OC Public Libraries

A Slice of Literary Orange is a series featuring keynote speakers throughout the year at various venues across the county, with no cost for attendees. These events take place at library locations or with the support of community partners.

Reading can take you anywhere! Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States by joining the Read Across America Challenge at OC Public Libraries. Log reading throughout the year as you explore new stories and adventures from coast to coast. Read and complete activities to earn badges along...

An event for children and families preparing to enter kindergarten. We're excited to partner with incredible local organizations committed to early learning, family support, and sparking curiosity in young minds, including BrightLife Kids, First 5 Orange County, Children's Home Society, PBS SoCal...

Join OC Public Libraries for a series of gardening workshops. All supplies will be provided. Space is limited, please contact individual branch for registration details. All ages welcome! Free compost bags available for pickup at branches - courtesy of OC Waste & Recycling, while supplies last.

Join us for a music appreciation series. Music lovers of all ages are invited to visit the library and enjoy a performance by bagpiper, John McLean Allan. No registration required, all ages welcome.

OC Public Libraries is excited to introduce Regulation Station: All Aboard for Sensory Play, a new initiative designed to support neurodiverse children and their families through inclusive library programming. This program series includes storytimes for children ages 2–8, sensory play experiences...

Lisa Unger is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of twenty-three novels, including her upcoming release SERVED HIM RIGHT. With books published in thirty-three languages and millions of copies sold worldwide, she is regarded as a master of suspense. Unger's critically acclaimed...

Marissa Mullen is a NYC and Hudson Valley-based bestselling two-time author, food stylist, content creator and appetizer enthusiast. She is the founder of That Cheese Plate, a widely recognized lifestyle brand for cheese plate inspiration and recipes, and the creator of the Cheese By Numbers method...

Join OC Public Libraries for a unique culinary experience. Take part in one of our exclusive cooking classes led by Maite Gomez-Rejón of ArtBites and the Hungry for History podcast. Discover culture through flavor in this engaging cooking series, where culinary history comes to life through stories...

Marie Benedict is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Queens of Crime, The Mitford Affair, Her Hidden Genius, The Mystery of Mrs. Christie, The Only Woman in the Room, Lady Clementine, Carnegie’s Maid, The Other Einstein, and the novella, Agent 355. Her books have been...

Emma Straub is a Guggenheim fellow and the New York Times bestselling author of seven books for adults, including American Fantasy, This Time Tomorrow, All Adults Here, Modern Lovers and The Vacationers. She and her husband own Books Are Magic, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn, New York.

Sally Hepworth is the New York Times bestselling author of ten novels, most recently Mad Mabel. Sally's novels have been called "darkly charming" and praised by authors Emily Giffin and Liane Moriarty as "totally absorbing" and "fiction at its finest." Sally's novels have sold millions of copies...

Brad Taylor, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.), is a twenty-one-year veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry and Special Forces, including eight years with the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment—Delta, popularly known as Delta Force. Taylor retired after serving more than two decades and participating in...

No waiting to check out these audiobooks. Use your library card to sign up, and listen to audiobooks anytime. Choose from over 6,000 titles in every genre imaginable.

Explore Orange County museums and attractions through this exciting partnership between OC Public Libraries and local cultural institutions. Log in to Discover & Go with your OC Public Libraries card and reserve free or low-cost passes to participating organizations.
 

In 2021, OC Public Libraries took its 100 years of service in a new direction by removing late fines for overdue items.  

Goodbye Late Fines – OC Public Libraries is fine free!

For more information visit ocpl.org/nolatefines

Adventure beyond the book is here! OC Public Libraries is partnering with California State Parks and the California State Library to offer free State Parks vehicle-day use passes, available for circulation at all branches of public libraries in California.

The OC Memory Lab is a space for free, do-it-yourself digitization that allows users to safeguard their important documents and memories.

OC Public Libraries'  guide for becoming a US Citizen.  Prepared by library staff for Orange County residents, the content includes:  Applying for Citizenship, Where to File, Filing Fee, Preparing for the Test and Interview, and Resources.