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All of OPL’s staff recommendations in one page. You can browse the different lists based on topics, format or genres, or you can read some of the more detailed blog posts about specific items. If you can’t find what you are looking for, you can always #AskALibrarian online or in a branch!

 

Staff Blog / Arts and culture, Books and reading
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CBC's All in a Day Book Panel - December 2018

By Cat_Biblio

On December 3rd, 2018, CBC’s All in a Day book panel, Ann Archer of the Ottawa Public Library, and Sean...
Staff Blog / Teens

Holiday Reading List of 2018

By Collection_Development

Are you looking for reading--or listening!--suggestions for this holiday season? Here are some lists of new and favorite titles put...
Staff Blog / Books and reading

Esi Edugyan wins 2018 Giller for Washington Black

By CD_Librarian

Highly acclaimed internationally, Washington Black scores the biggest Canadian literary prize for Edugyan! Her last novel Half-Blood Blues won the...
Staff Blog / Arts and culture, Fiction, Stages and Pages
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Stages and Pages: Bed and Breakfast

By Shayna_library

Stages and Pages is an ongoing partnership created between the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) and the Great Canadian Theatre Company...