Filming will take place Mar 3-4, 7am to 11pm, at 1464 Centre Rd. This may impact traffic flow in the surrounding area.
Carlisle Branch - Exterior Filming
Published:
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 2:15pm
Carlisle Branch Accessible Door Out of Order
The accessibility door at Carlisle Branch is not working. We aim to fix it quickly.
Published:
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - 2:30pm
Concession Branch - Upcoming Renovations
Renovation preparations are underway in anticipation of the March 2 start. Computer availability may be limited. Living Room and Makerspace areas are closed. (The next nearest Makerspaces are Sherwood and Terryberry Branches.) Renovations are expected to be completed in late Spring. Thank you for your patience.
Published:
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - 1:00pm
Sherwood Branch - Upcoming Renovations
Renovation preparations are underway in anticipation of the March 2 start. Starting the week of February 23, the 2nd Floor will be closed. The Children's collection will be temporarily available on the 1st Floor. Renovations are expected to be completed in late Spring. Thank you for your patience.
Published:
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - 1:00pm
Central Library - Living Room Renovation Preparation
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.
Published:
Friday, February 6, 2026 - 9:00am
Bookmobile Service Modification
Please note the following Bookmobile visit updates.
Wednesday, February 25
Swansea 10:00-10:30am - Cancelled
Helen Detwiler 11:00am-12:00pm - Cancelled
Warplane Museum 3:00-4:00pm - Cancelled
Friday, February 27
Winona 11:00am-12:00pm - Cancelled
Maplewood 2:30-4:00pm - Cancelled
Published:
Monday, February 2, 2026 - 3:15pm
Carlisle Branch Accessible Washroom Out of Order
The accessible washroom at Carlisle Branch is not working. We aim to get it fixed quickly.
Published:
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 - 12:30pm
Central Library - Sunday Hours Paused
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.
Published:
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 11:00am
Top 10 Borrows at HPL in 2024 Inspiration for 2025
HAMILTON, ON – Jan 9, 2025 – Hamilton, if you need inspiration for your 2025 read, watch, listen lists, check out the top borrows from 2024.
Classics such as Anne of Green Gables were as popular among HPL cardholders last year as superstar Taylor Swift’s music and books by Jeff Kinney and Sarah J. Maas.
For proof that Hamilton supports its local talent, look no further than Hamilton Reads 2024 author Anuja Varghese’s Chrysalis. The collection of short stories was the second most popular book borrowed, next to international heavyweight Lee Child’s The Secret, and third among eBooks The Women by Kristin Hannah and It Starts with Us author Colleen Hoover.
Swifties borrowed their beloved icon’s CDs so much in 2024 that her albums held six Top 10 spots.
Like Swift, fantasy author Sarah J. Maas dominated the Top 10 Young Adult Fiction eBook list, holding first, third, fourth, fifth and tenth most circulated spots.
Prolific writer Jeff Kinney held five of the 10 top spots in the Juvenile Fiction eBook category, and curiously, Kinney captured first and second in the Juvenile Non-Fiction list, too.
It’s been more than 115 years since Canadian treasure LM Montgomery published Anne of Green Gables, and it still ranks among the Top 10 eBooks read by young readers.
Young Adults were also drawn to Anne Frank’s Second World War memoir Diary of a Young Girl in 2024, which captured the top spot in the eBook category. Memoirs by Britney Spears (The Woman in Me) and Matthew Perry (Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing) were the first and second most circulated books last year as were summer blockbuster movies Oppenheimer and Barbie respectively.
With more than 183,000 active library card holders in 2024—the highest in 12 years—borrowers are tapping into HPL's myriad genres and platforms. This year, get a library card, borrow the 2024 top titles and check out the new additions to our collections to read (fiction and non-fiction), watch and listen.
