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Nepean Centerpointe Book Club

Nepean Centrepointe

Thursdays, Jun 13, 2024 - Feb 13, 2025
1:30pm
90 minutes
9 sessions remaining

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Come meet to enjoy and discuss a wide variety of books selected by book club members. All are welcome!

Every second Thursday of the month from 1.30pm to 3.00pm.

Here's what we're reading in 2024/2025:
- March 14: Dead Wake by Eric Larson
- April 11: Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
- May 9: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
- June 6: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Start-Up by John Carreyrou
- July 11: Mansions of the Moon by Shyam Selvadurai
- August 8: Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
- September 12: On the Ravine by Vincent Lam
- October 10: The Story of Us by Catherine Hernandez
- November 14: Snow by John Banville
- December 12: Three Holidays and a Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin
- January 9: A Newfoundlander in Canada by Alan Doyle
- February 13: The Drowning Woman by Robin Harding
Mysterious Book Society: A Middle Grade Book Club

Sunnyside

Thursday Jun 13, 2024 at 6:30pm
60 minutes

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This club meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month. (Due to March Break, the meeting will be pushed to March 21st.)

Come share the enjoyment of reading books with other kids ages 9-12!

Each meeting we will have a book battle to choose the book we will be reading that month.

Registration required (up to 8 participants).
Orléans Book Chats

Orléans

Thursday Jun 13, 2024 at 7:00pm
60 minutes

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Share the enjoyment of good books in an informal and relaxed atmosphere. Second Thursday of every month. New members welcome.

April 2024: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

May 2024: Violeta by Isabel Allende

June 2024: What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam Chancy
Sunnyside 2nd Friday Book Club

Sunnyside

Friday Jun 14, 2024 at 1:30pm
90 minutes

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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.
Blackburn Hamlet Book Chat

Blackburn Hamlet

Monday Jun 17, 2024 at 2:00pm
60 minutes

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Members of the Blackburn Hamlet Book Club meet to enjoy and discuss a wide variety of books selected by book club members. All welcome!

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May 13*, 2024 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

*Date changed due to Victoria Day

June 17, 2024 The Red Tent by Anita Diamont
Stittsville Branch Afternoon book club

Stittsville

Mondays, Jun 17, 2024 - Dec 16, 2024
2:30pm
90 minutes
7 sessions remaining

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The Stittsville Library Book Club meet on the third Monday of most months and read a variety of fiction and non-fiction books. Registration is required.
What's Cooking? Cookbook Club

Cumberland

Monday Jun 17, 2024 at 2:30pm
60 minutes

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Do you love browsing through cookbooks and trying new recipes? Then come and meet with other food enthusiasts and put a cookbook to the test! Each month will be a different cookbook! We will then make recipes at home and share comments on the results with the group.

No need to put a hold on a copy! You will get the cookbooks at the meetings.

Cookbook for April Cookbook for May
Happiness Book Club

Sunnyside

Mondays, Jun 17, 2024 - Dec 16, 2024
6:30pm
60 minutes
4 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.
Get Your Summer Read On Day!

Rideau

Saturday Jun 22, 2024 at 10:00am
120 minutes

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Join us for fun activities and creative crafts as we celebrate the launch of the 2024 TD Summer Reading Club! You can register for the Club and track your reading all summer long! All ages. Drop-in.

Joignez-vous à nous pour des activités amusantes et des bricolages créatifs à l'occasion du lancement du Club de lecture d'été TD 2024 ! Vous pouvez vous inscrire au Club et faire le suivi de vos lectures tout au long de l'été ! Pour tous les âges. Portes ouvertes.
Hand Lettering for Beginners

Hazeldean

Saturday Jun 22, 2024 at 2:30pm
60 minutes

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Learn the basics of lettering. Create beautiful, fun, and elegant hand lettering with the use of brush, crayola and sharpie markers.