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  • A hand holds a file folder titled, "Top Secret Files". Une main tient un fichier nommé « Top Secret Files ».

    The Secret Chapter

    Cumberland
    Tuesday Apr 22, 2025 at 2:30pm (series runs until Jun 24, 2025)

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    Join us each month for discussions on mystery novels! From cold-blooded murders to humourous whodunnits, come meet fellow mystery enthusiasts as we chat about the pre-selected book.

    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 or audiobook, please click on the title link below to place a hold through your own account.

    SPRING SESSIONS ❀ Registration opens March3,  2025 ❀

    April 22: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga Tokarczuk
    May 20: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, by Jessie Q. Sutanto
    June 24: The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman

    PAST TITLES ❦ FALL 2024 - WINTER 2025 ❦

    September: Still Life, by Louise Penney
    October: Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone, by Benjamin Stevenson
    November: The Spy Coast, by Tess Gerritsen
    December: Treasure State, by C.J. Box
    January: The Turn of the Key, by Ruth Ware
    February: Dead Man's Grave, by Neil Lancaster
    March: The Woman in the Library, by Sulari Gentill

  • Reading Buddies

    Nepean Centrepointe
    Tuesday Apr 22, 2025 at 4:15pm (series runs until May 27, 2025)

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    Do you have a child in grades 1 to 4? ​Would you like them to boost their confidence and motivation to read?

    Join our weekly Reading Buddies program. ​Each child will be paired with a teen volunteer for ​fun and interactive, 30-minute read aloud sessions. ​

    Registration is required for this program. 

    To register, email: NepeanCentrepointe@biblioottawalibrary.ca

  • Reading Buddies

    Rosemount
    Tuesday Apr 22, 2025 at 5:00pm (series runs until May 13, 2025)

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    Do you have children ages 6 to 9?  ​Would you like them to read more? ​

    Join our weekly Reading Buddies program. ​Each child will be paired with a teen volunteer for ​fun and interactive, 30-minute read aloud sessions. ​

    Registration is required for this program. 

    To register, email: Rosemount@BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca   ​

  • Dungeons and Dragons

    Centennial
    Tuesday Apr 22, 2025 at 6:00pm

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    Join us for a session of Dungeons and Dragons. Beginners and experienced players welcome. Dungeons and Dragons is a fantasy role playing game in which your characters explore the world, solve puzzles and fight monsters.  ​

    Ages 9-12. Please register.​

  • Dungeons & Dragons

    Ruth E. Dickinson
    Tuesday Apr 22, 2025 at 6:30pm (series runs until May 27, 2025)

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    For ages 13-17.  Interested in playing D&D?  Then join us for a D&D adventure.  Dungeons and Dragons is a fantasy role playing game in which your characters explore the world, solve puzzles and fight monsters.  Spaces limited.
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    Housing for the Elderly (Presented by the Ontario Legal Information Centre)

    Ruth E. Dickinson
    Wednesday Apr 23, 2025 at 11:00am

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    Presented by the Ontario Legal Information Centre, this workshop is all about housing for the elderly, such as room, apartment and care home leases. Sign up to learn more about this topic for yourself or for a loved one.

  • One eRead Canada 2025: Valid by Chris Bergeron

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    Wednesday Apr 23, 2025 at 7:00pm
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    One eRead Canada is a digital book club connecting readers and libraries from across Canada.

    This year’s One eRead Canada pick is Valid by Chris Bergeron, with the English version translated by Natalia Hero. 

    The author, Chris Bergeron, will sit down with host Mattea Roach (CBC radio host of Bookends and Jeopardy! superstar) on April 23rd at 7 pm (EST) to discuss their book.

    Date: Wednesday April 23, 2025

    Time: 7 pm (EST) to 8 pm (EST)

    Location: Online. Zoom link required

    Language: English

    Ages: Young adult and Adult

    About Valid 

    Set in a disturbingly transfigured Montreal in the year 2050, Valid is a monologue delivered over the span of eight hours by Christelle, a seventy-year-old trans woman forced to live as a man in order to survive. Speaking to her captor, an ever–more powerful AI, she turns the tables and mounts her own revolution by showing her truest self. Part autofiction, part dystopic speculation on an all-too-possible future characterized by corporate power, ecological collapse, and political havoc, Valid is an ambitious work that is as much philosophical as it is confessional. 

    About Chris Bergeron 

    Chris Bergeron is diverse and fluid: after beginning a career in journalism and eventually winding up at the helm of the weekly cultural magazine Voir, she now dedicates her artistic vitality to Cossette, a leading global marketing agency.

    She offers speaking engagements on leadership, diversity, inclusion, and trans rights. Chris lives in Montreal.

    About Mattea Roach
    Mattea Roach is the host of Bookends, an author interview show airing on CBC Radio and major podcasting platforms. They previously hosted The Backbench, a federal politics panel show, for Canadaland. Prior to becoming a journalist, Mattea appeared on the game show Jeopardy!, winning 23 consecutive games at age 23 and becoming the most successful Canadian contestant to ever appear on the program.

    Join the Conversation 

    Join the Facebook group and the follow One eRead Canada on Instagram OneeReadCanada to chat about the book with other people across Canada who are also reading Valid. 
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    Memory Café

    Rosemount
    Thursday Apr 24, 2025 at 1:00pm (series runs until Jun 26, 2025)

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    An open house for persons with dementia, their care partners, and families. This program is drop-in, but if you choose to register you will receive a reminder email.

    Fun and stimulating mental activities are planned to enhance the social interactions and connections built within the group. Light snacks and warm drinks are served alongside items that aim to spark conversations and reminiscing. 

    Conversation themes

    • January 30: Working 9 to 5​
    • February 27: The 1950's ​
    • March 27: Country Life 
    • April 24: Childhood Games
    • May 29: Food for Thought
    • June 26: School Days

  • Tween S.T.E.A.M (Engineering and Math)

    Greenboro
    Thursday Apr 24, 2025 at 4:00pm (series runs until May 01, 2025)

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    Hey Tweens! Join us after school for S.T.E.A.M fun.  This session we will be looking at Engineering and Math.

    8-12 years old.

    Registration required

  • Carleton Poetic Society - Poetry Workshop

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

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    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.