From March 23 until April 12, Valley Park Community Centre will be closed for renovations, reopening April 13. Pool and changerooms will remain closed until early summer 2026.
Valley Park Branch will remain open during the renovations for your library needs.
As of Monday, March 2, Concession Branch's Living Room and Makerspace areas are closed. (The next nearest Makerspaces are Sherwood and Terryberry Branches.) Seating may be limited at times. Renovations are expected to be completed in late Spring. Thank you for your patience.
As of Monday, March 2, Sherwood Branch's 2nd floor is closed due to renovations. Makerspace, Children and Teen's collection are temporarily available on the 1st floor. All programs will be held in the basement program room. Renovations are expected to be completed in late Spring. Thank you for your patience.
Starting Tuesday February 10, the First Floor Living Room is closed due to renovation preparations. Study and work spaces are available on Floors 2-4. Thank you for your patience.
Please note the following Bookmobile visit updates.
Wednesday, March 4
St. Elizabeth Village: 1:15-1:45pm - Cancelled
Gemini: 2-2:30pm - Cancelled
Rosedale: 5-6:30pm - Cancelled
Friday, March 6
Winona: 11am-Noon - Cancelled
Queen Victora: 3-4pm - Cancelled
The accessible washroom at Carlisle Branch is not working. We aim to get it fixed quickly.
Effective Sunday, February 1, Sunday service hours at Central Library will be paused.
Sunday Hours will continue at Dundas, Red Hill, Terryberry, Turner Park, Valley Park and Waterdown Branches from 1-5pm.
Valid by Chris Bergeron (with the English translation by Natalia Hero) is this year’s One eRead / Un Livrel Canada title choice. It’s available without holds or waiting lists from April 1-30, 2025.
Download the eBook or eAudiobook:
eBook – English
eBook - French
eAudiobook - French
About the Book
Set in a disturbingly transfigured Montreal in the year 2050, Valid is a monologue delivered over the span of eight hours by Christelle, a seventy-year-old trans woman forced to live as a man in order to survive. Speaking to her captor, an ever-more powerful AI, she turns the tables and mounts her own revolution by showing her truest self. Part autofiction, part dystopic speculation on an all-too-possible future characterized by corporate power, ecological collapse, and political havoc, Valid is an ambitious work that is as much philosophical as it is confessional.
About One eRead Canada
This national One Book, One City initiative is an opportunity for all public libraries to participate in a Canada-wide digital reading program. It’s presented by the Canadian Urban Libraries Council / Conseil des Bibliothèques Urbaines du Canada (CULC/CBUC).
Un Livrel/One eRead Canada brings people and libraries together from coast to coast to read and/or listen to a single title in both English and French and engage with each other about how it impacted them. This initiative is similar to a One Book, One City program, but on a national scale in digital format, and with a bilingual offering. It highlights French and English literary gems from Canada and celebrates works in translation.
Books are an important means of connecting and understanding the world around us; the importance of access to digital books and audio has never been so clear for libraries and our users.
Share your thoughts on this year’s novel by using these hashtags on your social media:
#1eReadLivrelCanada #BookClub
Join the One eRead Canada Book Club Facebook Live Group.
National Online Events
Author Chris Bergeron will sit down with CBC on Wednesday, April 23, at 7 pm and with Radio-Canada in French on Thursday, April 24, at 7 pm. Stay tuned for more details.
Consultez le livre numérique ou le livre audio-numérique et discutez en ligne de la sélection 2025 de Un Livrel/One eRead Canada avec d'autres amateurs de livres.
