You can find books by searching the Library Catalogue. We also have staff recommendations and resources such as Novelist which can help you find the perfect read. Overdrive and the Overdrive APP Libby which offer a selection of eBook and eAudiobooks which you can access from home!
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Read more about "Bath, Book, and Bed"This collection of fiction, memoir and and graphic novels captures the strength of the protagonists as they challenge colonial powers and ideologies.
Read more about "Residential Schools: Books for Teens"Twelve of our favourites, for beginners and the more experienced gardener, with expert advice, step-by-step instructions, and lots of inspiration.
Read more about "Our Favourite Gardening Books"Settle down, baby, it's time for bed! Learn songs and rhymes for bedtime routines and getting ready to sleep.
Read more about "Bath, Book, and Bed"Book an online or in-person appointment with the Entrepreneur Desk for a 25-minute session to get advice on starting a business, identifying markets, product development, revenue...
Read more about "Entrepreneur Desk Online and In-Person"Help a young reader in Grades 1 to 6 discover the magic of reading. Volunteers share literacy-based games and fun books and support children one-on-one to foster a lifelong love of reading.
Read more about "What will you do?"Ultimate Summer Challenge is a free yearly program offered by Calgary Public Library that encourages students of all ages to read, learn, and create all summer long. They also have the chance to win fantastic prizes, like an iPad or Nintendo Switch!
Read more about "Book your Ultimate Summer Challenge Orientation"Grow your love of learning with free programs, books, and videos.
Read more about "Young families"Author Lori Beattie tells us about her new book and guides us on one of…
Read more about "Calgary’s Best Walks"You’re invited to join us as we talk to New York Times bestselling author Jason Mott about his recent novel Hell of a Book. This magnificent work of fiction is deeply honest, at...
Read more about "Exploring Identity, Love, and Being Black in America in Fiction Writing: A Conversation with Award-Winning Author Jason Mott"Join Paul Born for the Launch of his book. Discover a powerful methodology for bringing communities together to uncover hidden assets and transform deep-rooted challenges. Create...
Read more about "Breakthrough Community Change: A Guide to Creating Common Agendas That Change Everything"You’re invited to tune in as we chat with New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10 and The It Girl as she talks about her newest book, Zero Days.
Read more about "Master of Suspense: An Author Talk with Ruth Ware"Head to Central Library to craft the next great podcast, web series, or video blog. These bookable studios for audio, video, and post-production are self-serve, DIY spaces that can be booked for up to two hours.
Read more about "Creative Studios"Houmou Guiro is no stranger to libraries. She has visited them since she was seven years old, checking out books every few weeks. But when Houmou moved from France to Canada two years ago, she discovered a library system much different than the one she was used to.There were books to read in Calgary’s libraries, plus so much more. Houmou joined an ESL Coffee and Conversation Club to practice her English, and later signed up for an ESL Writing Club. She improved her English skills and met friends at the programs, which helped her to feel more at home in a new city.“The Library in Calgary is very awesome,” Houmou says. “In Paris, you take your books and that’s it. Here, you have services for babies, for newcomers. If you want to open a business, you have services. It’s all free and open and you can take 99 books out.”Houmou credits a resumé development program she took at the Library with helping her get her first job in Canada, at a retail store downtown. “I had a French resumé, but it’s very different how you do it in Canada. So I learned how to do it and got help to improve my resumé,” she says.She now works for a not-profit organization called PIA, which offers services and programs to francophone immigrants and refugees in Calgary. In this role, Houmou tells other newcomers about available services in the city, including all they can do with a free Library card.“I tell them ‘You have to go to the Library! It’s very good. You can take out a lot of books and a lot of everything else too,’” she says.Houmou is also an avid reader, regularly checking out French and English titles. She blogs about the books she’s reading and her life in Canada. Lately she’s been reading a lot of books about entrepreneurship and marketing, as she works on launching her own business: a French tutoring service for kids.When Houmou had her first child, Demba, she took him to a weekly Baby Rhyme Time program. “I didn’t know any English songs, so it was very good for me to meet some parents, talk about our babies, and sing with them in English. It was so cool,” she says.She brings 19-month-old Demba to Louise Riley Library or the new Central Library every few weeks, just as her family used to take her to the Library in France. “We play, we take books out, we read. He likes turning the pages,” she says. “He really likes coming here. I like the Library so much too.”We want to know how the Library has made a difference in your life. Submit your own Library Story online.
Read more about "Stories 'It's all free and open and you can take 99 books out' Houmou Guiro's Library Story helped her feel more at home in a new city"Acclaimed writer Denise Chong returns to Calgary with her new book, Out of Darkness, a stirring account of the journey of domestic assault victim Rumana Monzur. Wordfest is...
Read more about "Wordfest Presents Denise Chong & Rumana Monzur"