Banned Books Week is an annual, week-long event that draws attention to book challenges and book-banning attempts in public and school libraries. Today, your freedom to read is being attacked at unprecedented levels. …

Booklist: Latin American Heritage Month This booklist focuses on the histories, cultures, and contributions of those with ancestry from Latin America — including Mexico, South America, Central America, and islands of the Caribbean. You’ll find books, biographies, movies, music, and even a cookbook or two! Browse the list here. Highlighted Recommendations Quick book reviews from City Library…

The new year is now underway! 2023 is sure to bring new reading adventures, but first, let’s take one more look back at 2022. The City Library asked our patrons to share their favorite books that they read last year (regardless of release date), and over 100 of you responded…

Help stock food pantries at Salt Lake high schools. This winter, you can support local students with the Giving Tree program. You’ll find Giving Trees at most City Library locations. Take a tag with a list of needed items, then drop off your donations at the Library. Giving Trees will be at the Main Library and the Anderson-Foothill, Day-Riverside, Marmalade, and Sprague branches from November 1–December 31.

On Level 4 of the Main Library, a bibliographical and ornithological treasure rests inside a hundred-pound case: the “Bien Edition” of John James Audubon’s Birds of America. Published in 1858, nine years after Audubon’s death, this edition recreates 150 of Audubon’s life-sized paintings of (spoiler alert) birds of America. Fewer…

Five years ago the Salt Lake City Public Library (The City Library) announced that it was doing away with late fees for overdue items. No more scrounging for loose change to pay for a book returned a day late; no more scrambling to find the picture books your child has…

New books, old favorites, and future classics: here’s what Salt Lake City was reading in 2021. — These are the books Salt Lake City Public Library patrons checked out the most in 2021. To place a hold on any of these titles, visit our website at slcpl.org. …

On the morning of Monday, May 3, visitors walked through an archway of balloons and into the The City Library’s Sprague Branch. For the first time in a little over two years, this historic library was open to the public—refreshed, remodeled, and stocked with brand-new books! Since opening in 1928…

Salt Lake City Public Library Executive Director, Peter Bromberg, has resigned, effective May 2. Bromberg’s announcement comes days after The City Library made public its plans to reopen for Express Services on Monday, March 15. Bromberg says, “For me, opening for Express Services, the significant lowering of COVID transmission, and…