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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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The cast of Tommy Turnabout's Circus onstage at Turnabout Theatre

They Say It's Your Birthday!

Tina Lernø, Librarian, Digital Content Team, Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Well today is my birthday! Happy Birthday to me, and all the other July birthdays out there. I do tend to claim the entire month of July as my time to celebrate.


the Eiffel tower with fireworks

Bonne Fête Nationale!

Daniel Tures, Adult Librarian, Edendale Branch Library, Wednesday, July 14, 2021

July 14 is the French national holiday, marking the date in 1789 when a Parisian mob stormed the Bastille, officially kickstarting the French Revolution—the first of many, but certainly the most notable. As Louis XVI asked the Duc de la Rochefoucauld at the time, Is it a revolt?


Yumi Sakugawa and her zine, I Think I am in Friend-Love With You

Interview With Zine Maker - Yumi Sakugawa

Angi Brzycki, Senior Librarian, Digitization & Special Collections, Friday, July 9, 2021

Yumi Sakugawa is a second-generation Japanese-Okinawan-American interdisciplinary artist, and the author of several published books including I Think I am in Friend-Love With You: Your Ill


LAPL librarians - Ramin and Toktam holding large LAPL library card

Celebrating the Dream: The Pursuit of Liberty and Happiness in America

Ramin Naderi, Acting Senior Librarian, Venice - Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, Thursday, July 8, 2021

What happens to a dream deferred if you never take the first step to actually achieving it? Our journey began with a dream deeply rooted in the passionate pursuit of liberty and happiness in a new land.


Author Grant Farley and his latest novel, The Album of Dr. Moreau

Interview With an Author: Daryl Gregory

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, July 8, 2021

Daryl Gregory was the 2009 winner of IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award for his first novel Pandemonium.


Los Angeles Public Library - Central Library  West Entrance. Architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. Photo credit: Mark Sugiarto

Central Library – Welcome Back

Eileen King, Librarian, Art & Music Department, Saturday, July 3, 2021

A few words come to mind about my practice as an Art Librarian with roots in both academic and studio experiences—scribe, space, and light. I work in the Los Angeles Central Library.


Collage of streaming television shows adapted from books

Read it First: Streaming Stories

Elizabeth Graney, Librarian, Literature & Fiction Department, Friday, July 2, 2021

With Los Angeles County cases of Covid-19 falling and vaccination rates going up, life is slowly resuming a sense of normalcy. Restaurants are allowing indoor dining service, movie theaters are reopening and we’re all ready to breathe a sigh of relief.


Author Jean Hanff Korelitz and her latest novel, The Plot

Interview With an Author: Jean Hanff Korelitz

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, July 1, 2021

Jean Hanff Korelitz is the author of the novels You Should Have Known (which aired on HBO in October 2020 as The Undoing, starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, and Donald


Portrait of Anne Lister (1791-1840), by Joshua Horner, ca.1830

The Lesbian "Dead Sea Scrolls": Anne Lister’s Diaries

Social Science, Philosophy and Religion Department, Central Library, Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Anne Lister (1791–1840), often referred to as ‘the first modern lesbian,’ was a wealthy, independent British landowner, businesswoman, and prolific diarist.


Morris Kight Residence and Morris Kight ca 1999

Discover LGBTQIA Los Angeles: Morris Kight Residence

Kelly Wallace, Librarian, History Department, Monday, June 28, 2021

Los Angeles has over 1,200 Historic-Cultural Monuments, yet only a dozen have been designated because of their association with the LGBTQIA community.


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