Press Releases

Two New York Times Best-Selling Authors to Visit Hardesty Regional Library

   Meet contemporary romance author Lori Wilde and historical romance author Lorraine Heath as they discuss their award-winning novels, May 15, 2-3 p.m., at Hardesty Regional Library, 8316 E. 93rd St.    Both authors will speak and answer question about their careers.  A book signing will follow the program and their books will be available for purchase from Barnes & Noble.  Refreshments will be served.

Tulsa City-County Library to present 14th annual Asian-American Festival June 4

   Celebrate and learn about the customs and traditions of Asian-Americans with entertaining, educational events for the entire family as Tulsa City-County Library presents its 14th annual Asian-American Festival from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 4 at the Martin Regional Library, 2601 S. Garnett Road.

Share Your Summer Reading Stories

   The Tulsa City-County Library began offering a Summer Reading Program in 1982 to encourage a love of reading and stop the “summer slide” of reading skills in young learners.  Now, 34 years later, the library would like to hear from those who participated in the program as children.    What medal or prize do you remember earning?  Was there a book you read or program you attended at the library that you especially loved?  What do you remember about your summer library experience with the most fondness?

Meet Best-Selling Author Gordon Korman

   New York Times best-selling author Gordon Korman is the winner of the Tulsa Library Trust’s 2016 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers’ Literature.  He will accept the award at a public presentation at Hardesty Regional Library’s Connor’s Cove, 8316 E. 93rd St., Friday, May 6, at 7 p.m.  He also will present awards to winners of the 2016 Young People’s Creative Writing Contest awards at the ceremony.

Preregister for Tulsa City-County Library's Summer Reading Programs

   Tulsa City-County Library’s 2016 summer reading programs for children, teens and even adults, encourage readers to keep the pages turning during the summer.     The free annual program is ongoing May 31-Aug. 6.  To sign up, children and teens, ages newborn to 17, and adults can register at any Tulsa City-County Library or online at www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer – no library card required! 

Poll: Oklahomans overwhelmingly believe state should continue its portion of funding for state's libraries

An overwhelming 89.5 percent of Oklahoma likely voters believes library services are important to their communities and a nearly equal number (87.5 percent) felt that they and their family members, or others that they know of, get good value from their local library, according to SoonerPoll's Quarterly Poll.

Tulsa City-County Library Summer Reading Program is For All Ages

Tulsa City-County Library’s 2016 summer reading programs for children, teens and even adults, encourage readers to keep the pages turning during the summer.     The free annual program is ongoing May 31-Aug. 6.  To sign up, children and teens, ages newborn to 17, and adults can register at any Tulsa City-County Library or online at www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer – no library card required! 

Tulsa Library Trust to Present Gordon Korman with 2016 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature

   New York Times best-selling author Gordon Korman is the winner of the Tulsa Library Trust’s 2016 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers’ Literature.  He will accept the award at a public presentation at Hardesty Regional Library’s Connor’s Cove, 8316 E. 93rd St., Friday, May 6, at 7 p.m.  He also will present awards to winners of the 2016 Young People’s Creative Writing Contest awards at the ceremony.

Tulsa Library CEO Invited To International Conference Table

Tulsa City-County Library CEO Gary Shaffer has been invited to join the United Nations' World Intellectual Property Organization's May meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. Shaffer was invited as a delegate by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.

Billy Collins to Receive 2016 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award

What The Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award is an annual award given by the Tulsa Library Trust. Its purpose is to give formal recognition, on behalf of the Tulsa County community, to internationally acclaimed authors who have written a distinguished body of work and made a major contribution to the field of literature and letters. The award consists of a $40,000 cash prize and an engraved crystal book.