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Meet Me at the Library! 📚✨ 3.4 million visits last year 🚶
We bring people, information and ideas together to enrich lives and build community 📚

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New Library cards just dropped, in collaboration with local artists!

Choose one when you sign up for a Library card, or swap out your old card for a new design (just remember, you'll get a new Library card number, too).

Introducing...
🌀 The Journey Card by Diego Fidelis @blu88art. Where will you go with a Library card?
🦦 The Book Club Card by Ning Wan @ningwan_art. We have a book for everyone: orca, crustacean, and especially you.

Both cards are available as wallet cards, keychain cards or a combination of both. Our older card options are also still available. Learn more about the artists at the link in our bio. Two library cards. Text reads: New Library card designs! by @seattlepubliclibrary

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for #BookBingoNW2026, the biggest Book Bingo yet! All prize winners have been notified directly.

We'll see you next year. In the mean time - here's to reading adventurously, and with friends! Logos for Seattle Public Library, King County Library System, and Seattle Arts & Lectures.

A cartoon character of a carrot holds a checkered flag. In a speech bubble, they say, "Prize winners have been notified!"

Text reads: How many books were read for Book Bingo this year?

The word "Answer" is followed by an arrow pointing right. by @seattlepubliclibrary

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📖✨ CENTER OF THE STORY: Truth Like the Sun

Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair promised a glimpse of the future. In Jim Lynch’s Truth Like the Sun, that glittering moment in Seattle history becomes the backdrop for a story about ambition, reinvention and what happens when the past gets a second look.

The novel moves between the excitement of the World’s Fair and Seattle decades later, following Roger Morgan, a charismatic young promoter of the fair whose carefully told version of history begins to unravel when a journalist starts asking questions.

☀️ Truth Like the Sun by Jim Lynch

Special thanks to our friends at Seattle Public Library for lending us the book for our Center of the Story series, and to the Seattle Municipal Archives for the incredible vintage footage that helped us step back into 1962.

📖 What Seattle story should we find on our shelves next?

#CenterOfTheStory #SeattleCenter #SeattlePublicLibrary #SeattleHistory #WorldsFair taken in Seattle Center by @seattlepubliclibrary

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We’re celebrating the artistic contributions of Nordic communities to Seattle as we continue our exploration of “Diaspora and Belonging” with fall Guest Curator @datclaiborne

Join us Thursday, October 15, 6 p.m. at Ballard Branch. The discussion will feature @markoliias, @kslunstrum, and Andrew Nestingen.

“Diaspora and Belonging” reflects on the many diasporas that shape our collective story. Each program will highlight a distinct community.

Learn more and register at our link in bio!

📷: Syttende Mai (Norwegian Constitution Day) Parade in Ballard, ca. 1910. Courtesy of our Seattle Room

This program is supported by @seaofficeofarts, The Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation, @support_spl, and @seattletimes. Free and reduced access supported by @kc4culture taken in The Seattle Public Library by @seattlepubliclibrary

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✨ CENTER OF THE STORY: We’re getting a little lost…

Seattle Center has been the backdrop for a LOT of stories over the years. Turns out, some of them are literally in books. 👀📚

Welcome to Center of the Story, a new series where we’re hitting the shelves to find books that feature Seattle Center, our venues and the landmarks that make this campus unmistakably Seattle.

First up? We’re following a very good boy. 🐶

In Larry Gets Lost in Seattle by John Skewes and Eric Ode, Larry loses track of his family and finds himself on an accidental sightseeing tour through the Emerald City, including a stop at the Space Needle and Seattle Center.

Naturally, we needed a real-life Larry to retrace his pawsteps.

Enter: Chase (@dash.dog), the goodest boy 🐾💚
Chase graciously agreed to get “lost” around Seattle Center with us, sniff out a few landmarks and generally make this whole series kickoff approximately 100% cuter.

(For the record, no dogs were actually lost in the making of this Reel. Chase’s hooman was close by with treatos as per Chase’s contract.)

A big thank you to our friends at Seattle Public Library for lending us the book and to Chase for helping us turn the first page of Center of the Story.

