The Seattle Public Library Is Closed On Indigenous Peoples' Day
All locations of The Seattle Public Library will be closed on Indigenous Peoples' Day, Monday, October 13.
Explore staff picks and find out how to download e-books and other media.
Use free research tools and take online classes with your Library card.
Discover our wide range of programs and services, including resources, classes, events and special exhibits.
Get started with a Library card and learn how to manage your account.
K-12 students: in-person Homework Help at the Library starts October 6! New this year, we have Teen Tutoring times at specific locations.
Your favorite authors are stopping by the Library for readings and discussions. See Cory Doctorow, Becky Spratford and many more this fall!
Get one-on-one help with your family history research during monthly drop-in sessions at the Ballard, Magnolia and Northeast branches.
Explore our collection of 30,000+ zines during weekly open hours on Saturdays, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., through November 22nd (with the exception of November 1st).
Visit ZAPP
Our fall Artists in Residence are hosting exhibits, lectures, presentations and much more. Meet the artists and see their upcoming events at the Library.
Meet Our Artists
The Wind Knows My Name
Allende, Isabel
An Unlasting Home
Al-Nakib, Mai
Mother Doll
Apekina, Katya (Novelist)
A Reason to See You Again
Attenberg, Jami
Ædnan
Axelsson, Linnea
I'll Be Right Here
Bloom, Amy
The Wren, the Wren
Enright, Anne
Lamestains
Attfield, Nicholas William James
Uncle Rico's Encore
Bacho, Peter
Stomp and Shout
Blecha, Peter
Signs of Vanishing Seattle
Brothers, Cynthia
Street Trees of Seattle
Ebrahimi, Taha
Way Home
Ensign, Josephine
Biking Uphill in the Rain
Fucoloro, Tom
And the Trees Stare Back
Griffis, Gigi
Bad Creek
Peyton June
Beasts
Bjerkeland, Ingvild
A Girl Walks Into the Forest
Roux, Madeleine
How to Survive A Slasher
Winans, Justine Pucella
Shiny Happy People
Chapman, Clay McLeod
These Vengeful Wishes
Montalban, Vanessa
The Interpreter
Abtahi, Olivia
La intérprete
It's All or Nothing, Vale
Arango, Andrea Beatriz
I Am, Yo Soy
Belt, Gabriela Orozco
Hopeful Heroes
Engle, Margarita
Halfway to Somewhere
Pimienta, Jose
Bold, Brilliant and Latine
Reynoso-morris, Alyssa/ Cotti, Sol (ILT)
The Possession of Alba Díaz
Cañas, Isabel
Overgrowth
Grant, Mira
Better Living Through Alchemy
Peterson, Evan J.
It Was Her House First
Priest, Cherie
Rain Shadows
Sellman, Tamara Kaye
Listen to your Sister
Viel, Neena
Patricia Wants to Cuddle
Allen, Samantha (Journalist)
