News from your Library
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🔦 In the spotlight / À la une
Employment Support Clinic at Ruth E. Dickinson is cancelled May 29th and June 12th.
Visit other Employment Support Clinics↗ offered by OPL.
💡 The Impact of Ottawa Public Library (2025) showed that 88 per cent of clients and 65 per cent of non-clients agreed that a public library allows them to discover a much broader range of knowledge than they would be able to on their own. Learn more about the Ottawa Public Library in our 2025 Annual Report↗.
📖 Reading news / Actualité de la lecture
May 31, 6:30pm–8:30pm: Witchy Women Book Launch - Celebrate the launch of Ottawa author N.G. Avant’s new feminist fantasy series, Witchy Women.
Enjoy an evening of books, witchy vendors, refreshments, storytelling, and community under the energy of the Blue Moon. The evening will also spotlight conversations around women’s empowerment and ending violence against women. Entry is FREE.
Where: Nonna’s, 70 Beech Street, Unit 2, Ottawa, Ontario↗
Details: IG @ngavantauthor | NGAvant.ca
📖 Upcoming events / Programmes à venir↗
Tuesday, June 2
10 am - 1 pm Teen Exam Cram / Période d’études pour ados↗
1 - 3 pm Parenting in Ottawa Drop-in↗
Wednesday, June 3
6:30 pm English Conversation Circle↗
Friday, June 5
Saturday, June 6
10:30 am- 12:30 pm Plant Swap↗
Sunday, June 7
10:30 am Family Storytime↗
📌 Your next read - Vegetable Gardening↗
Improve your mental well-being and shrink your grocery bill all while sustaining the environment with the help of books and programs listed.
📌 Familles francophones - Prix littéraire jeunesse AAOF – 2026↗
Date limite : 19 juin 2026 - Mis en œuvre par l’AAOF grâce au Fonds Françoise et Yvan Lepage, le Prix Jeunesse vise à mettre en lumière la qualité et l’originalité de la littérature pour enfants et adolescents et à reconnaître la contribution des auteur.es à la vitalité culturelle franco-ontarienne.
Le/la lauréat·e du Prix se verra attribuer une bourse de 3 000 $, dont 1 000 $ seront remis à la maison d’édition à des fins de promotion de l’ouvrage.