The Santa Maria Public Library offers a variety of monthly book clubs for adults that meet in the library’s Learning Loft, 421 South McClelland St.

A good book is not hard to find. Especially if you know where to look. Such a search seems imperative now that autumn is here and the recliner is calling. So, I asked people in the know — local ...

Few things are quite as uplifting as a good underdog narrative. Joshua Davis’s 2014 book “Spare Parts” delivers that, telling ...

Children's author Jeff Kinney of Diary of a Wimpy Kid fame continues to draw big numbers, and comic book writer and ...

MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. — If you’re hoping to read more or add to your book collection in 2026, check your local library.

As our communities wrestle with loneliness, pleasure reading and the libraries that sustain it offers an affordable path to improve lives.