The Seattle Public Library

📖Bookish news is the best news! Our Book for Seattle Reads 2026 is... 📖 ⭐"True Biz" by Sara Nović⭐ Join Seattle's city-wide book group and read the bestselling novel about a seismic year at the River Valley School for the Deaf. Unlimited copies of the e-book will be available to borrow on Libby starting August 15! Sara Nović will join us to discuss the book on Sept. 25-26: 📚Sept. 25, 11 a.m. at Ballard Branch 📚Sept. 25, 7 p.m. at Hugo House, Lapis Theater 📚Sept. 26, 11 a.m. at SouthEast Seattle Senior Center 📚Sept. 26, 3 p.m. at the Central Library Register for these events and learn more about Seattle Reads at www.spl.org/SeattleReads. Thanks to our partners Deaf Spotlight. Sponsored by donors of The Seattle Public Library Foundation and The Wallace Foundation. Additional media support provided by The Seattle Times. Free and reduced access is supported by 4Culture.

🎉Thank you, Seattle voters! Proposition 1, the Seattle Library Levy, is currently passing, with 72% of voters saying yes. Learn more about what this will fund at https://lnkd.in/gwbhw-V4

What's happening at the Library in August? So much ..... 👣Read along a trail at Magnolia's StoryWalks 🎼Enjoy a cello concert at the Central Library 🎭Soak up Shakespeare at the Columbia Branch 🎤Help El Vez say "adios" to Seattle after 25 years 📖Party with other Book Bingo players 🎤Hear "Raised by Ferns" author Maya Jewell Zeller in conversation with Katie Campbell at the Central Library 🕯️Honor the history of the Day of Remembrance at the International District/Chinatown Branch 🎨Attend a Summer Quest workshop or celebration https://lnkd.in/gmw-qKAc

Entrepreneurs and Nonprofits: Meet us at the Douglass-Truth Branch! Join us tomorrow (Wednesday, July 29), 2-4 p.m. for an open house to meet with business and nonprofit assistance resources partners. Drop in and learn where to find help financing a business, developing a plan, and many other aspects of launching and growing an organization. Details at https://lnkd.in/gR_bWNwV

🎧 What do "Braiding Sweetgrass" and "Heated Rivalry" have in common? Find out in our recent blog post, which looks at the rise of e-audiobooks, the price of popularity, and how we're managing it. Plus: Library readers' top e-audiobooks in the last five years! https://lnkd.in/gm-XsFXS

⚖️ Did you know we have a free program where you can talk with an expert in Intellectual Property Law, Corporate Law, or Business Licensing? During our business legal consults you can get answers to your questions about: ✅ Forming an LLC, S-Corp or C-Corp ✅ Licenses ✅ Trademarks / Tradenames ✅ Patents ✅ Copyrights ✅ Contracts Our expert volunteers can’t give legal advice or review a document during the session, but they can help you learn about these topics. A librarian is also available to help you find additional resources.  All consults are free, virtual and confidential! We have times available throughout the summer. Book your consult here: https://lnkd.in/gBtJajvg

📣☀️Our new all-ages summer program started today! Kids, Teens & Adults - Read, Do and Go to fill in squares on your tracker and win prizes! (Adults, your #BookBingoNW2026 reading counts for Summer Quest too.) Prizes for each age group include... 🌲Kids: Free stickers, books, a ticket to PlayDate SEA and a chance to win a PlayDate SEA pizza party 🌊Teens: Free 5-piece boneless wings from Wingstop and a chance to win Friends of The Seattle Public Library gift cards ⛰️Adults: a chance to win Friends of The Seattle Public Library gift cards and a Kobo e-reader 🌟 Everyone gets their name on the Wall of Fame at your local branch! Get your tracker at any of our locations or at www.spl.org/SummerQuest Thanks to The Seattle Public Library Foundation for supporting Summer Quest!

⚽Get loud at the Library! We are delighted to host 15 livestreamed FIFA World Cup 2026 watch parties at three Library locations -- the Central Library, the Lake City Branch, and the Southwest Branch, from June 11 to July 19. ⚽See you at kickoff at the Lake City Branch next Thursday at noon. ⚽Find the list of games at https://lnkd.in/grJjV3cD

📚We're squaring off for Book Bingo season -- do you have your board yet, designed by artist Vivian Li? Any category picks or going-for-blackout tips? Find boards to download and reading suggestions for 19 (!) categories at: https://lnkd.in/gnyPNPTy King County Library System, or Seattle Arts & Lectures, The Seattle Public Library Foundation, Friends of The Seattle Public Library