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Are you a new entrepreneur? Are you thinking of starting a business? Do you want to network with entrepreneurs in...

Join us for Ottawa Public Library’s Teen Tech Week Film Festival! The Teen Tech Week Film Festival is the official...

Celebrate the 20 th anniversary of National Poetry Month at the Ottawa Public Library! On Monday, April 30, join us...

On Saturday, May 5 and Sunday May 6, the Main Branch of the Ottawa Public Library is hosting its very...

Are you curious about cooking with the Instant Pot, the Ottawa-invented multi-cooker everyone seems to be talking about these days?...

Do you love writing short fiction? Are you 50 years old or more? Then put pen to paper or fire...

Happy National Bookmobile Day! On April 11th, we celebrate this wonderful service that has been reducing barriers to accessing library...

Did you know that the reason April is National Poetry Month has to do with T. S. Eliot, and tax...

Join us for workshops on how to start a business, how to open a food business in Ottawa, and how...

Stéphanie Plante is an OPL guest blogger and a great library supporter. In 2017, she and her son Ian visited...