Head over to the library to explore the stacks. You never know what you’ll find!

Where will the next book take us? You’ll have to keep reading. 📖✨

#CenterOfTheStory #SeattleCenter #SeattlePublicLibrary #LarryGetsLostInSeattle taken in Seattle Center by @seattlepubliclibrary

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Banned Books Week is October 4-10, and October is National Book Month. You can celebrate your love of books by creating letterpress posters about what books and reading mean to you during pop-up events with @pipletterpress.

📖 Oct. 9, 3:30-5:30 p.m. at Ballard Branch
📖 Oct. 11, 1-3 p.m. at Central Library
📖 Oct. 17, 1-3 p.m. at Beacon Hill Branch

Learn more at the link in our bio.

Thanks to our sponsor @support_spl. Free and reduced access supported by @kc4culture. Photo. In front of a wall of letterpress posters, two people hold up posters. One says, "Book are mind palaces." The other says, "Book are mindblowing."

Text reads:
Seattle Loves Books
Let's make letterpress posters to celebrate Banned Books Week & National Book Month by @seattlepubliclibrary

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Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 - October 15, and honors the contributions and influence of Hispanic and Latino/a/x Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. Check out some recent releases from authors of Hispanic and Latino/a/x background at the link in our bio. Text reads: Recent reads for Hispanic Heritage Month

An arrangement of book covers including Visitations, Keeper of My Kin, Quetzal's Labyrinth, and Migrant Heart. by @seattlepubliclibrary

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Our final live event of 2026 is going to get ~dark~ (unlike our always bright partnership with @seattlepubliclibrary, which has made this year’s live author talks possible)! We’re reading Anne de Marcken’s novel “It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over” 🐦‍⬛ I’ve been looking forward to this one all year. Join Anne and me at the Seattle Central Library on October 28 for our conversation (link in bio)!

#kuowbookclub #bookclub #pnw #seattle #spookyseason by @seattlepubliclibrary

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¿Sabías que la Biblioteca Pública de Seattle es el lugar perfecto para trabajar en tu negocio? 💡🔥

Estuvimos recorriendo sus instalaciones para grabar contenido, y esto es todo lo que puedes aprovechar totalmente gratis:

• Clases y talleres sobre planes de negocios, marketing y finanzas
• Salones para reuniones y espacios de estudio
• Conexión WiFi gratuita de alta velocidad

¡Un espacio increíble para conectar, aprender y trabajar en tus metas!

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🙌Did you know the Seattle Public Library is the perfect spot to grow your business? 💡🔥

We toured their facilities to film content, and here’s everything you can access for free:

• Workshops on business development plans, marketing, and finance
• Meeting rooms and study spaces
• Free high-speed Wi-Fi

An incredible space to learn, connect, and work on your goals!

🙌#SeattlePublicLibrary #SmallBusinessSeattle taken in Seattle, Washington by @seattlepubliclibrary

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We’re excited to share something cool, in collaboration with local artists. Check back on Thursday.

Old SPL library cards are courtesy of our Seattle Room. A great source for exploring the history of the city (and the library)! taken in The Seattle Public Library by @seattlepubliclibrary

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📚 Last Saturday, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of South Park Library!

It was a beautiful afternoon filled with culture, books, music, food, friends, community, and stories that remind us of the incredible multicultural spirit of South Park ❤️

We’re so grateful for this wonderful space and for all the people who have made it part of our community for the past 20 years. Here’s to many more years of books, connection, culture, and shared stories! 📖

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¡El sábado pasado celebramos el 20.º aniversario de la South Park Library! 📚

Vivimos una hermosa tarde llena de cultura, libros, música, comida, amigos, comunidad e historias que nos recuerdan el increíble espíritu multicultural de South Park❤️

Estamos muy agradecidos por este espacio tan maravilloso y por todas las personas que durante estos 20 años lo han hecho parte de nuestra comunidad. ¡Por muchos años más de libros, conexión, cultura e historias compartidas! 📖

📍Only In South Park.

#SouthParkSeattle #SeattleLibrary #SouthParkCommunity taken in South Park Branch of The Seattle Public Library by @seattlepubliclibrary

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