Join in stimulating discussions on selected titles in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere on the last Friday of the month.
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Fridays, Apr 26, 2024 - May 31, 2024
2:00pm
60 minutes2 sessions remaining
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Fridays, May 10, 2024 - Jun 14, 2024
1:30pm
90 minutes2 sessions remaining
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Meet new people and join in discussions on selected titles in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere every second Friday of the month. Newcomers are welcome.
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Mondays, May 13, 2024 - Oct 07, 2024
7:00pm
60 minutes6 sessions remaining
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This is a book club, conversation space and community for parents or caregivers of little people who are looking for shared connection on the struggles and joys of parenting. Sleepless nights, big emotions, stepping on a toy car that feels like a shard of glass and surprise jam on your best work shirt, parenting is not always the social media perfect picnic it is cracked up to be. At the same time you love them to bits and are trying to merge the life before them with your current reality while also keeping all the balls in the air and doing your best to raise kind and thoughtful humans amidst a crazy and changing world.
Explore concepts of parenting, identity and the ever present “mom or dad guilt”.
If you don’t have time to read the book, still come! Chill vibes and welcoming space.
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Fridays, May 17, 2024 - Jun 21, 2024
2:00pm
60 minutes2 sessions remaining
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Do you enjoy reading mysteries? Share the enjoyment of good mysteries in a relaxed atmosphere. Join us for discussion usually every third Friday of the month.
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Wednesday May 22, 2024 at 6:00pm
60 minutesJoin us for the ultimate armchair travel around Europe. The European Book Club is offered in partnership with European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) in Ottawa to promote contemporary European authors and their works. A book title from an EU country is selected for discussion each month.
Author Viveca Sten will be in attendance.
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Mondays, Jun 17, 2024 - Dec 16, 2024
6:30pm
60 minutes4 sessions remaining
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Happiness Habits 613 and Ottawa Public Library present: Happiness Book Club
Meet new people and join in discussions on selected non-fiction titles in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.
April title: The Happiness Project, Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin
Happiness Habits 613 is a grassroots crew in Ottawa cultivating healthy habits using the 9 pillars of happiness: altruism, connection, gratitude, movement, mindfulness, minimalism, nature, nutrition and purpose.