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!
Read a collection of children's books written by local Indigenous authors.
Read more about "Treaty 7 Language Books"Large Print and Talking Books Large print book collections include best sellers, mysteries, non-fiction, and some languages other than English. These books are complete, unabridged texts with clear type in at least 13-point font. All Library locations and Libraries in Residence have some of these books as part of their collection. A selection of over 14,000 titles available as talking books, including fiction, history, and biographies. Full-length recordings of fiction and non-fiction titles are available on MP3. These materials are only available to patrons with a Special Services card.
Read more about "Large Print and Talking Books"Find the Book Truck at regularly scheduled locations with books, movies, and other Library services on board for all ages.
Read more about "Bringing the Library to your community."Sign up for a Family Reading Kit Book Club. Receive additional activities, resources and special event invitations, right to your inbox, twice this year!
Read more about "Measuring Up: Family Reading Kit Book Club"Book a one-on-one consultation The Filmmaker in Residence is pleased to consult with anyone interested in film, music and creative direction. Book your one-on-one consultation
Read more about "Book a one-on-one consultation"Join us for the launch of Alex Soop’s second book. Prepare to yanked again into the abyss of his tales of apparitions, curses and hauntings, monstrous entities, survival...
Read more about "Book Launch: Whistle at Night and They Will Come"Help prepare your child for kindergarten by talking, singing, reading, writing, playing, and sharing these books with your child.
Read more about "Books to Get Ready for Kindergarten"The Indie Author Project helps your book reach a wider audience by sharing it with Calgary Public Library members and other participating libraries.Need help formatting or publishing your book? Pressbooks can help you create and professionally format books, poetry, novels and any other written content into digital and print-ready formats.
Read more about "Have you always wanted to write a book?"Book a one-on-one consultation Tess McNaughton is available for one-on-one consultations. To book a one-hour consultation, please use the calendar booking link. Book a one-on-one consultation now
Read more about "Book a one-on-one consultation"Sign up for a Family Reading Kit Book Club. Receive additional activities, resources and special event invitations, right to your inbox, twice this year!
Read more about "The Paper Bag Princess: Family Reading Kit Book Club"Everyone deserves to feel the love on Valentine's Day, but what about every book? We were wondering which materials in our collection might be feeling a little left out on this special day. One particular read, Cousin Bette by Honoré de Balzac, hadn’t been taken off the shelf in a long while. We couldn’t let this phenomenal read continue to gather dust, so we did what any bibliophile would do. We signed it out for the day and took it on a Valentine’s Day adventure it would never forget!Here's what we got up to on our date with our loneliest Library book.We signed out this read from Alberta’s oldest Library, Memorial Park. Initially, we could see why someone might be hesitant to take this book out on a date. A tale of catastrophe, hatred, and revenge, Cousin Bette doesn’t come across as the most compassionate companion. Could we trust this book to not break our hearts? Well, you know what they say — nothing ventured, nothing gained. We’ve been scorned by many a cliffhanger and plot twist in the past, but we couldn’t let our hopes be dashed and give up on finding our one true book love.We spent some time getting to know each other in the Create Space, checking out all the community crafts and engaging games together. Then we played a couple of board games – Bette’s big vocabulary came in handy when we brought out the Scrabble board.It turns out this classic tale is a fan of classical music, so we signed out a few of the available instruments in the Library’s music practice room and serenaded them.As a token of our affection, we offered Cousin Bette a rose. They promised to treasure it always, even though a rose is not a bookmark.We ended our day with a tour of Central Library, sipping on hot chocolate from the café on the second floor. We could have read Bette for hours in the cozy reading nooks throughout the building.But like all good dates, this too had to come to an end. We walked Cousin Bette to the Central Library book return, knowing Library staff would make sure they got back home to Memorial Park Library safely. They gave us their ISBN number in case we ever wanted to hang out again. Speaking for ourselves, we’d be into a second borrow.Want to romance a book of your own this Valentine’s Day? Search for your perfect match among staff-curated lists on Library shelves, and on Libby.
Read more about "Stories The Loneliest Library Book"How are our books selected? Have you ever wondered how a book gets added to our collection? Learn more about our Selectors as we show you just how a book gets on our shelves.
Read more about "How are our books selected?"Sign up for a Family Reading Kit Book Club. Receive additional activities, resources and special event invitations, right to your inbox, twice this year!
Read more about "The Barren Grounds: Family Reading Kit Book Club"Sign up for a Family Reading Kit Book Club. Receive additional activities, resources and special event invitations, right to your inbox, twice this year!
Read more about "Family Reading Kit Book Club: Heartwood Hotel"Have you ever heard of a whale that surfs? A racoon that skateboards? Or a mountain goat who mountain bikes? This series of children’s books bring animals into the extreme sport...
Read more about "Children’s Author Reading and Book Signing – Naila Umar"