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Seniors' gathering: "Keys Bags Names Words"

Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 10:00 am to 11:30 am

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Sunday open door community hub

Sunday, December 22, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

North Shore knitters

Sunday, December 22, 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Teen open space

Friday, December 27, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Teen open space

Saturday, December 28, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Sunday open door community hub

Sunday, December 29, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

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December 24, 2024 Special hours: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
December 25, 2024 Closed all day
December 26, 2024 Closed all day
December 27, 2024 Special hours: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
December 28, 2024 Special hours: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
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Staff picks

Our staff do love to read! Here are some of our favourite items from City Library's collection.

Needing more inspiration about what to read? Check out our reader's advice page

Nonfiction staff picks Adult fiction Science fiction Fall into a good book

Mr. Darley's Arabian

Born to Be Hanged

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

Beyond the Trees

Island of the Lost

Talking to A Portrait

The Kennedy Mystique

Behind the Crown

Tom Clancy Command and Control

The Last Protector

A Cold Highland Wind

Sharpe's Command

The Octopus Has Three Hearts

The Great Transition

The Vicar's Knickers

All That It Takes

Resurrection Walk

A Master of Djinn

The Quantum Thief

Childhood's End

The End of Eternity

Have Space Suit, Will Travel

A Canticle for Leibowitz

The Left Hand of Darkness

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

The Fifth Season

All the Birds in the Sky

The Autumn Throne

A Doomful of Sugar

The Cider Shop Rules

Haunted Homicide

A Proposal They Can't Refuse

Knit of the Living Dead

The Autumn of the Patriarch

Drums of Autumn

15 Minutes of Flame

Murder at the Pumpkin Pageant

Murder Most Fowl

Pumpkin Spice Peril

Phantoms and Felonies

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