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Some in-branch programs require registration with your library card. Please log in with your library account or follow this link to apply for a card online. You can also apply for a card in person at any of our 33 locations.

  • Thursday Apr 24, 2025 at 6:00pm

    Create your own spring birds out of papier mâché! In the first session, we will be making the bodies. In the second we will be painting and decorating them. Ages 4+.

  • Thursday Apr 24, 2025 at 6:00pm

    Learn to crochet at the Carlingwood Library! With the help of an instructor, you will be guided through the steps to make a crochet bird that you can then take home with you. 

    All supplies and equipment will be provided. No prior crochet experience necessary. 

    This program is intended for teens.

    Registration is limited. Please pre-register online. 

  • Thursday Apr 24, 2025 at 6:00pm (series runs until Jun 26, 2025)

    Join the Carleton Poetic Society on the last Thursday of every month at the Sunnyside Library for a series of themed creative writing workshops. The Carleton Poetic Society’s events are free to attend and open to the public. All levels of poets/writers are welcome! For more information, please contact them on Instagram @thepoeticsocietycu or poeticssociety@gmail.com.

  • Thursday Apr 24, 2025 at 6:30pm (series runs until Jun 26, 2025)

    Sorry this event and its waiting list are full

    Do you love to write? Is writing the air you breathe, or is there ink in your veins?

    The Stittsville Creative Writing Group is a collection of people who love to write.

    We meet weekly to read from text we have written on our own time during the previous week, and engage in other writing activities.

    This is not a class on writing, or a workshop for manuscripts. Instead, we are people who love to write and share our works. 

    There are those who mostly listen rather than write, those who write prolifically but only share with the group, and a broad spectrum in between.

    If your interest is in the love of writing, this group may be for you.

  • Thursday Apr 24, 2025 at 6:30pm

    Join talented members of the Stittsville Creative Writing Group community as they present their stories for your enjoyment.

    We are writers: we dream what the engineer builds, and the scientist discovers. We are mystics and mad people, poets and prophets. We are schemers and dreams, and storytellers. We invite you to hear our tales.

    This event will be taking place in the Grace Thompson room.

  • Thursday Apr 24, 2025 at 7:00pm

    Le plus grand club de lecture au Canada est de retour! En avril 2025, empruntez le roman Valide de Chris Bergeron en livre numérique et rejoignez des lecteurs et lectrices de partout au Canada pour des discussions enrichissantes et des échanges passionnants.

    Rencontres avec Chris Bergeron, 24 avril.

    Soyez des nôtres, le 24 avril de 19 h à 20 h, pour une discussion en ligne avec Chris Bergeron. Plongez dans les secrets de l'écriture de son roman et profitez de cette occasion pour poser vos questions à l'autrice. Utilisez ce lien pour participer à l'événement.

    Le roman

    Valide nous transporte à Montréal, en 2045, et raconte l’histoire d’une femme transgenre qui entame une révolution personnelle contre David, une intelligence artificielle toute-puissante qui contrôle tous les aspects de la société.

    Roman autobiographique de science-fiction aux accents cyberpunk, Valide défie les genres de plus d’une façon. Chris Bergeron propose avec ce premier livre une œuvre de fiction qui revisite son passé, son propre parcours de transition, tout en tournant un regard vers l’avenir et ses potentialités.

    Comment participer?

    Du 1er au 30 avril 2025, joignez-vous à nous pour une expérience littéraire inspirante. Que vous préfériez lire ou écouter, participez en téléchargeant le livre Valide dans sa version numérique ou audionumérique sur Pretnumerique.ca. Vous pouvez également découvrir la traduction anglaise sur OverDrive. Le livre sera offert en accès illimité sans liste d’attente, ainsi tout le monde pourra le lire en même temps.

    Durant votre lecture, échangez avec d’autres personnes en ligne sur la page Facebook Un livrel Canada ou le compte Instagram Un livrel One eRead Canada. Partagez vos impressions et découvrez de nouvelles perspectives sur ce roman unique.

    L’autrice

    Chris Bergeron est multiple, fluide : après des débuts en journalisme qui l’ont menée à la direction de l’hebdo culturel Voir, elle a mis sa sensibilité artistique au service des plus grandes agences de pub, occupant aujourd’hui le poste de vice-présidente chez Cossette, agence de marketing et de communication. Elle offre également des conférences sur les thèmes du leadership, de la diversité, de l’inclusion et des droits des personnes trans.

    Une entrevue en anglais avec l’autrice aura aussi lieu le 23 avril à 19 h. Inscrivez-vous.

    À propos d’Un livrel Canada

    Lancée en 2019, Un livrel Canada est une initiative annuelle du Conseil des bibliothèques urbaines du Canada visant à promouvoir la lecture numérique dans les bibliothèques publiques, tout en sensibilisant la population aux problèmes auxquels les bibliothèques sont confrontées pour fournir un accès aux livres numériques et audionumériques.

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    Thursday Apr 24, 2025 at 7:00pm (series runs until May 29, 2025)

    Join us once a month for lively discussions on books in a variety of genres and voices.

    Cover to Cover has two groups reading the same books at different times of the year. By registering for this program, you are registering for a Thursday evening session. Please register for each session you would like to participate in.

    When you register, a physical copy will already be available to you! If you are on the waitlist, or if you would prefer a different format such as an e-book, audiobook, or large print (if available), please click on the title link below to place a hold through your own account.

    To register for a Tuesday morning session, please visit Cover to Cover: Daybreak Discussion.

    SPRING SESSIONS ❀ Registration opens March 3, 2025 ❀
    April 24: Klara and the Sun, by Keigo Ishiguro
    May 29: Yellowface, by R.F. Kuang
     

    PAST TITLES ❦ FALL 2024 - WINTER 2025 ❦
    September: Starter Villain, by John Scalzi
    October: The Librarianist, by Patrick DeWitt
    November: This Time Tomorrow, by Emma Straub
    December: This Is How You Lose The Time War, by Amal Al-Mohtar
    January: The Innocents, by Michael Crummey
    February: Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus
    March: The Theory of Crows, by David Robertson

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    Friday Apr 25, 2025 at 10:00am

    Sorry this event and its waiting list are full

    Lets have fun exploring watercolour painting using watercolour markers. No experience needed. For beginners.

    Amusons-nous en explorant les crayons feutres à l'aquarelle. Aucune expérience requise. Pour débutants.  

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    Friday Apr 25, 2025 at 2:00pm

    We are told: don't write down passwords; don't reuse passwords; make passwords long and complex. Chris Taylor, President of the Ottawa PC Users' Group will show how to use free software that stores all your usernames and passwords along with related information and protects them with a single, very strong password. Don't let your online accounts get compromised. It's easy and free. 

    Registration required

  • A picture of a book, notepad and a coffee mug
    Saturday Apr 26, 2025 at 10:30am

    Did you know that 2025 marks the 95th anniversary of the publication of the first Nancy Drew novel? We will be joined by local author, Nancy Lauzon, for a discussion on all things Nancy Drew, from the origins of the series to Nancy Drew Sleuth conventions!  Nancy will also bring her varied Nancy Drew collection for perusing. We hope to see you there!​