Are you new to independent reading? Need help finding something fun and exciting to read? Join us to discuss a variety of titles and share with us some of your favourites.
Ages 7-9. Registration required.
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Wednesdays, Oct 23, 2024 - Dec 18, 2024
4:00pm
45 minutes3 sessions remaining
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Wednesdays, Oct 23, 2024 - Dec 11, 2024
6:00pm
60 minutes3 sessions remaining
Learn to code with Scratch!
Ages 9-12. Registration required.
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Friday Oct 25, 2024 at 2:30pm
60 minutesAre you a new library user and want to learn about what we offer at the Ottawa Public Library? Have you been an OPL member for years, but want to learn more about our collections, services, and programs? Join us to discover what you can access at your local library branch, and have a chance at winning some OPL merch! Registration encouraged but drop-ins always welcome.
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Friday Nov 01, 2024 at 2:30pm
60 minutesSorry this event is full
Join us for a relaxing afternoon, with a craft and a cup of tea. All supplies will be provided. All skill levels welcome. In this session, we will be working with cotton cord to create macrame key chains.
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2500 CampeauMonday Nov 04, 2024 at 7:00pm
minutesJoin Eisner Award winning cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks as she dives into the process of making comics, from script to drawing and beyond. She will show young creators how they too can make comics. The only tools needed are a pencil, paper and an idea! Faith will also give a drawing demonstration with audience participation.
This workshop is aimed at teens ages 13-18.
Faith Erin Hicks is a writer and artist living in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her published works include The Adventures of Superhero Girl, Friends with Boys, The Nameless City trilogy, Pumpkinheads (with Rainbow Rowell), One Year at Ellsmere and the young adult novel Comics Will Break Your Heart. She has won two Eisner Awards, and Pumpkinheads was a New York Times bestseller.
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Tuesdays, Nov 05, 2024 - Dec 10, 2024
10:15am
30 minutes6 sessions remaining
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Stories, rhymes and songs for toddlers 19-36 months and a parent/caregiver. Drop-in.
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Tuesdays, Nov 05, 2024 - Dec 10, 2024
11:00am
30 minutes6 sessions remaining
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Stories, rhymes and songs for babies and a parent or caregiver. Ages 0-18 months. Drop-in program.
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Tuesday Nov 05, 2024 at 2:00pm
75 minutesSorry this event is full
The Beaverbrook Branch is excited to welcome author Charlotte Gray, one of Canada's best known non-fiction writers, to talk about her most recent work, Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt.
The presentation will be followed by a Q & A and book signing with the author.
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Charlotte Gray, a graduate of Oxford University and LSE, is one of Canada’s best known non-fiction writers. In twelve bestsellers, including biographies such as Sisters in the Wilderness and Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life of Alexander Graham Bell and intriguing narratives such as Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike and The Massey Murder, she has brought our past to vivid life. She has won many awards for her work, including the prestigious Pierre Berton Award for a body of historical writing and the UBC Medal for Biography. Charlotte is an adjunct professor at Carleton University, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Member of the Order of Canada. She lives in Ottawa.
Presented in partnership with CFUW - Kanata and Perfect Books.
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Wednesdays, Nov 06, 2024 - Dec 11, 2024
2:00pm
30 minutes6 sessions remaining
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Stories, rhymes and songs for babies and a parent or caregiver. Ages 0-18 months. Drop-in program.
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Wednesdays, Nov 06, 2024 - Dec 11, 2024
2:30pm
30 minutes6 sessions remaining
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Following Babytime, join us to play and chat! There will be self-directed activities and toys for parents/caregivers and babies. Drop-in program.