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10 book covers with a bow around them
Multilingual Collections, Librarian, December 13, 2025

Description: El mejor regalo que puedes ofrecer durante las festividades de invierno es un libro. Si necesitas ideas sobre qué libros regalar (o regalarte a ti mismo), aquí te presentamos los títulos preferidos por nuestros lectores y bibliotecarios en el 2025.

Y si tu resolución para fin de año es leer más, te recomendamos que agregues estos libros a tu lista de lecturas pendientes....

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Collage of horror films in Kanopy

Amazing Underground Horror Films You Can Stream on Kanopy

Randall Hinson, Librarian, Office of Education and Literacy, Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Twilight creeps into the afternoon, and the autumn nights grow dark and gloomy. Dead leaves rustle, weird things lurk in the shadows… Halloween is on the way!


Cristian Castelo and his zine, Wild

Interview With Zine Maker - Cristian Castelo

Angi Brzycki, Senior Librarian, Digitization & Special Collections, Monday, October 18, 2021

Cristian Castelo is a cartoonist operating out of Daly City, California. He has been self-publishing his series Wild for a couple of years now, which he has slung at comic festivals like Seattle Short Run, Comics Art LA/Brooklyn, and the Vancouver Art Book Fair.


Eric J. Guignard and his book Exploring Dark Short Fiction

Interview With an Author: Eric J. Guignard

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, October 14, 2021

Eric J. Guignard is a writer and editor of dark and speculative fiction, operating from the shadowy outskirts of Los Angeles, where he also runs the small press Dark Moon Books.


Glen Creason holding map

Fare Thee Well, Glen Creason

Glen Creason, Librarian III, History & Genealogy Department, Thursday, October 14, 2021

“I’m going from my valley. And this time, I shall never return. I am leaving behind me my fifty years of memory. Memory.


Oscar Zeta  Acosta, Las Vegas 1971

The Brown Buffalo and the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles

Daniel Tures, Adult Librarian, Edendale Branch Library, Wednesday, October 13, 2021

One of the most colorful figures of the Chicano Movement of the late 60s and early 70s was Oscar Zeta Acosta, a.k.a. the Brown Buffalo. A radical, hard-living lawyer and activist, Acosta helped lead the East L.A.


photo composite of old family photos, postcards and documents

Genealogy Garage...Now Online

Julie Huffman, Librarian, History & Genealogy Department, Tuesday, October 12, 2021

One of the good things to come out of our COVID year was the explosive popularity of online programming. Genealogy Garage—the library's monthly genealogy session—has taken the plunge, too, and we now have recordings of our presentations for you to watch whenever you want!


Author Alix E Harrow and her latest book, Spindle Splintered

Interview With an Author: Alix E. Harrow

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, October 7, 2021

A former academic and adjunct, Alix E. Harrow is a Hugo-award winning writer living in Virginia with her husband and their two semi-feral kids.


Girl with a sailor friend

Shades of L.A.: The Filipino American Experience

Photo Friends, Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Thirty years ago the Los Angeles Public Library embarked on a ground-breaking, collection-building project—reaching out to the diverse communities of the region for family photographs that would provide depth and nuance to an understanding of this region’s multi-cultural history.


Collage of films adapted from books

Read It First! Movie Adaptations in Theaters This Month

Elizabeth Graney, Librarian, Literature & Fiction Department, Monday, October 4, 2021

It feels good to be back! After 19 months, films are once again back in theaters! It’s time for this blog to return to its original purpose, to let you know about new film adaptations as they hit the big (and small) screen.


Selected novels by Simon R. Green

Interview With an Author: Simon R. Green

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, September 30, 2021

Simon R. Green is the New York Times best-selling author of more than sixty science fiction, fantasy, and mystery novels.


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