Hamilton Public Library

Are you looking for a part-time role to suit your schedule? HPL is hiring for the following roles: Part-time Cleaner - before October 29 Library Page (Saltfleet and Stoney Creek Branches) - before October 30 Information Clerk Call-in - before November 5 www.hpl.ca/jobs

Turner Park hosted a Haunted Terrorium program yesterday morning just in time for this spooky week. Registration is now open for more holiday-themed Craft at HPL programming being offered in November and December. www.hpl.ca/events #HamOnt #Crafting #Halloween2026 #Libraries

Alice, Elizabeth, Leonara, Livvie, Rafi and Rocco spent their PA Day morning at Central as Chief Librarians for a Day! 📚🎉 They were the six lucky Summer Reading Club winners who got to tour our different library departments and meet our CEO and Chief Librarian, Paul Takala. #HamOnt

#HamOnt, it's Election Day! 🗳️ If you haven't voted yet, get out there today and make your vote count. Voters can cast their ballot at any voting location in their ward. Visit www.hamilton.ca/elections for locations, times and more important information.

“A message of good luck to you this joyous HALLOWEEN.” View and discuss #Halloween ephemera and photographs with Local History and Archives Staff this Tuesday when the Out of the Vault series returns. Drop in October 27 at 10am to West Harbour for this treat. https://events.hpl.ca/event/17691380

Hamilton Zineposium celebrates zines and zine culture in #HamOnt on November 7! Browse, buy or trade, and print and create with #zinesters #artists #illustrators and #writers. Zine your way over to Central Library on Saturday, November 7 from 11am to 4pm. https://events.hpl.ca/event/17426126

Everyone had so much fun making #moth headbands and using the ChompSaw to make moth wings out of cardboard at last Saturday's Make and Create: Make Your Own Moth-stumes at Waterdown Branch! Fly in on PA Day (Monday, October 26) for more moth-themed events at two locations. www.hpl.ca/events

Hailing from Montreal, Coco Rose makes its debut at tomorrow's Noon Hour Concert! 🎶 Since 2022, the group has been blending funk and pop for its audiences and has played at major festivals including Montreal Jazz Festival. https://events.hpl.ca/event/17079556 Sponsored by Hamilton Musicians' Guild.

September's Waterdown Branch's Tween Book Club was filled with students making fun collages unique to them. ✂️ Bring a friend to the next one on Monday October 26, 6:30-7:30pm. This month's theme is Scary Stories just in time for Halloween! 👻🎃 www.hpl.ca/events

Know your consumer rights. Brush up on the do's and don'ts of buying a new or used car so you are not stuck with a lemon or costly repairs. Register your free seats for the Tuesday, November 10 (11am-Noon) session being held at Central Library. https://events.hpl.ca/event/17564158

Happy #OntarioPublicLibraryWeek! This year’s theme, Loud for Libraries / Haut et fort pour les bibliothèques, invites people across Ontario to consider what they are willing to do for #libraries in their own communities. Visit select HPL Branches to celebrate their respective anniversaries. 🎉🎈🎂

It's #CanadianLibraryWorkersDay! Shani and Sandra are sporting their #LibraryLove through their fun wearable choices. Support your local libraries this month and as we head into #OntarioPublicLibraryWeek (October 18-24) next week! 📚 #HamOnt #LibraryLife #Libraries #LibrariesTransform

Pick up your locally grown fresh produce, homemade jams, and baked goods, and stop by HPL's table at Waterdown Farmers' Market tomorrow, October 17. #TeamHPL's Anne and Hanna had so much fun last time making produce-themed buttons. Sarah will bring the button maker again for the last outdoor market.

Have you voted yet? Media experts from CBC, CHCH News Hamilton Spectator will discuss local #HamOnt issues to help you make an informed decision on election day, Monday, October 26. Drop in and listen to a #MunicipalElection Media Panel on Monday October 19, 6:30pm at Central. www.hpl.ca/events

Step into a world of colour, creativity, and nature at the Hamilton Fall Floral Mum Show 💮starting this Saturday, October 17 until Sunday, October 25, 9am-7pm at the Gage Park Greenhouse. Admission for children ages 0-5 is free. The greenhouse is wheelchair accessible and there's free parking.

