News from the Library
Upcoming programs
📌Kids and families↗
🎨 Friday, April 4 - Make Your Mark: Bookmark Creation↗ Drop-in on your PD Day and create your very own bookmarks! Supplies provided. Ages 6-12.
🖍 Saturday, April 5 from 2:00-3:30pm - Sensory Storytime↗ provides a welcoming environment and respects the needs of children from 18 months to 6 years who live with developmental disabilities and/or autism, or who show signs of a developmental delay. Drop-In.
📌Adults↗
📁 Free Income Tax Clinic↗ at the library this April. Do you need help with your tax return? If you have a modest income and a simple tax situation, trained volunteers may be able to complete your tax return for you for free. Ottawa Public Library is partnering with the Canada Revenue Agency to offer free tax preparation through the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program. Please check that you meet the eligibility requirements↗.
📇 Saturday, April 5 from 1:00-4:00pm - Click, Clack, Ding, Zing! Typewriter poetry type-in↗. Mechanical typewriters are experiencing a resurgence in interest for those seeking a way to disconnect from the frenzy of online writing and reconnect with the act of writing itself. Try one yourself this Poetry Month and see what all the fuss is about. All ages welcome.
📖 Wednesday, April 9 from 10:00-11:00am - This month the Dickinson Reads Book Club↗ will be discussing Lesson in Chemistry↗ by Bonnie Garmus. Drop-in to join the discussion.
Fun is always free at the Library
💻 Learn to read online with OPL↗ and Libby help↗
📲 Read magazines with PressReader↗ or Libby↗
🎶 Borrow cool equipment↗
Visit the Library website↗ for our hours of operation↗, to access online resources↗, browse books, search programs and events↗, and more!