News from your Library

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🔦 In the spotlight / À la une

📖 May 23rd: So You Want to Work in a Library?↗

💡 Ottawa Public Library has hosted 11,547 programs in 2025 Learn more about the Ottawa Public Library in our 2025 Annual Report↗.

📖 Reading news / Actualité de la lecture

🏅 And the Winners Are… Meet the 2026 Awesome Authors!↗

🚸 Twice Upon a Time Free Book Program↗: This local non-profit gives new and gently used books to children from birth to 12 years old to foster a love of reading.

📖 Upcoming events / Programmes à venir

• Tuesday, May 26

  • 1-3pm Parenting in Ottawa Drop-in↗

  • 2pm How to Secure a Home Wireless Network↗

  • 6pm English Conversation Circle↗

• Wednesday, May 27

  • 10:30am Ottawa Public Health – Healthy Eating↗

  • 6:30pm English Conversation Circle↗ ‍

• Thursday, May 28

  • 6:30pm Slow Stitchers and Handcrafters↗

• Saturday, May 30

  • 10:30am Pop-Up: EnviroCentre↗

• Sunday, May 31

  • 10:30am Bilingual Family Storytime / Conte en famille bilingue↗

• Tuesday, June 2

  • 10am Teen Exam Cram / Période d’études pour ados↗

📌 Your next read - Vegetable gardening / Jardinage domestique↗

📌 Familles francophones

Explorez nos nouveautés↗