Spokane Public Library

05/28/2026

☀️Summer Reading Club starts Monday, June 1st! Are you registered yet? Dig into the fun by signing up for the free reading challenge at spokanelibrary.beanstack.org.

When you read 15 days every month this summer you can earn awesome monthly prizes! Summer Reading Club goes from June 1st through August 31st.

📚 Kids & Teens (up through grade 12) can register for the challenge for a free book courtesy of the Friends of the Spokane Public Library and read monthly for Spokane Indians baseball tickets courtesy of Sweetser Law Office in June, a free hour of jump time at Altitude Trampoline Park - Spokane , and free entry to the Spokane County Interstate Fair.

🍕 Adults (18+) can register for a free book from Page 42 Bookstore and read 15 days monthly for a free Personal Pan Pizza® from Pizza Hut® as part of their BOOK-IT® program (yes, up to three pizzas if you read every month). In addition to the pizza, you earn a free entry into our reading grand prize giveaway. We have a variety of awesome prizes from local partners. See the full lineup on our website!

⚽ In addition to amazing prizes there are free events for kids and teens that you won't want to miss that feature dinosaurs, Hot Wheels, soccer for the World Cup, Pokemon, Spiderman, and many more. Check out our online calendar to see the full schedule!

Thank you to all of our grand prize giveaway partners! Prizes available while supplies last.

05/28/2026

Spokane Public Library stands with public libraries across the U.S. and Canada in supporting this call for change and collaborative solutions around eBook licensing.

Digital collections are essential for education, accessibility, and lifelong learning, helping libraries serve seniors, rural residents, students, and readers with disabilities. Yet libraries often pay significantly more for temporary access to eBooks and audiobooks, resulting in longer wait times and increased strain on public resources.

We support sustainable, equitable models that ensure libraries can continue providing access to digital content while supporting authors, publishers, and readers alike.

Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL) Urban Libraries Council Public Library Association (PLA)

ULC joins our peers at the Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL), the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), Canadian Urban Libraries Council / Conseil des bibliothèques urbaines du Canada (CULC/CBUC), and the Public Library Association (PLA) to publicly call attention to the e-books pricing crisis and demand change from the largest publishers.

This effort matters because it sends a message that, as organizations advocating for and representing nearly all public libraries in the US and Canada – small and large, urban and rural, and everything in between – we stand united for change while open for dialogue, at a moment when states are turning up the pressure on publishers with legislative efforts.

Read our full statement: https://buff.ly/cbnGjrd

05/26/2026

We’re excited to bring our StoryBooth to Spokane alongside author Ken Baronsky for a special conversation around Zayde’s Crossing—a powerful story of faith, migration, resilience, and one family’s journey across continents to the Pacific Northwest. Drawing from family memories, oral histories, and archival records, the book highlights how storytelling helps preserve lives and histories that might otherwise be forgotten.

WSJHS staff will be on-site with our StoryBooth, collecting oral histories and preserving community stories for future generations. Stop by, say hello, and share your story with us.

📍 South Hill Library – Spokane
📅 May 27 | 6:00 PM
🔗 https://events.spokanelibrary.org/event/16195865
📖 Zayde's Crossing Book: https://www.amazon.com/Zaydes-Crossing-Ken-Baronsky/dp/B0GZ9DQ245

05/26/2026

At Spokane Public Library, customers have access to safe spaces, information, entertainment, education, connection, and digital resources that are unmatched and not freely available anywhere else in our community. Read this blog from Executive Director, Andrew Chanse to see the breakdown of how public-funds provide library services and why cuts are difficult: https://www.spokanelibrary.org/understanding-the-cost-of-running-a-library/

05/26/2026

Indian Trail Library is closed today, May 26, for carpet cleaning and general maintenance. All other locations are open.

05/25/2026

This Memorial Day, honor the service and sacrifice of our nation’s heroes. Explore Kanopy’s special Memorial Day Collection and share meaningful stories with your community. Stream now: kanopy.com/category/48946

05/25/2026

The library is closed today, May 25 for Memorial Day. Access streaming books, movies, and more 24/7 using our digital library: https://www.spokanelibrary.org/explorealldigital/.

Discover your next favorite read or film from any one of our streaming services. Use your library card to choose from thousands of eBooks, audiobooks, movies, songs, and more for all ages! Download apps for many of these services here.

05/24/2026

The library will be closed tomorrow, May 25 for Memorial Day. Access streaming books, movies, and more 24/7 using our digital library: https://www.spokanelibrary.org/explorealldigital/.

Discover your next favorite read or film from any one of our streaming services. Use your library card to choose from thousands of eBooks, audiobooks, movies, songs, and more for all ages! Download apps for many of these services here.

05/19/2026

It was a great weekend with illustrator and author, Christian Robinson! You can check out copies of his latest book from our shelves soon. Thank you to Auntie's Bookstore for co-hosting this event with us!

Place a hold on the book here: https://catalog.spokanelibrary.org/catalog/Record/649e5c2a-8e09-4e10-90a3-f0ba9e5e76b2.

05/18/2026

Our community has THREE library systems? What's the difference?

If you’ve ever been confused about the difference between Spokane Public Library (that's us!), Spokane County Library District, and Liberty Lake Municipal Library … you are definitely not alone.

The good news? Even though you belong to one library system, local agreements allow many residents to still borrow physical materials from neighboring library systems, helping expand access across the region. Read more to learn which library your taxpayer dollars support! https://www.spokanelibrary.org/which-library-system-is-which/