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Seen in Pittsburgh!

Keep your eyes and ears open for upcoming author visits and take advantage of these occasions to find your new favorite writer.

Illustration of three African American children in colorful dresses walking in a row. Art by Frank Morrison.

Rita Williams-Garcia Lecture

Pittsburgh is a reading—and writing—kind of town. Literary events large and small abound, from author visits at local independent bookstores to the annual Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books. We’re especially … Continued

One Book, Every Young Child 2018

Pennsylvania’s One Book, Every Young Child celebrates early literacy during the month of April. Read on to learn more about this important initiative and how you can get involved.

Gene Luen Yang Challenges Us to Read Without Walls

I recently had the great pleasure of meeting award-winning author Gene Luen Yang during his Words and Pictures visit hosted by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures. In addition to chatting with him in the green room about favorite manga, the joys of mentoring teens and how the heck metal fuses with glass (I had just come back from a road trip to the Corning Museum of Glass!), I was also able to ask him four library-related questions as well as introduce him to the stage!

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