 books…

The Paso Robles Library Foundation has received a $100,000 donation from the estate of Elizabeth Van Steenwyk, who was an advocate of reading and education. An award-winning author, she wrote…

This event has ended. To support current and upcoming events, please visit the organization's website for more information. A revamped San Luis Obispo Friends of the Library book sale of…

This event has ended. To support current and upcoming events, please visit the organization's website for more information. Thanks to an outreach program provided free to schools and the public, two live…

Children across California will soon be able to receive a free book in the mail every month, thanks to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and bipartisan bill SB 1183. Governor Gavin…