Birmingham Public Library is hosting its first Bards & Brews poetry slam of 2026 on Jan. 9. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. at ...

Miles College student Shelly Millender, standing in suit, is shown during an effort to desegregate the public library in Birmingham, Ala., on April 10, 1963. Millender, a Black Army veteran who helped ...

The Birmingham Public Library and Books-A-Million are presenting an event featuring New York Times bestselling author and ...

Today marks the last day of work for 158 Birmingham Public Library employees who have been put on furlough, and it also marks the last day to find homes for the animals who lived at the library ...

Birmingham's venerable public library is answering the call and reaching out -- delivering sought-after research to women from California to Tennessee to Florida on topics ranging from immigration to ...

A record 100,000 people visited the £188 million Library of Birmingham during the Commonwealth Games period from July 28 to August 8. But that total also equates to the plummeting number of books ...