Library News

Spokane Public Library opening select branches on Monday 1/15 as warming centers (January 2024)

Spokane Public Library partners with EWU Art Program to provide graduating students with artists residencies at The Hive® (November, 2023)

WSU Health Sciences, Spokane Public Library, and Spokane Public Schools to Host Fall Health Fair promoting healthy lifestyles and community engagement (October, 2023)

Spokane Public Library and Spokane County Library District join forces to revitalize and rebrand StartUp Spokane (October, 2023)

Preserving Spokane's Black History: Community Scanning Day (September, 2023)

Spokane Public Library to host panel discussion in partnership with Thrive International featuring stories of displaced individuals from Ukraine (September, 2023)

Spokane Public Library hosts A Journey of Resilience and Resistance with Yvonne Swan at Central Library (June, 2023)

Spokane Public Library hosts Spokane Zine Fest 2023 at Central Library (May, 2023)

Peer Spokane in Partnership with Spokane Public Library Receives $400,000 Funding from Better Health Together Community Linkages (May, 2023)

Spokane Public Library announces 2023 Artists-In-Residence at The Hive® (April, 2023)

Spokane Public Library hosts Community Conversation on Homelessness at Central Library in collaboration with regional government (April, 2023)

The Spokane Symphony, Spokane Public Library, and the YWCA Participate in Carnegie Hall's Lullaby Project (April, 2023)

Spokane Public Library to participate in Library Giving Day on April 4 (March, 2023)

Auntie’s Bookstore and Spokane Public Library present Twenty Questions book release with New York Times best-selling author Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor recipient Christian Robinson (March, 2023)

Spokane Public Library hosts weekly Water Wise Wednesday Workshops at Shadle Park Library in collaboration with the City of Spokane Water Department (March, 2023)

Spokane Public Library hosts The Return of Salmon to the Spokane River event in collaboration with representatives from the Upper Columbia United Tribes (March, 2023)

Spokane Public Library to reopen South Hill and Indian Trail locations in March (March, 2023)

Spokane Public Library hosts Getting Real About Homelessness in Spokane event featuring Gavin Cooley, Chris Patterson, and Ben Stuckart (October, 2022)

Don’t dread your next family get together: Spokane Public Library hosts Families and Politics Workshop in collaboration with Braver Angels (October, 2022)

Spokane Public Library to reopen Central Library on July 11 (June, 2022)

Friends of the Spokane Public Library to host book sale April 7-9 (April, 2022)

Spokane Public Library to participate in Library Giving Day April 6 (April, 2022)

Spokane Public Library announces 2022 Artists-in-Residence (March, 2022)

Spokane Public Library forming Social Work Welcome Team (February, 2022)

Spokane Public Library builds new and improved catalog using Index Data's FOLIO (December, 2021)

Spokane Public Library opening new Liberty Park Library (November, 2021)

Spokane Public Library opening newly renovated Shadle Park Library (October, 2021)

Spokane Public Library launches innovative new website (October, 2021)

Spokane Public Library offering free menstrual hygiene products in all Library restrooms (October, 2021)

Spokane Public Library opens first building from 2018 Library Bond Issue and selects The Hive Artists-in-Residence (August, 2021)

Spokane Public Library calls for artists to apply for Artist Residencies (May, 2021)