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Outdoor storytime at St. Andrew's Park

Tuesday, August 4, 2026, 10:30 am to 11:00 am

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Crafts and free play in the Plaza

Friday, July 31, 10:00 am to 11:30 am

Teen open space

Friday, July 31, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm

Library Small Grants: North Shore Arabic kids circle لَمّة أطفال العرب في الشاطئ الشمالي

Saturday, August 1, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

Choose your own afternoon: A summer reading café

Saturday, August 1, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Book Bike at MONOVA Pay-What-You-Can Day

Sunday, August 2, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

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Staff Picks, bestsellers & new material

Browse the booklists below for a great selection of staff favourites and current bestsellers.
Check out our video book reviews on YouTube.

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

Not What It Seems

Rocket's Red Glare

The Last Time We Saw Her

Green City Wars

The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones

Murder at Lord's Station

The Jellyfish Problem

The Shampoo Effect

On the Origin of Sex

The Next China Is Still China

When the Revolution Comes

Long for This World

Why Our Lands Are Not for Sale

Pride and Pleasure

The Hormone Loop

The Anti-burnout Book

Dyslexia Unlocked

Don't Call It Art

Move, Thrive, and Come Alive

Medicinal Herbs of Canada

Peter Hujar's Day

Death in Paradise

Midwinter Break

The tiger of Eschnapur and The Indian tomb

Gothic fiction Read across Canada Novel destinations National Cat Day, Aug. 8 Behind the big screen

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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