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  • ​​​​La poésie.
    Samedi Apr 1, 2023 à 14 h / jusqu'à Samedi 29 avril 2023

    Dans cet atelier d'écriture, les jeunes participant.e.s seront invité.e.s à découvrir la poésie par la lecture de textes d'auteurs et d'autrices de l'Ontario français et du Québec. Ils seront ensuite initié.e.s à l'écriture de leurs propres poèmes. Ils verront alors une série de poèmes ainsi que leurs composantes (champs lexicaux, figures de style, thématiques). 

    La composante participative de l'atelier les amènera à faire des exercices de création d'images poétiques (par exemple, écriture à partir de photos, à partir d'observations de leur maison, de leur salle de classe, de la nature) afin de créer eux-mêmes / elles-mêmes des textes poétiques.

    L'atelier comporte deux sessions. La première se tiendra le samedi 1er avril, de 14 h à 15 h 30, la seconde, le samedi 29 avril, de 14 h à 15 h 30. 

    9 à 12 ans.

  • Poetry month
    Samedi Apr 8, 2023 à 13 h

    Using figures of speech and other simple literary techniques, learn to develop your writing skills.

    Stimulate your imagination with a series of visual prompts to create original and lively works. With a few tools and strategies of the craft, discover the joys of writing poetry.

    This workshop promotes the development of rich, colourful and personal work. No steadfast rules, no competition, just fun for everyone!

    For adults and teens ages 15+. 

    About the presenter: 

    Michèle Vinet, guest of honour at the 2021 Salon du Livre de l’Outaouais, is an award-winning author. She has published three novels in French (Prise de parole) that have gleaned seven nominations and three awards: le prix Trillium, le prix Émile-Ollivier (Conseil supérieur de la langue française) and le prix littéraire Le Droit. She has also published poetry in English, Tendrils (BookLand Press). Her novel Le malaimant (L’Interligne), published in 2021, was finalist to the Trillium Book Award and is the winner of the City of Ottawa Book Award 2022. JAZ, her next novel will be out in September 2023.

    The author offers creative writing workshops to the public as well as for the Ottawa Public Library, in schools and universities, community centres, in the penitentiary system, in the field of mental health and Amnesty International.

    Her work is the subject of interviews, articles, signings, book fairs, videos, podcasts and various literary presentations.

  • Jeudi Apr 13, 2023 à 14 h / jusqu'à Jeudi 8 juin 2023

    NOUVEAU!  Le chapitre suivant - Club de lecture

    Club de lecture pour adultes qui aiment discuter de leur expérience littéraire.

    Veuillez vous inscrire en ligne (chaque date individuellement) et ramassez une copie du livre (environ 1 mois avant la prochaine rencontre) au comptoir de la bibliothèque - succursale Cumberland. Il n'est pas nécessaire de commander un livre.

    Voici les prochains livres:

    Dans l'ombre de la sainte mafia par Claire Bergeron - 9 mars, 2023

    Ceci n'est pas un fait divers par Philippe Besson - 13 avril, 2023

    La vérité sur l'affaire Harry Quebert par Joël Dicker - 11 mai, 2023

    Montréal-Nord par Mariana Mazza - 8 juin, 2023

  • Climate feelings: A writing workshop for teens
    Samedi Apr 15, 2023 à 15 h

    The world is on fire and nothing is okay. What does this feel like? There are a lot of standard names for what we feel when we think about global warming, wide-spread extinction of creatures, and, well, [gestures generally]: Anxiety, grief, anger, fear, blankness. Sometimes the way we talk about feelings shapes what we feel, and so it matters what words we have. We might not have all the words we need to understand the experience of climate crisis.

    In this hands-on workshop, we’ll discuss some theories about emotions and expression, why writing is a good way to explore feelings we don’t have a name for, and how to practice finding our “outlaw emotions” about big problems.

    About the presenter

    Alexis Shotwell is a professor at Carleton University, on unceded Algonquin land. She is a writer, SF nerd, queer, functional potter, currently obsessed with doing handstands. She’s the author of Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times and working on a book about getting together to solve big problems in which we are complicit.

    Presented in partnership with the Ottawa Writers Festival.

  • Poetry month
    Mardi Apr 18, 2023 à 18 h 30

    Using figures of speech and other simple literary techniques, learn to develop your writing skills.

