Overdue Magazine Returns Home to Library After 132 Years
A long-overdue magazine was recently returned to Concord (N.H.) Public Library after the library eliminated late fees—132 years late!
Look at These Beautiful Libraries
Each year, American Libraries releases the Library Design Showcase, its annual celebration of new and renovated libraries across the U.S. and Canada. The featured libraries represent some of the most exciting and innovative design examples from the past year.
U.S. Book Challenges Update: September 2026 Edition
Libraries and schools across the country are experiencing unprecedented levels of attempts to ban or remove books from their shelves. I Love Libraries will continue to raise awareness by highlighting attempts to censor library materials, as well as efforts by librarians, parents, students, and concerned citizens to push back against them. This update includes news from Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, and Florida.
Book Review of the Week: ‘Redwork’
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s book and media review publication, we have Diego Báez’s review of “Redwork” by poet Laurie Ann Guerrero.
Illinois Town Celebrates Hometown Hero, Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury, one of the most celebrated writers of the 20th century who gave us the classics “Fahrenheit 451,” “The Martian Chronicles,” and “The Illustrated Man,” was born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1920. And now, 126 years later, his hometown is celebrating him in grand fashion.
Librarians Hit the Road
Roadtrip Nation, the PBS documentary series that sends three people across the United States in an RV to explore what it means to build a career—and more importantly, a life—around the things you love, has dropped its new season, and libraries are at the forefront.
Star-Studded Library Cards
We’re deep into Library Card Sign-up Month, so it’s the perfect time to look at the celebrated figures who have lent their likenesses to library cards to show their support for libraries. Here are some of our recent favorites.
‘How I Library’ Episode 35: John Carpenter and Sandy King
In episode 35 of the “How I Library” podcast, show host and I Love Libraries editor Phil Morehart speaks with husband-and-wife team of filmmaker John Carpenter (“Halloween,” “The Thing”) and comic book publisher Sandy King about their award-winning publishing company, Storm King Comics.
‘The Librarians’ Documentary Wins an Emmy®
Filmmaker Kim Snyder’s documentary about public and school librarians in Texas, Florida, and other states who unite to combat book banning in the United States was awarded a 2026 Emmy® for Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking at the Creative Arts Emmys, held September 5th and 6th at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
Book Review of the Week: ‘The Year in Colors’
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Kirsten Caldwell’s review of “The Year in Colors” by Jana Sedláčková.