Library News

Accessible from the Quarrier Street side, it is open 8:30am - 8:00pm Monday through Thursday and 8:30am - 5:00pm Friday and Saturday.

1. Choose Charleston - Drive Up Window as the pickup location when placing your hold.
2. Your hold is NOT available until it

The Pop-Up Library Service will not be at the Booker T. Washington Community Center (24 Wyatt Street, London, WV 25126) on Tuesday, November 8th. The location will be used as a polling place. We will resume service on Tuesday, November 15th.

The 2022 West Virginia Book Festival will be held at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center on October 21 and 22, featuring bestselling authors Elin Hilderbrand, C.J. Box, V.E. Schwab, and Marc Brown, as well as local authors Charlie Ryan and Mitch Evans.

A KCPL library card is... out of this world!

If you sign up for a new card, add or verify your email, or update your information or privilege at your branch during the month of September, you may pick out a sticker.

The 2022 West Virginia Book Festival will be held at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center on October 21 and 22, featuring bestselling authors Elin Hilderbrand, C.J. Box, V.E.

We can accept donations of gently-used books, CDs, and DVDs at any of our KCPL locations.

Actress and hometown heroine Jennifer Garner shares her excitement about the re-opening of Kanawha County Public Library's Main Branch.

The St. Albans Branch of the Kanawha County Public Library has been awarded $10,000 of grant funding by the BB&T, now Truist, West Virginia Foundation to support efforts to install a new elevator at the library.

Effective immediately, KCPL has retired its Mobile Library due to ongoing maintenance issues. Bookmobile service will not be available until a replacement vehicle can be purchased.

Riverside Public Library Reopens

The West Virginia Book Festival announced today that its 2021 event will be offered in a virtual format due to risks associated with the coronavirus pandemic.  Originally, the Book Festival was to be held at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center, but will now be hosted online on Octo

The Kanawha County Public Library system is excited to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website: kcpls.org.