Choo choo! All aboard for STEAM Storytime!
Join us for hands-on activities and stories to explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM).
Registration required. For ages 3-4 and their adult co-learner.
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.
-
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025 at 10:30am (series runs until May 27, 2025) -
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025 at 2:30pm (series runs until Jun 24, 2025)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 OsmanPAST 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 -
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025 at 4:15pm (series runs until May 27, 2025)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
-
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025 at 5:00pm (series runs until May 13, 2025)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
-
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025 at 6:00pmJoin 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.
-
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025 at 6:30pm (series runs until May 27, 2025)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.
-
Wednesday Apr 23, 2025 at 11:00amPresented 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.
-
Wednesday Apr 23, 2025 at 5:15pm (series runs until Jun 18, 2025)
The program aims to help children practice and improve their reading skills! Children will receive individualized reading help and encouragement. Ages 6-12. Registration Required | Ce programme contribue au développement de la lecture chez les jeunes en favorisant l'accompagnement comme moyen privilégié d'apprentissage et le partage. Pour les 6-12 ans. Inscription requise.
-
OnlineWednesday Apr 23, 2025 at 7:00pmOne 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.
-
Thursday Apr 24, 2025 at 1:00pm (series runs until Jun 26, 2025)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