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Mondays, May 13, 2024 - Jun 17, 2024
2:30pm
60 minutes
2 sessions remaining
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 
Mondays, May 13, 2024 - Oct 07, 2024
7:00pm
60 minutes
6 sessions remaining
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.
Tuesday May 14, 2024 at 6:30pm
90 minutes
Participez à des rencontres sociales pour discuter d’une grande variété de livres sélectionnés par les membres du club de lecture. Cette activité est ouverte à tous. Les personnes inscrites ont la responsabilité d’obtenir un exemplaire du livre à lire ou à écouter.
Le livre du mois est Première enquête de Maigret par Georges Simenon.
Thursday May 16, 2024 at 10:15am
75 minutes
Join us as we share the enjoyment of reading and discuss books in a relaxed atmosphere. All are welcome.
January 18 - The White Hare by Jane Johnson
February 15 - Woman, Watching : Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay by Merilyn Simonds
March 21 - The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce
April 18 - Different by Frans De Waal
May 16 - Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
The book club meets on the third Thursday of each month at 10:15-11:30 except July, August and December, when there is no meeting. You can place a hold on library copies in advance
Thursdays, May 16, 2024 - Jun 20, 2024
6:00pm
60 minutes
2 sessions remaining
New to independent reading?
Join our family book club and discover great reading suggestions to get you started and keep you going.
We will share favorites, listen to read-alouds and participate in book-related art activities.
For kids ages 6-8 and their adult reading partner.
Thursday May 16, 2024 at 6:30pm
60 minutes
Share the enjoyment of good mysteries in a relaxed atmosphere. Join us for our discussion on TBD. All are welcome!
Tuesday May 21, 2024 at 10:00am
60 minutes
Le Club de lecture RD est fier d'accueillir Michèle Vinet, auteure de chez nous. Son roman, Le malaimant, lauréat du Prix littéraire Trillium fut récemment le sujet de leur rencontre. Avec sa plume poétique, Michèle Vinet touche, ébranle et confronte. Ses romans nous aident à mettre en lumière les mystères de la vie.
Tuesdays, May 21, 2024 - Dec 17, 2024
11:00am
90 minutes
6 sessions remaining
Meet up with other book lovers in the neighborhood and chat about your latest reads.
January 16th - Rocket Men by Robert Kurson
February 20th - The Christie Affair by Nina Gramont
March 19th - Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
April 16th - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
May 21st - Blue by Danielle Steel
June 18th - At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
September 17th - The Promise of Canada by Charlotte Gray
October 15th - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
November 19th - Requiem by Frances Itani
December 17th - The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
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Wednesday May 22, 2024 at 6:00pm
60 minutes
Join 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.
Mondays, May 27, 2024 - Jun 17, 2024
7:00pm
90 minutes
2 sessions remaining
Partagez avec nous le plaisir des livres dans une ambiance détendue. Le 3e lundi soir de chaque mois. Bienvenue aux nouveaux venus.