BACK TO SCHOOL

A new school year is about to start, and the library can provide you with access to resources that can help with schoolwork, no matter what the grade level.


With Brainfuse Help Now you can get live, on-demand homework help from expert tutors. A full-service writing lab and an integrated test-prep center are also available.


Starting in September, we'll be offering free, in-person tutoring and homework help at the Sierra View Library.


Check our website for more homework and test prep and research resources.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Spark the Imagination

Sunday, August 11, 11 am–noon

Sparks Library

Mixed media artist Naomi "Di Vine" De Vore will lead this workshop in which children will use minerals to make paints. 


Students will watch a demonstration of this process, then use premixed paints to create their own works of art to keep. 

Sign up now

Master Gardener Series

Sunday, August 11, 1:30–3 pm

Spanish Springs Library

Join us for the final event in our Master Gardener series. There will be three half-hour talks on specific gardening topics. While there, you can also visit the Master Gardener help desk for one-on-one help with specific questions.

Learn more

Author Talk

Irena Smith

Thursday, August 15, 11 am–noon

Online event

College application season is around the corner, and stress is already beginning to ratchet up for teens and their parents. Join us for this must-watch talk by Irena Smith, author of The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays.

Learn more

High Noon with Neal Cobb

Learning About Nevada in Wild Ways with Wild Nevada host Chris Orr

Thursday, August 15, noon–1 pm

Online event

Chris Orr has traveled throughout the Silver State as one of the co-hosts and producers of the PBS Reno television series, Wild Nevada.

Sign up now

BOOK CLUBS

Tuesday Book Group 
Spanish Springs Library
The Old Curiosity Shop

by Charles Dickens


Fiction Addiction Book Club
North Valleys Library
Still Lives

by Maria Hummel


SO Very Literary Book Club
South Valleys Library
Human Acts

by Han Kang


Mystery Book Club
Spanish Springs Library
The Woman in the Window

by A.J. Finn


Visit the calendar to see all upcoming book clubs.

Visit our online calendar to find more upcoming events:

Story Times
Craft Events
STEAM Events
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MOVIE SCREENINGS

Visit the calendar to see all upcoming movie screenings.

ON THE SHELF

On the Shelf is a weekly feature in partnership with KUNR public radio. Catch your favorite librarians sharing book news and reviews. In this week's episode, Jeff tells us about a few nature and birdwatching books. See the companion list below.

WHAT TO READ NEXT

Nature and Birding

See full list

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Local Author Fest


Local authors, are you interested in reading, selling, and signing your work at our first Local Author Fest coming this November?


This event is open to local authors who have a physical book they would like to share with the public. If that sounds like you, fill out this form.

FRIENDS OF WASHOE COUNTY LIBRARY

Book Sale

August 3–11

There are three days left in the Friends of Washoe County Library book sale. Sunday is Bag Day. For $5 you can take all the books you can fit in a provided bag. (Some restrictions apply.) As always, the book sale is being held next door to the Sierra View Library in the Reno Town Mall.


To join, to donate, or for more information, please visit www.washoelibraryfriends.org or call 775-324-5522.


Friends of Washoe County Library is a member-supported 501(c)(3) Nevada nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating, fundraising, and providing support for the Washoe County Library System.

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301 S. Center St. Reno, NV 89501 

775-327-8300