Library

To ensure that visitors may enjoy a safe and pleasant library experience, the library policies below have been established and adopted by the Library Advisory Board and approved by the Homer City Council. 

Special events for tweens and teens at the library throughout October! Hang out at the library, meet friends, have fun!

Thursday, Oct 26, 4:30-6pm: Spooktacular Fun! Make spooky and silly lanterns for Halloween. Halloween costumes welcome!

Special events for tweens and teens at the library throughout October! Hang out at the library, meet friends, have fun!

Wednesday, Oct 11, 4:45-5:45: Teen advisory board meeting and book reviews! Learn how you can help the library and write a book review for library displays!

Special events for tweens and teens at the library throughout October! Hang out at the library, meet friends, have fun!

Monday, Oct. 2, 4:45-5:45pm: Rock painting! We'll supply the materials, you supply the creativity!

Bring your questions, ideas, and lunch (if desired) for an informal conversation with a different Homer City Council Member each month.

Join the Friends of the Homer Public Library and local author Robert Stark as we discuss his new book, Warflower: A True Story of Family, Service and Life in Alaska.

Thursday, October 26th, 6:30 -7:30pm

Join the Friends of the Homer Public Library and Alaskan author John Messick as we discuss his new book, Compass Lines: Journeys Toward Home. 

Friday, October 6th, 6-7pm

Fireplace Reading Lounge and over Zoom!

Thursday, September 14^th @ 6pm - Assembly (Homer, Mayor)

Monday, September 18^th @ 6pm – Homer City Council

KDLL, The Peninsula Clarion and Central Peninsula League of Women Voters are hosting live candidate forums ahead of the Oct. 3 municipal election. Attend in person at community libraries around the peninsula or tune in to KDLL 91.9 FM on Mondays and Thursdays throughout September to hear candidates for city councils, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly and Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education...

For elementary aged kids. Join the children's staff at the library for fun activities each week on Thursday from 3:30-4:30. Each month, we'll highlight a different theme!

April: Readers' Theater! Get dramatic with a story!

Thursday, October 26th at 3:00 PM AKDT

You are in for a treat when you join us for an intimate conversation with John Irving as he chats about not only his most recent novel, The Last Chairlift, but also about his prolific body of work and a lifetime spent writing. Irving’s first novel was published when he was just twenty-six years old. He has gone on to be nominated for a National Book Award three times and won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay...