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Outdoor storytime at St. Andrew's Park

Tuesday, August 11, 2026, 10:30 am to 11:00 am

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Seniors' gathering: Presentation by Seniors Advocate Dan Levitt

Tuesday, August 11, 10:00 am to 11:30 am

Outdoor storytime at St. Andrew's Park

Tuesday, August 11, 10:30 am to 11:00 am

Teen open space

Tuesday, August 11, 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Teen Reads meetup

Tuesday, August 11, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Open door community hub

Wednesday, August 12, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

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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

Every Summer After

Our Perfect Storm

The Wealthy Barber

Suicidal Empathy

When the Body Says No

A History of Canada in Ten Maps

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

The Correspondent

Carl's Doomsday Scenario

The Midnight Train

A Smile Like Yours

Tales From Lands Unknown

Seeing Other People

Princess of Blood

Getting Away With Murder

Meet Me in Paris

Blood, Rust, and Steel

The Women in White

Meet Me in the Garden

Violet Thistlewaite Is Not A Villain Anymore

Under Loch and Key

A Trade of Blood

Three Reasons for Revenge

City of Promises

Children of Strife

Love on the Shelf

The Lion & the Deathless Dark

Poking the Squid

Power Born of Dreams

The Vegetable Grower's Handbook

The Housewives Underground

The Easy Garden

All My Dead Cats and Other Losses

The Man Who Stole the Gods

Evidence for Heaven

When the Forest Breathes

Confessions of the Green River Killer

Sisters of the Midnight Sun

Epic Dog Tricks

The Story of your Life

Python in Excel Step-by-step

The love that remains

Beyond Paradise

They Will Kill You

It was just an accident

The Sheltering Sky

My Life Is Murder

My Life Is Murder

Peter Hujar's Day

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The Undoing of Violet Claybourne

The Resurrectionist

A Dowry of Blood

The Curse of Morton Abbey

Graveyard Shift

A Good House for Children

Plain Bad Heroines

The Most Precious Substance on Earth

Orphans of Empire

Operation Angus

Paper Roses on Stony Mountain

The Berry Pickers

The Vacationers

Zero Stars Do Not Recommend

Don't Make Me Turn This Life Around

Murder Takes A Vacation

The Holiday Trap

It Had to Be Him

Beautiful Ruins

The Summer Seekers

Honestly, We Meant Well

Escape to the French Farmhouse

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

Starter Villain

The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen

In A Land Without Dogs the Cats Learn to Bark

Alfie the Doorstep Cat

Finding Mr. Purrfect

The Dalai Lama's Cat

The Goodbye Cat

A Love Catastrophe

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

The Exorcist Legacy

How to Save A Life

Back to the Prairie

I'll Have What She's Having

The House-wives

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