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  • Dickinson Reads

    Les mercredis, 11 octobre, 2023 - 12 juin, 2024
    10 h 00
    60 minutes

    9 sessions restantes

    We meet to enjoy lively good-natured discussions of a wide variety of books selected by our members. All assessments, interpretations, and opinions are valued and respected. Everyone is welcome!​

  • Le mercredi 11 octobre à 11 h
    60 minutes

    Discover what you can do with your library card!

    Join this 1-hour hands-on session to learn to search the library catalogue, manage your library account online, and access the many services and resources available.

    Register to ensure your spot.

    The program will be held in the computer lab on the lower level of the Nepean Centrepointe library.

  • Les mercredis, 11 octobre, 2023 - 8 novembre, 2023
    14 h 00
    60 minutes

    2 sessions restantes

    Learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones in case of emergency. 

    • September 13th - Ottawa Paramedic Service
    • October 11th - Ottawa Fire Services
    • November 8th - Canadian Red Cross
  • Book Club

    Les mercredis, 11 octobre, 2023 - 12 juin, 2024
    15 h 00
    75 minutes

    9 sessions restantes

    Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere in person, in the afternoon.  This group meets every second Wednesday of the month (September to June) See link below for this year's selections:

    September 13: The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks

    October 11: Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

    November 8: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

    December 13: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

    January 10: Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

    February 14: Women Talking by Miriam Toews

    March 13: Lady Byron & Her Daughters by Julia Markus

    April 10: Bluebird by Genevieve Graham

    May 8: This Other Eden by Paul Harding

    June 12 (meeting outside library): Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in A Transgender Family by Amanda Jetté Knox

  • Le mercredi 11 octobre à 17 h 30
    180 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.

    In October, we are discussing Boat Number Five by Monika Kompanikova.

  • Le jeudi 12 octobre à 13 h 30
    90 minutes

    Meet to enjoy and discuss a wide variety of books selected by book club members.  All are welcome.

    October 12 book: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.

  • Web banner for Arts and Culture

    Le jeudi 12 octobre à 17 h 30
    150 minutes

    Create an original artwork with professional artist Stephanie Browness. Get step by step instructions in real time as you create your own version of a pre-planned "Fall Flowers" themed acrylic on canvas work of art. All experience levels welcome. All supplies provided! Registration required - spaces are limited. 

    Stephanie Browness is a painter and art instructor who has been teaching in Ottawa for 20 years. She has worked with all age groups and firmly believes that anyone can make art. Stephanie holds a BFA in fine arts from the University of Ottawa and Master's in art history from Carleton University. 

    With special thanks for the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association (FOPLA) for generously funding this Ruth E. Dickinson branch program.

  • Les vendredis, 13 octobre, 2023 - 14 juin, 2024
    13 h 30
    90 minutes

    9 sessions restantes

    Meet new people and join in discussions on selected titles in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere every second Friday of the month. Newcomers are welcome.

  • Banner reading "Book Page Art" with paper scraps and leaves.

    Le vendredi 13 octobre à 14 h
    60 minutes

    Désolé, cet événement et sa liste d'attente sont complets.

    Your old books can be transformed into a fun and unique way to decorate your home, office, give away to friends, or attach in gifts! Join us at the Beaverbrook Branch as we give new life to recycled book pages and turn them into autumnal decorations.

  • Le samedi 14 octobre à 11 h
    60 minutes

    We are thrilled to host Stephanie Hurman, a professional gardener for the last 25 years currently working at Artistic Landscaping.  She will be sharing her expertise in a question and answer session. 

    Stephanie’s desire to share knowledge and experience means there’s no such thing as a silly gardening question!

    She worked for many years with the Royal Horticultural Society at the gardens in Wisley, England, holds her BSc from the University of Toronto and a Post Graduate Diploma from the British Academy of Garden Design.  

    She is a plant-focused garden designer who uses her technical and horticultural knowledge to create eclectic collections that will thrive in the space they occupy.

    Please send us your gardening or in-door plant questions prior to our program to

     Greenboro@BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca