EVENTS

The Pageturners Book Club Wednesday, May 25th (10:15 am) The Pageturners Book Club is discussing Behind the Beautiful Forever: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo on the fourth Tuesday of the month. The book describes a present-day slum of Mumbai, India, named Annawadi, and located near the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. It follows the interconnected livesContinue reading “Wednesday, May 25”

Forest of Possibilities: 2022 All-Ages Summer Reading Program Summer Reading For Adults We’re doing punch cards again! Pick up a punch card at the front desk, read four books, get four punches, and use your card as a coupon for a free book at the Friends of the Coeur d’Alene Public Library Bookstore. Your punchContinue reading “Summer Reading!”

Music on Mondays: a Summer Concert Series at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library The library’s Outdoor Summer Concert Series is returning June 27th and runs through until the end of August! All concerts run from 6-7:30pm and are provided for free by the event sponsor, the Coeur d’Alene Library Foundation. The concerts, performed on the McEuenContinue reading “Music On Mondays”

The Coeur d’Alene Public Library Foundation is very pleased to present an entertaining evening with Jess Walter, one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier writers. Join us on July 14th to hear Jess discuss his new book, “Angel of Rome” in the Library’s Community Room. The even includes complementary desserts, and Bakery by the Lake willContinue reading “Jess Walter: Author Talk”

After some consideration, and examination of library usage statistics, we’ve decided to update the Library’s operational hours. Starting April 4th, the library will open an hour earlier, close an hour earlier and shift several weekend hours around with the final result being: Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 7 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 5Continue reading “Open Hours Changing”

The Writers Competition at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library is one of the oldest and most prestigious contests of its kind in the Inland Northwest. In 1987 Library Director Julie Meier perceived the need to discover and recognize talented writers in our regional community and to challenge young people and adults to take an interestContinue reading “33rd Annual Writer’s Competition”

Whether you’re new to the library, or are a regular, we’d love to know how we can improve or what expectations you have of the Coeur d’Alene Public Library

The Coeur d’Alene Public Library is excited to welcome Delaney Daly, our new Youth Services Librarian! She is replacing Mandi Harris who spent eight and a half years as an excellent librarian to our N. Idaho community. We will remember her with warm thoughts and memories and wish her the best in all of herContinue reading “Library Welcomes New Youth Services Librarian”

We’ve started a new plant cutting exchange program that’s located on the terrace window inside the library. We’re asking patrons to visit, take a plant cutting home, bring some cuttings back in the future, and share cuttings of your favorite plants with others. Find some take-home information with your new plant, see the information below,Continue reading “Plant to Plant – Plant cuttings sharing program”

The winners in the 202 Julie Meier Writers Competition at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library were notified of their placements in late May.  In its 32nd year, the competition is for fiction and nonfiction prose of 2,000 words or less with age groups from kindergarten to adult. The late Julie Meier, for whom the competitionContinue reading “2021 Julie Meier Writer’s Competition Winners Announced”