Each year the Library hosts readings, lectures, and discussions by authors and other public figures. You may watch video recordings of recent programs on our YouTube channel. Our archive of audio recordings goes back more than 10 years and includes thousands of memorable Library events.
Comixtravaganza: 'Getting Into Comics' panel
In this Q & A panel, held Jan. 26 ath the Central Library, local lights of the comics world discuss what they love about comics, their experiences in the comics industry, and more.
Participants include:Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum, Unshelved.com; Greg Hatcher, Comic Book Resources; Nicole & Danielle, NDP Comics; Eric Reynolds, Fantagraphics Books and Rosie Heffernan & Madeline Heffernan, TheColorM.com's "Serves You Right."
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Comixtravaganza: Ellen Forney
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Richard Rodriguez: 'The God of the Desert: Jerusalem and the Ecology of Monotheism'
The Seattle Public Library and Harper's Magazine present essayist Richard Rodriguez from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25 at Town Hall. Rodriguez will read from "The God of the Desert: Jerusalem and the Ecology of Monotheism."
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Sue Miller: 'The Senator's Wife'
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Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel Prize, and the World of Turkish Literature: A Conversation with Walter G. Andrews
Scholar and translator Walter G. Andrews discussed Orhan Pamuk's novels "The Black Book" and "My Name Is Red," with Dr. Selim S. Kuru Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008 at the Central Library.
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