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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.

  • Wednesdays, Oct 02, 2024 - Jun 04, 2025
    2:00pm
    90 minutes

    9 sessions remaining

    Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere!

    Sept-June.

    1st Wednesday of the month. 

    January 2025 session will be held January 8th. 

    September 2024 - June 2025 Selections

    September 4th :
    Truth Be Told by Beverley McLachlin

    October 2nd:
    After Lives by Abdulrazak Gurnah

    November 6th:
    The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

    December 4th:
    The Adversary by Michael Crummey

    January 8th:
    What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

    February 5th:
    Erebus by Michael Palin

    March 5th:
    The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict

    April 2nd :
    Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson

    May 7th:
    The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

    June 4th:
    The Future by Catherine Leroux

     

  • Meet a lawyer of the  Ontario Legal Information Centre in person

    Wednesdays, Oct 02, 2024 - Nov 06, 2024
    5:00pm
    180 minutes

    2 sessions remaining

    Are you dealing with a legal situation? 

    The lawyer of the Ontario Legal Information Centre is available on-site to provide legal information and answer your questions.

    First come, first served.

    Vous faites face à une situation juridique?

    Profitez sur place de l'appui d'une avocate du Centre d'information juridique de l'Ontario pour obtenir de l'information juridique et des réponses à vos questions.

    1 arrivé, 1 servi

  • hand holding mahjong tiles on green table

    Thursdays, Oct 03, 2024 - Mar 20, 2025
    10:30am
    120 minutes

    12 sessions remaining

    Join fellow mahjong players for a friendly game in a congenial environment.  Drop-in program, no registration required.

  • Thursdays, Oct 03, 2024 - Dec 05, 2024
    2:30pm
    60 minutes

    3 sessions remaining

    Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere. All are welcome! Drop-in program.

    This group meets the first Thursday of the month  2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

    July 4  "A World Elsewhere" by Wayne Johnston

    August 1  "The Lincoln Highway" by Amor Towles

    September 5 "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" by Muriel Barbery

    October 3 "Peacekeeper's Daughter" by Tanya Bellehumeur-Allat

    November 7 "Fire Weather: the Making of the Beast" by John Vaillant

    December 5 "Fleishman is in Trouble" by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

  • Fridays, Oct 04, 2024 - Mar 07, 2025
    1:30pm
    90 minutes

    5 sessions remaining

    Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere at the Hazeldean Library.

    Join us for discussions on the first Friday of every month.

    September 13: Meet & Greet - Talk about our summer reading

    October 4: "All Things Consoled" by Elizabeth Hay (Memoir)

    November 1: "Light Between Oceans" by M.L. Stedman (Fiction)

    December 6: "State of Terror" by Hillary Clinton & Louise Penny (Fiction)

    No Meeting in January

    February 7: "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline (Canadian)

    March 7: "Cul-de-Sac" by Joy Fielding (Canadian-Mystery)

    April 4: "Looking for Jane" by Heather Marshall (Canadian)

    May 2: "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Canadian-Fiction)

    June 6: "The Dinner" by Herman Koch (Fiction) 

  • Société Historique d'Ottawa: La Patente

    Saturday Oct 05, 2024 at 1:00pm
    60 minutes

    Comme les catholiques irlandais, avec les Chevaliers de Colomb, et les protestants anglais, avec leurs loges maçonniques et l'Ordre d'Orange, le Canada français avait sa propre société secrète : l' Ordre de Jacques-Cartier .

    Communément appelé « La Patente », l'Ordre fut établi en 1926 dans l'est d'Ottawa et deviendra, pendant cinq décennies, l'épée et le bouclier de tout le Canada français.

    Conférencier invité: Hugues Théorêt ,  Auteur de La Patente l'Ordre de Jacques-Cartier, le dernier bastion du Canada français

    Organisé par la Société d'histoire d'Ottawa

    Présentation en français, aucune inscription requise

  • Monday Oct 07, 2024 at 1:00pm
    120 minutes

    Participants will explore what’s involved (practically, emotionally, and financially) in considering whether they can or should stay in their current home, and which home modifications might ease their lives now and allow them to stay in their homes longer. ​

    Registration limited. Please pre-register online.

  • Mondays, Oct 07, 2024 - Dec 02, 2024
    6:00pm
    120 minutes

    3 sessions remaining

    Come and share your writing and participate in guided writing activities with other writers in the neighborhood. Writers of all genres and skill levels are welcome. 

  • Monday Oct 07, 2024 at 6:30pm
    90 minutes

    Adults are welcome to join as we learn how to create unique designs with this meditative art form. Zentangle is a form of art that involves drawing patterns and lines. Supplies and instructions are provided. 

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    Mondays, Oct 07, 2024 - Dec 16, 2024
    6:30pm
    120 minutes

    3 sessions remaining

    Join us monthly at the Beaverbrook Branch for an evening of crafting. Bring your knitting, crochet, embroidery, felting and sewing projects and work on them in the company of fellow crafters. Share tips and techniques and show of your projects if you like!  All are welcome!