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About Newport Beach

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History of the Newport Beach Public Library

The Newport Beach Public Library has a long history of service to the community beginning in the 1909.

Board of Library Trustees

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Literacy Services

Newport/Mesa ProLiteracy, located on the lower level of the Central Library, provides services for adults seeking to improve their English reading and writing skills.

Cultural Arts

The Cultural Arts Division of the Newport Beach Public Library, with guidance and support by the Newport Beach City Arts Commission, brings cultural and arts programming to the community.

Friends of the Library

The Friends fund children's programs, Sunday Musicales and other library programs through used book sales and donations.

NBPL Foundation

The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation funds valuable library resources and services , and presents a variety of literary programs design to engage the community.

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Library Live 2023: Omar El Akkad

What Strange Paradise

** THIS EVENT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 ** 

LIBRARY LIVE 2022 - 2023

 

The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation presents

We are thrilled to welcome these four brilliant authors to our 2022 series. Library Live is for adventurous readers who enjoy hearing from established literary figures and emerging talent. Novelists, poets, historians, journalists, biographers, memoirists and more share their ideas firsthand with our community. Participate, engage, and be challenged by our presentations with today’s most gifted scribes.

Rankell, Katie

 

 What Strange Paradise

Omar El Akkad

Thursday, February 23, 2023- 7:00pm

To learn more about the event  and to register:  

https://nbplf.foundation/programs/library-live/

 

 

 

 Questions? Contact Director of Programs Kunga Wangmo-Upshaw kupshaw@nbplf.foundation or 949-717-3818.

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