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Wisconsin Book Festival 20th Anniversary Fall Celebration to Feature 50 Authors

Fifty authors are on the lineup for the Wisconsin Book Festival’s 20th anniversary fall celebration October 13–16 at Central Library. Their work...

Wisconsin Book Festival Celebrates 20th Anniversary

The Wisconsin Book Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year! To mark the occasion, the festival gave away free books at two May...

Bubbler Artists in the Neighborhood All Summer Long

lMadison Public Library’s Bubbler is kicking off a citywide summer series featuring neighborhood library community artists. Each library location...

Seed Libraries Are a Great Resource for Gardeners

Getting ready to plant your garden? Four Madison Public Library locations — Goodman South, Meadowridge, Lakeview and Pinney — offer Seed Libraries...

Grant Outfits Libraries With We Read & Play Materials

Madison Public Library Foundation recently granted Madison Public Library $31,000 from its budget surplus for We Read & Play materials that will...

Lunch for Libraries Grosses $101,000+

More than 600 library supporters attended Madison Public Library Foundation’s 11th annual Lunch for Libraries fundraiser on May 16 at Monona...

OPN Architects Earns Award for Pinney Library Design

Congratulations to OPN Architects! The firm recently received the 2022 Award of Excellence from the International Interior Design Association’s...

Large Friends Book Sale June 4

Seven library Friends groups are pooling their inventory for a large book sale from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at Madison Public Library’s...

New Stops for Dream Bus This Summer

The Dream Bus will be making the rounds six days a week this summer! The mobile library, operated by Dane County Library Service and Madison Public...