Plaza Branch and Central Library will open late at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17 due to the Kansas City Marathon.
Book Group
Monday, July 27, 2026
Pamela Colloff and Christopher Leonard discuss "Catch the Devil" at the Plaza Branch on Thursday, September 3.
Monday, April 20, 2026
Bestselling novelist Alka Joshi to talk about new novel just after KC Pop-Up Book Group meeting.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
The "Mask of the Deer Woman" author event takes place on Nov. 18, and the KC Pop-Up Book Group on Dec. 3 at the Plaza Branch.
Sunday, September 7, 2025
Join the discussion on October 1 at the KC Pop-Up Book Group and meet the author on October 11 during the Heartland Book Festival.
Friday, March 7, 2025
The KC Pop-up Book Group has first community-wide conversation at the North-East Branch on March 29 at 1 p.m.
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
The decades-old FYI Book Club is now the KC Pop-Up Book Group.
Monday, April 22, 2024
NPR's Ari Shapiro is the author of this season's FYI Book Club selection.
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Winter FYI Book Club: "I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times" by Taylor Byas, 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award winner.
Monday, July 3, 2023
In war, amputees might be celebrated as heroes. But those with damaged faces endure a far different reception.
They “often caused feelings of revulsion and disgust,” says medical historian and author Lindsey Fitzharris. Her nonfiction book,...