News from Ruth E. Dickinson: your local library branch

From Ruth E. Dickinson, Ottawa Public Library

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June 13, 2025

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📌Kids and Families  

😎 Saturday June 14, 11 am to 1 pm  

Get your Summer Read on! / Journée à vos marques, prêts, lisez! 

Register for the TD Summer Reading Club and decorate the front of the Ruth E. Dickinson! Drop-in program family program. 

🌈 Saturday June 14, 10:30 am  

Rainbow Storytime / Heure du conte arc-en-ciel Our enchanting stories will take children on a joyful journey through tales that highlight the beauty of different identities, to explore themes of kindness, understanding, and the importance of embracing who we are. Drop-in family program 

📚 Thursday June 19, 6-7 pm  

Crafting a Story Book Club. Do you know a child who is new to independent reading? Join us for a story and then craft or artwork about the story and characters. Registration required. For kids ages 5-8 and their adult reading partner. 

📌Teens 

📓Teen Exam Cram Need a place to focus to get ready for your end-of-year exams? Need a place to meet to work on a group project? Come to the library to study for exams this June. We have spaces for high school students to use to prepare for final exams. 

📌Adults 

☕ June is Senior's Month.  Read about Spry and Sassy Seniors HERE 

️✈ Tuesday June 17, 2-3 pm  

Armchair Travel – Newfoundland. Save the airfare and visit Newfound at the Library. Enjoy photos and narration from multiple car trips around this wonderful province. Presented by Lynda Buske from the Ottawa PC Users’ Group and the Orleans Photo Club. Register online to reserve your seat.  

📲 Libby App 

Read or listen to titles on your computer through your web browser, or on your mobile device or tablet. Download the free Libby app available through Google Play & the App Store. 

 ✍ Thursday June 19, 3-4 pm  

Monthly Writers Group. This is a space for exploring your own unique ways of expressing yourself.  Stories, reflections, poetry, memoirs or whatever you want to write, you are welcome here. Drop-in.   

📖 Other literary events: 

🌈Saturday June 14 at 7 pm Celebrate Pride with Author Emily Austin.  Join us for an event at Bayview Yards with Canadian author of We Could Be Rats, Interesting Facts About Space and Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead. 

Visit the Library website for our hours of operation, to access online resources, browse books, search programs and events, and more!