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Featured event:

Parent-Baby Connections

Join us for a virtual conversation among parents to share stories about raising young children. Explore easy and fun new ideas for creating unique connections...

Thursday Oct 22, 2020 at 2:30pm / until Nov 19, 2020
Youth telling stories on stage

Youth Storytelling Workshop

Each child participating will have the opportunity to explore, learn and develop a personal style of storytelling in a creative and supportive on-line environment. Story selection,...

Online

Sunday Oct 25, 2020 at 9:30am / until Nov 22, 2020

Love From Afar | Shakespearean Mashup | A digital comic

Online on OPL's YouTube from October 5th through October 29th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrW2lMLziJY

Enjoy an animated comic by Ottawa’s Company of Fools entitled Love From Afar. This...

Various dates and times.

Telling True Stories --a Two-part Workshop with Moira Farr

Do you want to make your writing more effective?  Fictional technique is important for bringing your memoir or story to life for readers.  Join Moira...

Online

Saturday Oct 24, 2020 at 10:00am

Online Storytime

Join us online for live stories, songs and rhymes, for children ages 6 and under. Click on the green button to launch the program on Zoom:

Tuesday Oct 27, 2020 at 10:00am / until Nov 10, 2020
There’s no doubt that these times are a challenge. Perhaps you are relying on others for grocery delivery, or doing o Find out more

Honey & Cider Roasted Root Vegetable Cobbler

Join Chef Bruce Wood to watch his demo of a delicious vegetarian dish. Roasted with a number of other roots, cider and honey, the parsnips...

Online

Wednesday Oct 21, 2020 at 12:30pm
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Week 10, October 19 - 25, 2020 Find out more

National Book Launch: Love After the End with Joshua Whitehead

Join us for the national launch of Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit

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Online

Thursday Oct 22, 2020 at 7:30pm

Seniors Fitness Class Online: Restorative Exercises for Balance/Core/Back

Do you find yourself losing balance and falling? Do you lean over? Join Cassie Love, Essential Movement Specialist to go over the muscles to strengthen...

Online

Friday Oct 23, 2020 at 10:00am
Tech Café Logo showing parts of computer keyboard, smart phone and camera
The Ottawa Public Library is happy to announce an exciting new session at its Tech Café. Find out more

Tech Café : What is iCloud ?

In this third presentation on using your Apple devices, Dave Rostenne and Tom Leroux, experts in Apple products, and organizers of the BYMUG, the Bytown...

Online

Monday Oct 26, 2020 at 10:00am
Web Banner for Bywords 2020 John Newlove Poetry Award

Bywords 2020 John Newlove Poetry Award

Join us for the launch of What the Haruspex Read in the Small Hours of My

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Online

Monday Oct 26, 2020 at 7:30pm
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