    Stimulate your imagination with a series of visual prompts to create original and lively works. With a few tools and strategies of the craft, discover the joys of writing poetry. 

    This workshop promotes the development of rich, colourful and personal work. No steadfast rules, no competition, just fun for everyone.

    For adults and teens aged 15+.

    About the presenter: 

    Michèle Vinet, guest of honour at the 2021 Salon du Livre de l’Outaouais, is an award-winning author. She has published three novels in French (Prise de parole) that have gleaned seven nominations and three awards: le prix Trillium, le prix Émile-Ollivier (Conseil supérieur de la langue française) and le prix littéraire Le Droit. She has also published poetry in English, Tendrils (BookLand Press). Her novel Le malaimant (L’Interligne), published in 2021, was finalist to the Trillium Book Award and is the winner of the City of Ottawa Book Award 2022. JAZ, her next novel will be out in September 2023.

     The author offers creative writing workshops to the public as well as for the Ottawa Public Library, in schools and universities, community centres, in the penitentiary system, in the field of mental health and Amnesty International.

    Her work is the subject of interviews, articles, signings, book fairs, videos, podcasts and various literary presentations.

  • mois de la poésie
    Samedi Apr 22, 2023 à 13 h 30

    En utilisant des figures de style et autres simples procédés littéraires, développez vos habiletés en écriture.

    Stimulez votre imagination avec une série de déclencheurs visuels afin de créer des textes originaux et imagés. Avec quelques outils et stratégies du métier, découvrez la joie d’écrire de la poésie.

    Cet atelier est conçu pour promouvoir la rédaction de textes riches, colorés et personnels. Aucunes règles, aucune concurrence, que du plaisir pour tous.

    Pour adultes et ados de 15 ans et plus. 

    À propos de la présentatrice: 

    Michèle Vinet, invitée d’honneur au Salon du livre de l’Outaouais 2021, a publié  trois romans (Prise de parole) qui se sont mérités sept mises en nomination ainsi que trois prix littéraires: le prix Trillium, (Ontario) le prix Émile-Ollivier (Conseil supérieur de la langue française, Québec) et le prix littéraire Le Droit (Ottawa). Son roman Le malaimant, paru en février 2021, (L’Interligne) a été finaliste au Trillium et lauréat du Prix du Livre d’Ottawa 2022. JAZ, son prochain roman, paraîtra en septembre 2023.

    L’auteure donne des ateliers de créations littéraires pour le grand public ainsi que pour la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa, plusieurs écoles et universités, en centres communautaires, en milieu carcéral, dans le domaine de la santé mentale et pour Amnistie Internationale. Son travail fait l’objet d’entrevues, d’articles, de vidéos, de balado, de séances de signatures, de présentations variées et de spectacles littéraires.

  • Mardi Apr 25, 2023 à 13 h 30 / jusqu'à Mardi 20 juin 2023

    Cover to Cover - Book Club

    Book club for adults that love to share a good book!

    Please register online (each date individually) and pick up your copy of the book about a month before the meeting date at the main desk of the Cumberland Branch.

    These are the next books:

    An American Marriage by Tayari Jones - March 28, 2023

    The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George - April 25, 2023

    A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson - May 23, 2023

    One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle - June 20, 2023

  • Jeudi Mar 30, 2023 à 18 h 45 / jusqu'à Jeudi 25 mai 2023

    Do you love to write? Is writing the air you breathe, or is there ink in your veins?

    The Stittsville Creative Writing Group is a collection of people who love to write.

    We meet weekly to read from text we have written on our own time during the previous week, and engage in other writing activities.

    This is not a class on writing, or a workshop for manuscripts. Instead, we are people who love to write and share our works. 

    There are those who mostly listen rather than write, those who write prolifically but only share with the group, and a broad spectrum in between.

    If your interest is in the love of writing, this group may be for you.

  • stacks of coins and blue and black pens sitting on paper
    Jeudi Mar 30, 2023 à 19 h

    Sorry this event is full

    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.

  • Dungeons and Dragons
    Samedi Apr 1, 2023 à 10 h / jusqu'à Samedi 15 avril 2023

    Interested in playing D&D?  Then join us on March 25, April 1, 8 and 15 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. For ages 13-17.  Spaces limited.