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Author Emily C. Hughes and her first book, Horror For Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch
Photo of author: Oliver Scott Photography
Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, November 21, 2024

Emily C. Hughes (she/her) wants to scare you. Formerly the editor of Unbound Worlds and TorNightfire.com, she writes about horror and curates a list of the year's new scary books. You can find her writing elsewhere in the...

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Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles

Pershing Square Over the Years/Pershing Square por el paso de los años

Nicholas Clayton, Librarian, Multilingual Collections, Monday, August 19, 2024

Pershing Square has and continues to have an important role in the history of Los Angeles. In fact, what is today known as Pershing Square was, in fact, La Plaza Abaja, the 6th Street Park, and even known as Central Park. In 1918, the downtown park was renamed Pershing Square.


Author Jonathan Strahan and his latest anthology, New Adventures in Space Opera

Interview With Editor Jonathan Strahan

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, August 15, 2024

Jonathan Strahan is an award-winning editor, podcaster, critic, and publisher from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He has edited or co-edited more than seventy anthologies and twenty short story collections.


Author Shari Emami and her book, Breaking Free from Pain

An Interview With Author Shari Emami

Salvadora Sosa Prieto, Administrative Clerk, Multilingual Collections, Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Shari Emami is a board-certified holistic health practitioner (HHP), health coach, published award-winning author, passionate writer, educator, disability advocate, and fibromyalgia overcomer.


A computer-generated image of the Los Angeles River flowing through a concrete channel and passing under a bridge.

Video: Artist Alice Bucknell on Water Politics and Speculative Futures in Los Angeles

Neale Stokes, Senior Librarian, Digital Content Team, Monday, August 12, 2024

Alice Bucknell's video work, The Alluvials, was born of research in the Los Angeles Public Library. Now playing on the Library's immersive Central Library Video Wall, The Alluvials explores the politics of drought and water scarcity in a near-future version of Los Angeles.


Author P. Djèlí Clark and his latest novel, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

Interview With an Author: P. Djèlí Clark

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, August 8, 2024

Born in New York and raised mostly in Houston, P. Djèlí Clark (he/him) spent the formative years of his life in his parents' homeland, Trinidad and Tobago.


Author Sara B. Franklin and her latest book, The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America

An Interview With Author Sara B. Franklin

Diedre Johnson, Office Services Assistant, Library Department, Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Sara B. Franklin is a writer, historian, teacher, and mom.


Films and their adapted books

Read It First! Movie Adaptations in Theaters This Month

Elizabeth Graney, Librarian, Literature & Fiction Department, Tuesday, August 6, 2024

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.


Pride colors over 20th century map of San Fernando Valley

A Queer History of the San Fernando Valley

Erin P., Administrative Clerk, Library Department, Monday, August 5, 2024

When thinking of LGBTQ+ Los Angeles in the 20th century, one might conjure up a mental map of the L.A.


Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca

Lo nuevo en español para adultos y jóvenes: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes

Multilingual Collections, Librarian, Friday, August 2, 2024

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!


Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca

Lo nuevo en español para niños: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes

Patricia Valdovinos, Librarian, Multilingual Collections, Friday, August 2, 2024

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!


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