Kitchener Public Library

📚 So many shelves, so many choices! How do you decide what to borrow from the library? Tell us your tips in the comments!

Here's one of our tips!

✅ Use our free DiscoveREAD service to tell us a little bit about yourself, and we'll make you a surprise bundle or personalized list of recommendations.

We want to help you find books, audiobooks, movies and TV shows that you'll love on our shelves!

Submit your DiscoveREAD request: https://www.kpl.org/things-to-check-out/discoveread

Our KPL Green programs help connect you with nature!

Get connected this June:

🌱 Seedling Exchange
📅 Saturday, June 6 at 10 a.m.
📍 Southwest Library

🐦 Save our Songbirds
📅 Saturday, June 6 at 10 a.m.
📍 Pioneer Park Library

🪴 Plant Swap
📅 Saturday, June 13 at 10 a.m.
📍 Pioneer Park Library

🚲 Drop-In Bike Repair with Red Raccoon Bike Rescue
📅 Wednesday, June 17 at 6 p.m.
📍 Forest Heights Library

⛺ Introduction to Camping
📅 Saturday, June 13 at 2 p.m.
📍 Pioneer Park Library

Browse our KPL Green programs and sign up: https://kpl.events.mylibrary.digital/search?c=26

🌈 Happy Pride Month!

We've put together some great programs and reading lists to celebrate the 2SLGBTQIA+ community this June.

You won't want to miss:
✅ Pride Art Night
✅ Q***rKPL Zine Making Workshop with KW Zinetopia
✅ Rainbow Craft Jewelry for Tweens
✅ Trans Health Fair
✅ In My Back Pocket: Deconstructing Archival Ways of Knowing Q***r Desire

You can also learn more about the collections we have in the Grace Schmidt Room of Local History to help you discover 2SLGBTQIA+ history right here in Kitchener!

Discover all of our resources on our blog: https://www.kpl.org/your-library/blogs/all-blogs/blogs/~484-it-s-pride-month-

We're looking for artists to exhibit in the Central Library Art Gallery!

Here's what you need to know before applying for a gallery exhibit:

✅ Exhibits need at least 20 pieces of art
✅ Groups of artists can apply together
✅ We welcome all kinds of mediums
✅ You'll install the exhibit and create labels
✅ Exhibits run for approximately six weeks

We're honoured to have had so many great artists exhibit in our space. You could be next!

Learn more and apply: https://www.kpl.org/programs-and-events/artist-program

Come meet the man who worked with music legends like Iggy Pop, The Sadies and Peaches!

Don Pyle is an author, photographer, producer and Juno-award winning musician who came of age during Toronto's formative punk years. These photos of iconic musicians were featured in his first book "Trouble in the Camera Club."

📅 On Thursday, June 11 at 7 p.m., Don Pyle is coming to Central Library to discuss his new memoir, "Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories From a Life in Music."

Free tickets are now available on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/don-pyle-rough-description-tickets-1984811618982

We're looking forward to National AccessAbility Week!

National AccessAbility Week began in 1988 and was inspired by Rick Hansen's Man in Motion World Tour. This year it runs from May 31 to June 6.

This is a great opportunity to raise awareness of the critical need for accessibility and inclusion for everybody in our community!

Check our reading list that highlights books written by people with disabilities and books about accessibility: https://www.kpl.org/your-library/blogs/all-blogs/blogs/~407-it-s-national-accessability-week-