Press Releases

Celebrate Asian culture at Tulsa City-County Library's monthlong Asian American Festival

April 10, 2025   Celebrate and learn about Asian American cultures and customs with entertaining, educational events for the whole family at Tulsa City-County Library’s 23rd annual Asian American Festival. This year, festival programs will take place at various TCCL locations throughout May. All events are free and open to the public.                               

SPECIAL National Library Week Book Sale! $20

   Get your copy of Tulsa City-County Library: A Legacy of Innovation, Integration, Inspiration: 1992-2021 by John Wooley at any TCCL location during National Library Week, April 6-12, for a special sale price of just $20! The price includes tax.

2025 Interfaith Holocaust Commemoration to address “Lessons From the Holocaust: Protecting Each Other in Perilous Times”

   TULSA, Okla. --- It is estimated that out of nine million Jews under Nazi domination, tens of thousands were rescued during the Holocaust by non-Jewish people. Many rescuers acted out of a sense of altruism, some acted out of deeply held religious beliefs or moral codes, while others acted in the spur of the moment. 

Aspiring and established writers can make their voices heard in library writing contests

Feb. 4, 2025   One thing is missing from the bookshelves of the world: your perspective. Now is the time to be your own author, and two annual writing contests from Tulsa City-County Library (TCCL) give current and aspiring writers the opportunity to share their stories.   Young People’s Creative Writing Contest

Children’s book author Nadia Salomon brings untold civil rights story to life at library event

Dec. 18, 2024   Join Tulsa City-County Library for a presentation and reading by children’s book author Nadia Salomon on Saturday, Jan. 18 from 2-3 p.m. at Rudisill Regional Library, 1520 N. Hartford. 

Celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week with free events from Tulsa City-County Library

Nov. 5, 2024   Join Tulsa City-County Library for a series of events aimed at empowering new and existing entrepreneurs in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov. 18-24. 

Get to know local writers at Tulsa City-County Library’s fifth annual Local Author Conference

   Oct. 29, 2024   Join Tulsa City-County Library (TCCL) for its fifth annual Local Author Conference on Saturday, Nov. 16 from 9:30 a.m.-noon at Central Library, Fifth Street and Denver Avenue.

American historian H. W. Brands to receive 2024 Helmerich Award

   Bestselling American author and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands is coming to Tulsa Dec. 5 and 6 to receive the 2024 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, given by the Tulsa City-County Library and Tulsa Library Trust.

Dr. Brandon Hobson to receive Festival of Words Writers Award followed by month-long series of programs

Oct. 3, 2024  --      Dr. Brandon Hobson (Cherokee) will receive the Tulsa Library Trust’s “Festival of Words Writers Award” on Saturday, March 1 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at Central Library, 400 Civic Center. A book signing will follow, and copies of Hobson's books will be available for purchase courtesy of Magic City Books. This event is free and open to the public.

Celebrate children’s literature with illustrator Sophie Blackall at 2024 Books To Treasure

   Sept. 5, 2024   Tulsa City-County Library (TCCL) treasures books, but treasures children even more. TCCL’s annual Books To Treasure program makes the power of art and literature accessible to children of all ages with a live event highlighting a beloved children’s book illustrator and a select piece of their work.