Shelf Talk is created and maintained by the staff of The Seattle Public Library.
Seattle loves its libraries. We check out more than 10 million digital and print books a year, attend thousands of programs, and regularly support our libraries through city and private funding. We are only one of three Cities of Literature in North America. Either we read a lot of books, or we borrow and buy a lot of books and pretend to read them.
In either case, Shelf Talk is a blog aimed at serving our lively and diverse community of readers. Here you will find book reviews and discussions, topics of local interest and human interest, literary events and links to the world of readers here in the Queen/Jet/Emerald/Rainy City, and beyond.
We’ll also give you the scoop on Library news that affects you, and behind-the-scenes looks at Library programs and services, and the staff who make the library magic happen.
Read any good books lately? Have any great ideas for things you’d like to see here? We invite you to share your own favorite reads and other enthusiasms by commenting here, or drop us a line, at shelftalk@spl.org.