Events

Oct 21

Event

Cats of the World with Kitten Lady Hannah Shaw and Cat Photographer Andrew Marttila

October 21, 2024 | 7:00 p.m.

Oct 19

Event

Freedom to Read Day of Action

October 19, 2024 | 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Oct 18

Event

POSTPONED — Library Storytime with Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen

October 18, 2024

Oct 01

Event

Library Shop SD’s 8^th Annual Matchbook Story Contest

Oct 1 – Nov 15, 2024

Aug 06

Event

Reap the Whirlwind: Bestselling Author Peter Houlahan & the Sagon Penn Story

August 6, 2024 | 7:00 p.m.

Jul 23

Event

Barbara J. Taylor presented with Adventures by the Book

July 23, 2024 | 6:00 p.m.

Jul 01

Event

Where’s Odi @ SDPL

Jul 1–31, 2024

Jun 29

Event

The Yellow Bus Storytime with Loren Long

June 29, 2024 | 12:00 p.m.

Jun 28

Event

Stonewall Award Winner Nora Dåsnes at the Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library

June 28, 2024 | 4:00 p.m.

Jun 27

Event

Little People, BIG DREAMS Storytime Tour with series creator Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

Jun 27–29, 2024

Jun 15

Event

Book Launch for Trisha Thomas’s The Secret Keeper of Main Street

June 15, 2024 | 4:00 p.m.

May 08

Event

Hannah Brown Book Release Party at the Library w/Meet Cute Bookshop

May 8, 2024 | 7:00 p.m.

Apr 27

Event

San Diego Book Crawl

Apr 27–29, 2024

Apr 13

Event

Memory Garden: An Interactive Storytime with Zoe & Susie Ghahremani

April 13, 2024 | 12:00 p.m.

Apr 06

Event

Book Launch for Neil Gong’s Sons, Daughters, and Sidewalk Psychotics

April 6, 2024 | 4:00 p.m.

Mar 20

Event

Sesquicentennial: Robert Frost at 150

Mar 20–25, 2024

Mar 15

Event

She Persisted: Chelsea Clinton in Conversation with Atia Abawi

March 15, 2024 | 6:00 p.m.

Mar 13

Event

Rachel Ignotofsky Story Time Tour

Mar 13–14, 2024

Feb 28

Event

An Evening with Eric Klinenberg

February 28, 2024 | 7:00 p.m.

Feb 22

Event

Professor César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández at the Logan Heights Library

February 22, 2024 | 7:00 p.m.

Jan 16

Event

Midnight Ruin Release Party with Katee Robert

January 16, 2024 | 7:00 p.m.

Dec 19

Event

Libraries Lead the Way

December 19, 2023 | 5:00-6:15 p.m.

Dec 08

Event

The Ruined: Renée Ahdieh in Conversation with Lizz Huerta

December 8, 2023 | 7:00 p.m.

Nov 27

Event

NY-Times bestselling author and autism spokesperson Dr. Temple Grandin

November 27, 2023 | 7:00 p.m.

Nov 05

Event

Internationally Bestselling Author Alka Joshi

November 5, 2023 | 2:00 p.m.

Oct 24

Event

National Book Award-winning bestselling author Jacqueline Woodson

October 24, 2023 | 7:00 p.m.

Oct 10

Event

An Evening with Oliver Jeffers

October 10, 2023 | 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Oct 09

Event

An Evening with Dave Eggers

October 9, 2023 | 7:00 p.m.

Sep 10

Event

William Kent Krueger presented by Library Shop SD & Adventures by the Book

September 10, 2023 | 2:00 p.m.

Sep 07

Event

Overdue with Betsy Brennan

September 7, 2023 | 11:30 a.m.

Sep 07

Event

SOLD OUT– New York Times bestselling romance author Lucy Score

September 7, 2023 | 7:00 p.m.

Aug 19

Event

San Diego Festival of Books

August 19, 2023 | 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Aug 05

Event

Navajo Area Community Meeting We Bought the Lot!

August 5, 2023 | 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Jul 19

Event

Comic Conference for Educators & Librarians

Jul 19–23, 2023

Jul 19

Event

Young adult author Misa Sugiura presents new fantasy series

July 19, 2023 | 5:00pm

Jul 19

Event

New York Times bestselling author Erin A. Craig with debut author Amanda Linsmeier

July 19, 2023 | 7:00pm

Jul 18

Event

15 Years of Amulet: Spotlight on Kazu Kibuishi

July 18, 2023 | 4:00pm

Jul 18

Event

The World’s Worst Job Fair Hosted by Celebrity Executive Assistant Sona Movsesian

July 18, 2023 | 7:00pm

Jul 06

Event

An Evening With Jennifer Coburn

July 6, 2023 | 7:00pm

Jul 01

Event

Where’s Odi @ SDPL Kickoff Party

July 1, 2023 | 10:30 a.m.

Jun 07

Event

An Evening in Alien Territory: Radical, Experimental, & Irrelevant Music in 1970s San Diego

June 7, 2023 | 7:00pm

Jun 01

Event

YOU: The Story — An Evening with Ruta Sepetys

June 1, 2023 | 7:00pm

Mar 15

Event

Storytime with Walt Disney animator and author Benson Shum

March 15, 2023 | 10:00am - 11:00am

Feb 21

Event

Author Marissa Crane presents their debut novel

February 21, 2023 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Jan 11

Event

State of the City Watch Party

January 11, 2023 | 6:15 p.m.

Nov 17

Event

BINGO! Forty Years in the NBA: An Evening with Hall of Famer Ralph Lawler in conversation with Bill Walton

November 17, 2022 | 7 pm

Nov 10

Event

SHAVONE. Black Internet Effect presented by The Library Shop

November 10, 2022 | 6:30 p.m.

Oct 25

Event

District 6 Candidate Conversation with Tommy Hough

October 25, 2022 | 10 a.m.

Oct 24

Event

Bernhard Schlink presented with Adventures by the Book

Oct 24, 2022 | 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Oct 18

Event

Dr. Marc Milstein presents The Age-Proof Brain

Oct 18, 2022 | 7-8:30 p.m.

Sep 24

Event

Genesis of Change: Environmental Design and the Challenge to Our Coastal Lands

September 24, 2022 | 1 p.m.

Sep 10

Event

Shout Your Abortion and My Mother Had An Abortion

Sep 10, 2022 | 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

May 26

Event

World Record Setting Endurance Swimmer & Author Lynne Cox

May 26, 2022 | 4:30 p.m.

Apr 26

Event

New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow at the Central Library

April 26, 2022 | 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Mar 02

Event

The State of San Diego Libraries + Parks

March 2, 2022 | 5 pm reception; 6 pm program

Feb 19

Event

Occupy Thirdspace II: Plástica y palabra en TJ/SD

Feb 19 – May 2, 2022 | Central Library Gallery hours

Events

Upcoming Events

Past Events

Library Foundation SD

Contact

Wondering what’s the latest? Join our mailing list.

Connect