Want to hear a blend of classic rock, blues, country, soul and dance hits spanning from the 1960s-90s? Then don't miss Vintage Noise in tomorrow's Noon Hour Concert on the 4th Floor of Central Library! www.hpl.ca/events Generously sponsored by Hamilton Musicians' Guild.

Seventeen days to go until #Halloween! 💀🎃 Eight Members created spooky Halloween Book Page Vases last week at Central to add frightful décor touches! www.hpl.ca/fright-fest

Families were treated to Hamilton Fire Department demos and advice at the Concession and Locke Branches during last week's Fire Prevention Week! 🚒 Kiddos learned about the life-saving equipment and uniforms involved when responding to emergency calls in the #HamOnt community.

Due to construction, Study Hall is cancelled this Thursday, October 15 at Turner Park Branch. The service will return on Monday, October 19. www.hpl.ca/study-halls #HamOnt

Starting on Thursday, October 15, HPL's Bookmobile will be visiting Hamilton Children's Museum (at Gage Park) on Thursdays from 12:30-1:30pm (instead of Mondays, 3:30-4:30pm). Explore the newly-renovated City Museum and then hop onto the Bookmobile to pick up some Fall reads. www.hpl.ca/bookmobile

Drop in and practice your ASL skills this weekend! All skill levels welcome. No registration required. 📅 American Sign Language Conversation Club 📷 Saturday, October 10 | 2pm | Central Library (2nd Floor Program Room) 📷 www.hpl.ca/events #HamOnt #Libraries #LibrariesTransform

It's 10 year anniversary of Waterdown Village's annual Scarecrow Walk running until October 31! 🎃 Waterdown Branch's scarecrow is inspired by R.L Stine's Goosebumps: The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight. #TeamHPL's Laura and Sarah changed it to "The Scarecrow Walks to the Library"!

Local author Joyce Grant will discuss her latest book 'This is a Library Book' with Michelle Arbuckle, executive director of Ontario Library Association on Saturday, October 17! 📚 Bring a pal and register your free seats at https://events.hpl.ca/event/17080846 to attend from 1-2pm at Westdale.

October 4-11 is #ScienceLiteracyWeek! 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 Visit Waterdown Branch TODAY after school (4-5:30pm) for a hands-on science show (for 8-12 years) featuring fun favourites such as sizzle rockets, edible water balls and strawberry DNA. In Partnership with McMaster Engineering. #HamOnt

Wondering about your child's #speech and #vocabulary development? Come to Red Hill Branch this Friday, October 9, for Music for Babies and Toddlers (11am-11:30am) and then stay to ask your questions to a Speech Language Pathologist on-site (11:30am-12:30pm). events.hpl.ca/event/16910347 #HamOnt

Due to popular demand, HPL is expanding the Genealogy Club! Join #TeamHPL and professional genealogist, Kaye, for a weekly hour-long drop-in genealogy session at Central in Local History and Archives Reading Room. www.hpl.ca/events #HamOnt

🌈 Come to the Kenilworth Branch Queer Parent Meet-Up and craft with All Out Collective!🌈 Take a break this long weekend and come make fairy lights with other queer parents from 2pm-3pm this Saturday, October 10. #HamOnt #LGBTQ #Crafts #Libraries #LibrariesTransform

It was a packed Wentworth Room at last Tuesday's Ghost Walk Talk at Central! Members came out to hear the haunted tales about the ghosts 👻 of #HamOnt neighbourhoods and buildings. Visit www.hpl.ca/fright-fest to search for more frightful and spine-chilling events at HPL.

