Join author Michael Stewart each month to discuss an element of writer's craft followed by a generative prompt and sharing. Hone your craft. Dig deeper into your manuscript. Meet other writers.

All stages and styles of writer welcome, 16+

Come prepare to write.

Join as Rockcliffe Park to hear the inaugural presentation of  "I Started with Nothing and Have Most of it Left: How my Kids and I Established a Solar-Powered Homestead on 100 acres with a few Dollars and a Dream" from Paul Heztler - author, arborist, who lives entirely off-grid and frequently off the wall.

Paul  will outline his family's joyful, muddled journey of buying a decrepit 1898-ca. house and 100 magical, rugged acres to live off the land to a great extent for 20 years. They salvaged lumber and hardware to construct no-cost outbuildings; begged, borrowed, and bought a mishmash solar panels one at a time; and plugged into support from the wider community while falling deeply in love with the freedom offered by a "Neanderthal" lifestyle.

His writing has appeared in Highlights for Children, Prime Number magazine, and was featured in the British medical journal The Lancet.  As a published author his books such as "Shady Characters, Plant Vampires, Caterpillar Soup, Leprechaun Trees, and Other Hilarities of the Natural World", are filled with an equal amount of humour and interesting facts. 

Adults. Drop-in event. English.

Drop in and practice your English through social conversation and fun group activities. All languages and cultural backgrounds welcome.

Need help with your income taxes? Register now with your OPL library card and let our community volunteer take care of your tax return this year.

The Cumberland branch will be offering free English tax clinics for individuals with modest incomes and simple tax situations. Business taxes will not be accepted. Expect appointments to run about 45 minutes.

Clinics will run Tuesday and Thursday evenings beginning March 21st, with additional hours during the day of Wednesday, March 29th. More dates may be added depending on the demand.

If you do not already have a valid library card, you can obtain one online here, or by visiting any of our 33 branches.