Events

Upcoming Events

By Chris Wojdak Photography
Jul 01

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Where’s Odi @ SDPL

Jul 1–31, 2025

Aug 23

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KPBS San Diego Book Festival

August 23, 2025 | 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Aug 27

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Callie Hart with Kaylie Smith

August 27, 2025 | 7:00 p.m. (Check-in starts at 6:30 p.m.)

Oct 01

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Library Shop SD’s Annual Matchbook Story Contest

Oct 1 – Nov 15, 2025

Image contains: head shot of M.L. Rio and the cover art of the book Hot Wax.
Oct 06

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M.L. Rio

October 6, 2025 | 7:00 p.m.

Past Events

Jul 01

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Where’s Odi @ SDPL Kickoff Party

July 1, 2025 | 5:00 p.m.

Jun 04

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Adam Becker on Silicon Valley’s Quest for Control

June 4, 2025 | 7:00 p.m.

May 30

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Sarah Ahn at Creative Mornings San Diego

May 30, 2025 | 8:15-10:00 a.m.

May 24

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FanWing Festival San Diego — Tui Sutherland

May 24, 2025 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

May 17

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Book Release Party for Susan Lee

May 17, 2025 | 4:00 p.m.

May 08

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Christina Lauren with Susan Lee

May 8, 2025 | 7:00 p.m.

May 04

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Strangers In the Land: Luo Unpacks Exclusion & Belonging

May 4, 2025 | 3:00 p.m.

2025 San Diego Book Crawl art by Kaley McCabe (@kaleymccabeart) and Ambassador Dave Eggers
Apr 26

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San Diego Book Crawl with Dave Eggers

Apr 26–28, 2025

Apr 10

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No More Tears: Award-Winning Investigative Journalist Gardiner Harris

April 10, 2025 | 7:00 p.m.

Apr 07

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Happier’s Gretchen Rubin on Secrets of Adulthood

April 7, 2025 | 7:00 p.m.

Apr 02

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Abby Jimenez with Susan Lee

April 2, 2025 | 7:30 p.m.

Mar 26

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Acclaimed Novelist Eric Puchner Presents Dream State

March 26, 2025 | 7:00 p.m.

Mar 14

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Days of Girlhood’s Dylan Mulvaney with Chris Colfer

March 14, 2025 | 7:00 p.m.

Feb 19

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International Bestselling Author Penn Cole in Conversation with Sara Hashem

February 19, 2025 | 7:00 p.m.

Feb 10

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Bestselling Author Victoria Christopher Murray

February 10, 2025 | 7:00 p.m.

Jan 15

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State of the City Watch Party

January 15, 2025 | 2:45 p.m.

Dec 03

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The Fifth Annual Shorties: A Virtual Awards Gala for the annual Matchbook Story Contest

December 3, 2024 | 6:30 p.m.

Oct 21

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

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

Oct 19

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Freedom to Read Day of Action

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

Oct 18

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POSTPONED — Library Storytime with Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen

October 18, 2024

Aug 06

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

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

Jul 23

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Barbara J. Taylor presented with Adventures by the Book

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

Jun 29

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The Yellow Bus Storytime with Loren Long

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

Jun 28

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

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

Jun 27

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

Jun 27–29, 2024

Jun 15

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

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

May 08

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

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

Apr 13

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Memory Garden: An Interactive Storytime with Zoe & Susie Ghahremani

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

Apr 06

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

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

Mar 20

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Sesquicentennial: Robert Frost at 150

Mar 20–25, 2024

Mar 15

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She Persisted: Chelsea Clinton in Conversation with Atia Abawi

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

Mar 13

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Rachel Ignotofsky Story Time Tour

Mar 13–14, 2024

Feb 28

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An Evening with Eric Klinenberg

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

Feb 22

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Professor César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández at the Logan Heights Library

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

Jan 16

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Midnight Ruin Release Party with Katee Robert

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

Dec 19

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Libraries Lead the Way

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

Dec 08

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The Ruined: Renée Ahdieh in Conversation with Lizz Huerta

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

Nov 27

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

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

Nov 05

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Internationally Bestselling Author Alka Joshi

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

Oct 24

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National Book Award-winning bestselling author Jacqueline Woodson

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

Oct 10

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An Evening with Oliver Jeffers

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

Oct 09

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An Evening with Dave Eggers

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

Sep 10

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

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

Sep 07

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SOLD OUT– New York Times bestselling romance author Lucy Score

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

Sep 07

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Overdue with Betsy Brennan

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

Aug 05

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Navajo Area Community Meeting We Bought the Lot!

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

Jul 19

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Comic Conference for Educators & Librarians

Jul 19–23, 2023

Jul 19

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Young adult author Misa Sugiura presents new fantasy series

July 19, 2023 | 5:00pm

Jul 19

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

July 19, 2023 | 7:00pm

Jul 18

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

July 18, 2023 | 7:00pm

Jul 18

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15 Years of Amulet: Spotlight on Kazu Kibuishi

July 18, 2023 | 4:00pm

Jul 06

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An Evening With Jennifer Coburn

July 6, 2023 | 7:00pm

Jun 07

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

June 7, 2023 | 7:00pm

Jun 01

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YOU: The Story — An Evening with Ruta Sepetys

June 1, 2023 | 7:00pm

Mar 15

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Storytime with Walt Disney animator and author Benson Shum

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

Feb 21

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Author Marissa Crane presents their debut novel

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

Nov 17

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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

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SHAVONE. Black Internet Effect presented by The Library Shop

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

Oct 25

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District 6 Candidate Conversation with Tommy Hough

October 25, 2022 | 10 a.m.

Oct 24

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Bernhard Schlink presented with Adventures by the Book

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

Oct 18

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Dr. Marc Milstein presents The Age-Proof Brain

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

Sep 24

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

September 24, 2022 | 1 p.m.

Sep 10

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Shout Your Abortion and My Mother Had An Abortion

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

May 26

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World Record Setting Endurance Swimmer & Author Lynne Cox

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

Apr 26

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New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow at the Central Library

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

Mar 02

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The State of San Diego Libraries + Parks

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

Feb 19

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Occupy Thirdspace II: Plástica y palabra en TJ/SD

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

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