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Library trustee info night

Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

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Teen open space

Friday, October 30, 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Beginner English Corner (in person) — October 2026

Friday, October 30, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Writing mentorship round tables

Saturday, October 31, 10:00 am to 11:30 am

Tech for tots

Saturday, October 31, 11:15 am to 12:15 pm

Family gaming

Saturday, October 31, 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm

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November 11, 2026 City Library is closed for Remembrance Day.

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Your next reads

Looking for your next read? We can help! Fill out one of the forms below to get recommendations, or use the Novelist Plus service (below).

You can also scroll down to view our latest arrivals, staff picks, & bestsellers!

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NoveList Plus

NoveList Plus is an online readers' advisory that helps readers of all ages find new favourite books and authors. NoveList Plus tutorial.

Latest arrivals, staff picks & bestsellers

Browse the booklists below for a great selection of staff favourites and current bestsellers.
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Globe and Mail bestsellers New fiction New non-fiction New DVDs

Return to the Shack

Getting Away With Murder

The Paris Files

Dive Bar at the End of the Road

A New Kind of Clean

Return to Breakneck Island

Into the Breach

End Times Fascism

Operation Sparrow

Sheba's Treasure

Dear Dead Husband

Best Canadian Stories 2026

Harriet Hall and the Enemy Within

Eighty Days to Elsewhere

Officer Shimada and the Disappearing Girl

Struck in the Heart

The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street

The Nature of the Journey

Me, Myself & IVF

Theorizing Motherhood and Emerging Adulthood

The Perfectly Imperfect Family

Transforming Trauma

Surviving A Viral Pandemic

The First Ghetto

John Doe Chinaman

The Last Best Place on the Internet

Emotional Inheritance

The Way of Wealth

Five Easy Pieces

Carolina Caroline

The Brokenwood Mysteries

The secret agent

Return to Paradise

I Love Boosters

Little Shop of Horrors

The voice of Hind Rajab

Blades of the Guardians

We Bury the Dead

Understanding the housing crisis Overdue for a scare! Nobel minds Paranormal romance Familiar stories retold More...

Care for your mind Noteworthy reads

Beyond Shelters

The Case for Basic Income

"They Just Need to Get A Job"

Housing the Nation

No Place Like Home

Our Crumbling Foundation

Community Led Housing

Give People Money

The Butcher's Daughter

Out There Screaming

When the Wolf Comes Home

Never Whistle at Night

Blood Like Ours

Victorian Psycho

We Came to Welcome You

Passing Through A Prairie Country

Heads Will Roll

The Final Girl Support Group

The Bone Mother

You Weren't Meant to Be Human

I Was A Teenage Slasher

Wake up and Open your Eyes

Flight or Fright

Burn the Negative

My Darling Girl

A Mountain to the North, A Lake to the South, Paths to the West, A River to the East

Do What They Say or Else

Memory of Departure

Too Much Happiness

The Neighborhood

The Fox Was Ever the Hunter

The Land of Green Plums

The Museum of Innocence

Life & Times of Michael K

A House for Mr. Biswas

The General in His Labyrinth

Under Loch and Key

Butcher & Blackbird

(Mostly) Human Resources

When the Tides Held the Moon

The Bloody Brick Road

The Bear and the Nightingale

How to Be Eaten

If the Shoe Fits

Six-gun Snow White

Recipe for Persuasion

Gretel and the Dark

One Thousand and One Nights

Hemlock & Silver

The Salt Grows Heavy

The Witch's Heart

Frankenstein in Baghdad

You Are Not Alone in This

Surviving Dementia Care

The Mind Electric

Mind the Science

Joy of Solitude

When A Loved One Won't Seek Mental Health Treatment

Wild Creature Mind

A Little Less Broken

Modern Masculinity

The Happy High Achiever

Your Brain on Pregnancy

The Anxiety First Aid Kit

I Don't Want to Talk About It

The Stress Paradox

Nightmare Obscura

Unravelling MAiD in Canada

The Dose Effect

Heal your Gut, Save your Brain

World Within A Song

Will You Take Me as I Am

The Silver Snarling Trumpet

Such Great Heights

Stomp Off, Let's Go

Absolutely on Music

The Spirit of Music

Hip-hop Is History

Heartbreak Is the National Anthem

The First Four Notes

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