Events

Families are welcome to visit the R.L. Stevenson Branch Library to enjoy our bilingual StoryWalk® featuring Paletero Man|¡Qué Paletero Tan Cool! by Lucky Diaz.

All children are invited to read stories with our volunteer Terri. Share in the joy of reading with our STAR volunteer every Saturday. Take home a free book after coming to three STAR events at our branch.

Enjoy stories, songs, and much, much more! Intended for ages 3-8.

Teens read with children in the library.

Children are invited to share the joy of storytelling and reading with our STAR volunteer Destiny.

Children are invited to share the joy of storytelling and reading with our STAR volunteer Karime.

Join us at Silent Book Club, a unique book club where there's no assigned reading, but you do read! Bring a book you love and enjoy some quiet reading time with fellow book lovers!

Join us for an engaging discussion on some of the world's best short stories! This year's selection is from 100 Great Short Stories edited by James Delay and The Scribner of Contemporary Short Fiction.

The Brentwood Fiction Book Club holds lively discussions of different novels each month. The group reads books in a wide range of styles, genres, and periods. For information about upcoming selections, please get in touch with the library at brntwd@lapl.org. Copies of the selected books will be available for pickup at the library's circulation desk. 

Join us to discuss Deborah Mitford’s memoir, Wait for Me!

Join the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights for this exciting reading of multiple short plays. Refreshments will be provided. 

Author Sara Kehaulani Goo discusses her memoir, Kuleana: A Story of Family, Land, and Legacy in Old Hawaiʻi, the story of her family’s effort to hold onto ancestral land on Maui.

Join us for an online conversation with authors Todd Marinovich and Lizzy Wright, celebrating the recent release of their book, Marinovich: Outside the Lines in Football, Art, and Addiction.

Local author discusses his acclaimed novel, Service, set in Echo Park

Join author Colin Asher for a book talk and signing his newly published "The Midnight Special: The Secret Prison History of American Music"

Join us for an early celebration of Banned Books Week (October 4 to October 10, 2026) in a special collaboration with Silver Lake Youth Reading Club!

Teens ages 11-19 (still in high school if 19) will get to hear from award-winning children's and young adult's author, journalist, and television screenwriter, Paula Yoo, who will discuss her work as an advocate against censorship as well as her experience writing about critical moments in American history and civil rights.

This will be followed by a guided art activity where participants will get to pick a banned book of their choice that will be donated to a Free Little Library in areas most impacted by book bans. Each book will include an original art print inspired by the freedom to read.