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😎 March Break: Choose Your Own Adventure! 😎
From March 11 to 18, the Ottawa Public Library is offering fun, free, creative programs for children ages 4 to 12 and their families! There will be crafts, STEM, music, dance, storytimes, arts, and games! Join us at the Ruth E. Dickinson branch for a week of adventures! We are offering plenty of drop-in programs:
🦉 Contes en famille: Le mercredi 15 mars à 10 h 15 - Contes, comptines et chansons pour les enfants de tous âges et un parent ou gardien
🎨 Crafternoon - Wednesday March 13 at 2 pm - We have all the supplies you need to make a Leprechaun's Lair
📖 Family Storytime: Thursday March 16 at 10:15 am - Stories, rhymes and songs for children of all ages and a parent or caregiver (followed by a craft!)
🎲 Game On! Thursday March 16 at 2 pm - Play board games or card games with the family
🏰 Paper Bag Princess Adventure: Saturday March 18 at 10:30 am - Join us as we celebrate Robert Munsch's The Paper Bag Princess with stories, crafts, and fun activities for kids of all ages. Dress up as your favourite princess, prince, knight, or dragon! For the whole family.
📘 Croisée des mots avec Sébastien Pierroz! 📗
Croisée des mots est de retour à la Bibliothèque pour vous faire découvrir de nouveaux livres et trésors littéraires! L’Association des auteures et auteurs de l’Ontario français (AAOF) et la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa (BPO) ont le plaisir de vous convier à une rencontre littéraire virtuelle gratuite! L’auteur franco-ontarien, Sébastien Pierroz, s’invite dans votre salon avec au programme: lecture, entrevue et discussions virtuelles avec le public en direct! Découvrez son tout premier polar, Deux heures avant la fin de l’été publié aux Éditions David, son processus d’écriture, ses sources d’inspiration, mais aussi sa passion du journalisme, un métier au service de l’information « avec un grand I ». Le mercredi 15 mars à 19h00. Inscrivez-vous ici!
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A Bitter Feast by Deborah Crombie
After a fatal car accident is followed by several other mysterious deaths, a quiet fall weekend in the Cotswolds quickly turns into a murder investigation for Scotland Yard detectives (and husband and wife) Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James. A charity luncheon was meant to launch local chef Viv Holland into stardom. But with each murder having ties to Viv, her pub, and her past, they must race to solve the murders and save Viv's pub and career. Fans of police procedurals and witty humour will enjoy this British mystery with a foodie twist!
✳️ Granny Squares for Warmth ✴️
Join us to crochet and join granny squares, to share and learn crochet stitches and techniques and to build a sense of community by making blankets for those in need. Everyone is welcome! Tuesday March 21 at 3:00 pm. The Granny Squares for Warmth (GSFW) group was created in November 2020 as a Barrhaven-based group with a mission to create and donate hand-made blankets in the Ottawa area.
Group members arrange for donations of yarn, crochet or knit granny squares, join the squares into lap blankets, baby blankets or single bed blankets and donate the blankets to organizations such as long-term care homes, women’s shelters, homeless shelters, maternity wards and more.
📰 The Economist Magazine Is Now Available on PressReader! 📰
We’re excited to share that The Economist is now available on PressReader! Known for its in-depth analysis and insightful perspectives not often found in other news sources, The Economist is one of the most recognized current affairs titles in the world and is considered essential reading by over 1.5 million people around the world. You can easily access this publication (and many more!) on your own devices, in the library, or in the comfort of your own home on our popular PressReader platform.