Share the enjoyment of good books in an informal and relaxed atmosphere. Second Thursday of every month. New members welcome.

April 2024: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

May 2024: Violeta by Isabel Allende

June 2024: What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam Chancy

Drop in to our branch during the day and exchange puzzles with other members of our community.

Bring one, take one. Bring two, take two! 

If you are ready to let go of some gently used puzzles ahead of time, please drop them off at the desk on the 2nd floor starting June 12th during opening hours. This will help us prepare for the big day!

Happiness Habits 613 and Ottawa Public Library present: Happiness Book Club

Meet new people and join in discussions on selected non-fiction titles in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

April title: The Happiness Project, Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin

Happiness Habits 613 is a grassroots crew in Ottawa cultivating healthy habits using the 9 pillars of happiness: altruism, connection, gratitude, movement, mindfulness, minimalism, nature, nutrition and purpose.

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.

Irena Karafilly will talk about her book "Arrested Song"

Calliope Adham – young, strong-willed, and recently widowed – is schoolmistress in the village of Molyvos when Hitler’s army invades Greece in 1941. Well-read and linguistically gifted, she is recruited by the Germans to act as their liaison officer. It is the beginning of a personal and national saga that will last for several decades.