New Sensory Backpacks - we've got them! A portable collection of tools and activities designed to help children, teens, or adults manage sensory needs, emotions, attention, and stress while away from home. Each branch location has one that you may borrow while you visit. www.hpl.ca/sensory-backpack

Hannah picked up her 3-in-1 Duplo LEGO Summer Reading Club prize 📚 recently at the new West Harbour Branch. Congrats and enjoy creating the three colourful animal designs!🎉

Welcome Concession to the Makerspace family! 🎉 Construction is now done and the new Makerspace at Concession Branch is ready for action! Stop by this week to use the new equipment. www.hpl.ca/makerspaces #HamOnt #SmallBusinessMonth #DIY #Entrepreneurs #Makers #SmallBiz

All HPL Branches are closed on Sunday, October 11, and Thanksgiving Monday, October 12. Bookmobile is off the road. Extended Access and Study Hall services are not available. Regular service hours resume on Tuesday, October 13. Our Virtual Branch is open at hpl.ca. #HamOnt #Libraries

#KanopyKids has Halloween titles filled with creepy tales of little monsters and goofy goblins. Log in with your HPL library card for a selection of harvest time stories that will have you dreaming of pumpkins, hay rides, hot apple cider and trick-or-treating. https://www.kanopy.com/en/hplca/kids

October is #NationalWomensHistoryMonth, a time to celebrate the women and girls who contribute to a better, more inclusive Canada. It encourages girls and young women to see themselves as leaders and changemakers. Visit www.hpl.ca/national-womens-history-month for female-led programs. #HamOnt

Fire Prevention Week 👨‍🚒 👩‍🚒 runs October 4-10 and this year's theme is “Charge into Fire Safety™: Safe Charging Is a Superpower”. #HamOnt, bring your kiddos to meet our #HamiltonFire heroes at select branches to learn #safety tips in case of an emergency. www.hpl.ca/events

Creative Members got into the Halloween spirit when they made paper pumpkins and the viral ghost canvas art at the recent Long Table Craft Event at Terryberry. Add some #DIY #Halloween #decor by registering for these: Yarn Pumpkins The Long Table Craft Halloween Book Page Vase www.hpl.ca/events

If you've been to the Westdale Branch lately, you'll have seen these life-size papier-mache figures on display. This mixed media art exhibit derived from Sylvia Nickerson's graphic novel 'Creation' is named 'Dark Mirror'. On display until the end of October. #HamOnt #Arts

Who's going to #TellingTales this weekend?! If you live in #HamOnt's downtown core, consider taking the FREE shuttle from outside Central Library. Shuttle runs on a continuous loop, every 30 minutes from 8am-3pm (5:30pm is final departure from Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) Canada)

In honour of #NationalWomensHistoryMonth and #ONCultureDays, critically-acclaimed #HamOnt-based singers Lily Sazz and Rob Lamothe take centre stage for tomorrow's Noon Hour Concert! 🎶🎹🎙️ www.hpl.ca/events Generously sponsored by Hamilton Musician's Guild and Music Performance Trust Fund.

Become a #Wikipedia editor! Register for these upcoming sessions and learn from 2024 Wikimedian of the Year, Hannah Clover, who has more than 37,000 edits. Saturday, October 3: 2pm, Westdale Thursday, October 29: 1pm, Terryberry www.hpl.ca/events #HamOnt #Libraries

It's #CanadianLibraryMonth and #TeamHPL wants to shout it from the top of our bookshelves! As well as from the top entrance of City Hall! From October 5-11, look for this banner as it'll be hanging at the Main Street exterior for all #Hamiltonians to see. https://hpl.ca/get-a-library-card/

Today is National Truth and Reconciliation Day to honour the lost children and survivors of Canada’s residential schools. All HPL Branches will observe a minute of silence at 2:15pm. Please remove your hats and silence your devices out of respect. hpl.ca/orange-shirt... #HamOnt #NTRD2026

Lucky winners from this year's Summer Reading Club competed in friendly play as part of the Nerftastic Party at Central on Saturday. Quinlan and others aimed with precision in hitting #TeamHPL's Joey as the target. Over at Sherwood, William and his parents loved "raving" together to the music. 🎶

Who-whooo's ready for Fall? This wise owl is checking out some of the fun programs happening at the Westdale Branch this October! www.hpl.ca/events www.hpl.ca/pumpkin-palooza #HamOnt #Reading #Literacy #Libraries

Have you visited the newly relocated Children's Area on Central Library's 2nd Floor? The Storytime carpet, chosen in partnership with the City of Hamilton’s Indigenous Relations Division, is called 'Garden of Relatives' and was designed by Indigenous artist, Hawlii Pichette. www.hpl.ca/events