Bill Nighy stole Shakespeare works from a library
EPAActor Bill Nighy said he stole the complete works of William Shakespeare from a library to prepare for his drama school audition.The Oscar-nominated star said…
8 Little Free Library walks around L.A., from Venice to Griffith Park
• There are 1,600 Little Free Libraries — those book-filled boxes that allow you to grab or donate something to read — in L.A. County.…
Waiting for a flight at LAX? You might be able to read a banned book
Travelers waiting for flights at Los Angeles International Airport can bide their time by having a meal, grabbing a drink, people watching — or, perhaps,…
Hell hath no fury like a librarian scorned in the book banning wars
Amanda Jones is a Louisiana middle-school librarian who sleeps with a shotgun under her bed and carries a pistol when she travels the back roads.…
A whimsical game is hiding among books at Los Angeles Public Library
Imagine that your local public library is inhabited by an undiscovered race of tiny people. They’ve hidden themselves in the racks, tucked behind books and…
‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Netflix movie streams, book sales rise
While J.D. Vance jumped into the national spotlight when former President Trump announced him on Monday as his running mate, he first rose to fame…
Libraries have free passes to California parks under budget deal
Californians can once again borrow a pass from their local library to gain free entry to a state park. The popular state library parks program…
LGBTQ+ bookstore in San Francisco ships free books into red states
Lots of out-of-town visitors to Fabulosa Books in San Francisco react emotionally when they see what Becka Robbins calls the “Big Gay Wall” — which…
L.A. library Kanopy users’ top 10 movies, TV shows of 2024
Los Angeles Public Library users are A24 superfans. Kanopy has the receipts. The streaming service, available free to users with a library card from participating…
Porn peeping Toms, sex in aisles & bacon bookmarks – what really goes on at your local library, according to a librarian
YOU might think the only 'page-turning' action going on in your local library is within the books - but the reality is very different. From…
What a trans author found on a tour of red-state libraries
The small brick plaza in front of the Pella, Iowa, public library was teeming with people. A gray-haired woman in a T-shirt stood stoically beside…
Library of Congress to preserve songs by Juan Gabriel and Hector Lavoe
Juan Gabriel’s “Amor Eterno” and Héctor Lavoe’s “El Cantante” will be safeguarded for posterity, the Library of Congress announced Tuesday. The two tracks are among…
Book collection of over 30,000 titles more than words for avid reader Kylie Abecca
Kylie Abecca finds solace in her tens of thousands of books, losing herself in worlds of words as a distraction from her neurological and physical…
A library of the ‘future’: Can it make the world a better place? | Features
Oslo, Norway — Every May, literature lovers from all over the world walk 40 minutes through the hilly Nordmarka Forest outside of Norway’s capital Oslo…
Gaza’s main Public library and dozens of hospitals destroyed in Israeli bombing
Authorities in Gaza announced on Monday that the pause in fighting has revealed that Gaza City’s main public library was among the many civilian buildings…
Public given glimpse of rare, delicate photos from State Library of NSW collection for first time
Libraries have long been about more than just books, but it may still come as a surprise that the State Library of NSW holds about…
Century-old plans of NSW subdivisions tell a tale of the Australian housing dream
Are you curious about how your suburb came to be? Or how people were lured to live in the regions 100 years ago?The State Library…
How the LA library bid $144,000 for a hidden trove of celebrity photos
Christina Rice’s obsession with a 1930s movie star led the Los Angeles Public Library last year into an auction for 12,500 celebrity photographs — the…
The beauty and the chaos: Inside the Los Angeles Library
Good morning, and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. This summer Times reporter and mystery author Jeffrey Fleishman explored the vast world of…
Steven Holl’s Queens Library is inaccessible — and impractical
It’s Friday, which means the lady that sells burritos from a cooler by the local Catholic church has her chile relleno burritos in stock, which…