The Lake County Big Read

03/17/2026

Join us for our One Book, One Coast Kickoff Event!

Saturday, March 28, 2026, 12-1:30 pm at the Lakeport Library located at 1425 N. High Street, Lakeport, CA 95453.

Learn about the program, check out a copy of the book, and hear from guest speaker Jodi Hottel, Sonoma County prize-winning author whose published work includes detailing aspects of the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.

03/06/2026

Coming soon!

We won't have the Big Read this year, however, the Lake County Library will be participating in One Book, One Coast!

One Book, One Coast is a collaborative program uniting a wide network of West Coast library jurisdictions in a shared celebration of literacy, learning, community, and civil discourse.

For this program, we will be reading They Called Us Enemy by George Takei.

Stay tuned for announcements on upcoming events.

Coming soon!

The Lake County Library will be participating in One Book, One Coast, a collaborative program uniting a wide network of West Coast library jurisdictions in a shared celebration of literacy, learning, community, and civil discourse.

For this program, we will be reading They Called Us Enemy by George Takei.

Stay tuned for announcements on upcoming events.

10/15/2024

The Lake County Big Read for 2024 has concluded!

We want to thank our library staff, community partners, participants, and author of The Bear, Andrew Krivak, for allowing us to make this year’s Big Read happen, and we give a big thanks to the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest for awarding us our Big Read grant. Until next time🌲

10/11/2024

Join us tomorrow for our final event for this year's Big Read!

Explore the Museums of Lake County Pollination Investigation exhibit and talk about how The Bear relates to it.

Pollination Investigation Exhibit - Free
Saturday 10/12/2024, 2 pm
Location: Courthouse Museum, 255, N. Main Street, Lakeport

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

10/08/2024

Our final Big Read event for this year will be a visit to the Courthouse Museum in Lakeport to explore the Pollination Investigation exhibit!

If you want to learn more about how bees help pollinate our community, join us to explore the exhibit and chat about The Bear.

Pollination Investigation Exhibit - Free
Saturday 10/12/2024, 2 pm
Location: Courthouse Museum, 255, N. Main Street, Lakeport

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

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10/07/2024

We are entering the final week of this year's Lake County Big Read! Join us for the final few events.

The Bear - A Community Reading - Free
Wednesday 10/9/2024, 5:30 pm
Participants of the Big Read creative writing workshops will be invited to present their work to the public with a free reading at the Lakeport Library.
Location: Lakeport Library, 1425 N. High Street, Lakeport

Cookbook Club Book Discussion & Recipes - Free
Thursday 10/10/2024, 12 pm
Discuss The Bear while experimenting with recipes using apples.
Location: Lakeport Library, 1425 N. High Street, Lakeport & Zoom
Email [email protected] for Zoom link

Pollination Investigation Exhibit - Free
Saturday 10/12/2024, 2 pm
Explore the Museums of Lake County Pollination Investigation exhibit and talk about how The Bear relates to it. We'll have education, discussion, and poetry readings as a cross-pollination of literature, reading, and the hard work of bees.
Location: Courthouse Museum, 255, N. Main Street, Lakeport

10/04/2024

Did you attend one of our Big Read writing workshops in September or October? Join us on Wednesday October 9th at 5:30 pm at the Lakeport Library for The Bear - A Community Reading!

Participants of the Big Read writing workshops are invited to share their work, and the public are invited to listen in and celebrate local writers.

Email [email protected] with any questions.

The Bear - A Community Reading - Free
Wednesday 10/9/2024, 5:30 pm
Location: Lakeport Library, 1425 N. High Street, Lakeport

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest