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  • Open book on a table

    Les jeudis, 28 septembre, 2023 - 21 décembre, 2023
    19 h 00
    60 minutes

    4 sessions restantes

    Come join us the 4th Thursday of every month for lively discussion on a variety of English-language books.

  • Les mardis, 17 octobre, 2023 - 19 décembre, 2023
    13 h 30
    60 minutes

    3 sessions restantes

    Pack your bags and prepare for the first chapter in a tour around the world! Joins us every third Tuesday until June 2024, where we will discuss a title set in a different country and/or written by a foreign author.

    When you pick up a copy of September's title, you will receive a Traveler's Guide to keep with you for the year, in which you may keep notes as you read, draw something from the book that has inspired you, or bring up points you'd like to discuss during the meet-ups.

    At every meeting you attend, you will get your "passport" stamped. We hope to see you well-traveled by summer 2024!

  • slim white-covered book on a round wooden table

    Les jeudis, 19 octobre, 2023 - 21 décembre, 2023
    11 h 00
    60 minutes

    3 sessions restantes

    Veuillez nous joindre le 3e jeudi de chaque mois pour des rencontres conviviales afin de discuter des livres de langue française.

  • Night Owls Book Club

    Les jeudis, 28 septembre, 2023 - 21 décembre, 2023
    18 h 00
    60 minutes

    4 sessions restantes

    New to independent reading?

    Join our family book club and discover great reading suggestions to get you started and keep you going. 

    We will share favorites, listen to read-alouds and participate in book-related art activities.

    For kids ages 6-8 and their adult reading partner.

  • Les jeudis, 28 septembre, 2023 - 30 novembre, 2023
    18 h 30
    60 minutes

    3 sessions restantes

    Greely Book Club

    Come and discuss a book and meet your neighbours!

    First Book Club Meet and Greet: Thurs September 28

    Meetings are last Thursday of the month : October 26 & November 30

    Time: 6:30-7:30pm

    Drop-in

    October book club pick: The Dinner by Herman Koch

    See Branch staff for the book

  • Les vendredis, 29 septembre, 2023 - 31 mai, 2024
    14 h 00
    60 minutes

    8 sessions restantes

    Join in stimulating discussions on selected titles in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere on the last Friday of the month.

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    Les lundis, 2 octobre, 2023 - 4 décembre, 2023
    19 h 00
    90 minutes

    3 sessions restantes

    Share the pleasure of reading and discussing books ranging from the classics to the contemporary, but mostly fiction, in a relaxed atmosphere

    (If the first Monday of a month falls on a Civic Holiday, the book club will be postponed to the following week)

    October 2

     Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson

     November 6

     Five Little Indians, Michelle Good

     December 4

     Grey Bees, Andry Kurkov

  • SAW Centre

    Le lundi 2 octobre à 19 h
     minutes

    To kick off library month join us at SAW Centre for an in-person paneled discussion about Intellectual Freedom with: Farzana Doctor winner of 2023 Freedom to Read Award, David A Robertson winner of 2021 Freedom to Read Award and Canadian journalist, activist, author, and broadcaster Desmond Cole, moderated by Adrian Harewood. This 90-minute discussion will help bring the term of Intellectual Freedom into focus to help us understand what it is and why it is of critical importance to us all.

    Farzana Doctor is a writer, activist, and psychotherapist. Her ancestry is Indian, and she was born in Zambia while her family was based there for five years, before immigrating to Canada. She has also received the following awards for her writing and activism: 2021 Choice Award from Planned Parenthood; 2022 McMaster University Alumni Gallery Inductee; 2023 Freedom to Read Award from The Writers' Union of Canada. While all her books are distinct from one another, some common themes include loss, relationships, community, healing, racism, LGBT rights, diasporic identity and feminism. She seamlessly blends strong stories with social justice issues.

    David Alexander Robertson is an Indigenous Canadian author, public speaker, and two-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award. He is the author of numerous books for young readers including When We Were Alone, which won the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award and the McNally Robinson Best Book for Young People Award. In 2021, he was the recipient of the Writers’ Union of Canada Freedom to Read Award as well as the Globe and Mail Children's Storyteller of the Year. He is a member of Norway House Cree Nation

    Desmond Cole is a Canadian journalist, activist, author, and broadcaster. His debut book, The Skin We’re In, won the Toronto Book Award and was a finalist for the Forest of Reading Evergreen Aawrd and the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. It was also named best book of 2020 by The Globe and Mail, NOW Magazine, CBC, Quill & Quire, and Indigo. Living in Toronto, Ontario, Desmond Cole engages with his community in issues that include housing, homelessness, racial discrimination, civic engagement and social supports for youth.

    Adrian Harewood is a Canadian television and radio journalist. He has been a journalist for over a quarter century, hosting CBC Ottawa’s drive home radio show All in a Day for 3 years and then the anchor of CBC Ottawa News at Six for 13 years. He was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Interviewer in 2017 and he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Local Anchor in 2020. Adrian also sits on the educational board of the University of Ottawa Press and is a board member of Journalists for Human Rights.

    This event will also be streamed live on OPL's YouTube page:

    https://youtube.com/live/k6usYGOfkm8

  • Open book

    Les mardis, 3 octobre, 2023 - 2 avril, 2024
    13 h 30
    60 minutes

    7 sessions restantes

    Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere.  This group meets every first Tuesday of the month from September 2023 to June 2024. 

    Here is the list of books that will be discussed at each month's meeting.  Click each book titles below to place a hold.

    5 September, 2023: Seven Fallen Feathers by Tania Talaga 

    3 October, 2023: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult 

    7 November, 2023: Jennie's Boy: A Newfoundland Childhood by Wayne Johnston

    5 December, 2023: Women Talking by Miriam Toews

    2 January, 2024: Red Notice by Bill Browder

    6 February, 2024: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

    5 March, 2024: A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacIntyre

    2 April, 2024: Apeirogon by Colum McCann

    May and June picks to be discussed.

    This is a drop in program.  All are welcome.  No registration required.

  • Les mercredis, 4 octobre, 2023 - 14 décembre, 2023
    10 h 45
    45 minutes

    21 sessions restantes

    Join us in our picture book area for lots of fun activities! Play with puppets, felt stories, building blocks, and more! All ages. Drop-In.

    Please note: "Stay and Play!" will still be offered on Wednesdays and Thursdays even when no regular programs are scheduled.