City-wide outage, library service impacted
HPL is recovering from the City of Hamilton's cybersecurity-related outage, which began Sunday February 25 and continues today. Learn more.
- Public computers are available at all branches. JAWS (Job Access With Speech) computers are not available
- Printing is available at all branches.
- Photocopying is available at all branches except for the Concession Branch.
- Scanning is not yet available.
- Public Wi-Fi is available at most branches except the Ancaster Branch.
- Makerspace services are available at select locations.
Contact Library Staff at 289-779-7588, hpl.ca or askus@hpl.ca. Check hpl.ca/events for programs and hpl.ca/hours for open hours.
Short Works Prize 2024
Congratulations to all Short Works Prize Winners 2024.
Read their stories and poems.
The Alvin A. Lee Award for Creative Non-Fiction
Guy Jones
The Alvin A. Lee Award for Fiction
Sheila Murray
The FirstOntario Credit Union Award for Poetry
Chris Pannell
The Hamilton Public Library Award for Non-Fiction
Trevor Copp
The Judy Marsales Real Estate Ltd. Award for Poetry
Hannah Barrie
Leah Daniel
The Hamilton Public Library Freda Waldon Award for Fiction
Ahmed Mumtaz
Rotary Club of Hamilton AM Young Writers Award for Creative Non-Fiction
Ruth Ann Bos
Rami Naamna
Rotary Club of Hamilton AM Young Writers Award for POETRY
Abbey Hanson
Marie Njoroge
Rotary Club of Hamilton AM Young Writers Award for Fiction
Sam Hounsome
Ana Kovacevic
Graeme Lavrence
Kylie Wong
HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
The Hamilton Public Library Award for Creative Non-Fiction
Carol Greene
Virginia Kelley
Pam North
The Judy Marsales Real Estate Ltd. Award for Poetry
Aha Blume
Nevena Kovacevic
Monica Lombo
Lyrica Lucas
Amy Notdorft
Jennifer Tan
Ritwik Temburni
Mekaiel Urram
Richard Van Holst
Lisa Victoria
The Hamilton Public Library Freda Waldon Award for Fiction
Agata Antonow
Olivia Vanderwal
Youth Poetry Award
Madison Barlow
Megan Mills
Teg Park
Youth Fiction Award
Cameron Emsley-Drummond
Vanessa Koens
Razan Shahrouri
Mikkie Smylie
