All branches close on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 for Canada Day. This includes branches with Extended Access.
All Branches Closed for Canada Day
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, June 30, 2025 - 8:00am
Barton Branch Accessible Washroom Out of Order
The accessible washroom at Barton Branch is not working. We aim to get it fixed quickly.
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Published:
Friday, June 27, 2025 - 3:15pm
Bookmobile Stops Cancelled- Canada Day
All HPL Branches are closed Canada Day, Tuesday, July 1. Extended Access is not available. The following Bookmobile visits are also cancelled on July 1st:
- Riverdale
- Strathcona
- McMaster
- Greencedar
- Mountview
Regular service hours resume Wednesday, July 2.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 - 11:00am
Study Halls - Summer Break Pause
Study Halls are taking a summer break after Thursday, June 26. The service will resume in early September.
www.hpl.ca/study-halls
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Friday, June 20, 2025 - 1:30pm
Terryberry Branch Elevator Out of Order
The parking lot elevator at Terryberry Branch is not working. Members will need to use the accessible ramp at the Mohawk entrance and the inner elevator. We're working to get it fixed quickly.
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Published:
Saturday, May 31, 2025 - 1:00pm
Public Computers - Audio Volume
Please note that the audio volume levels on our public computers are having issues. The estimated time of disruption is unknown at this time. Thank you for your patience.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Thursday, May 29, 2025 - 4:00pm
Mount Hope Branch Accessibile Ramp Not Available
The accessibility ramp at Mount Hope Branch is damaged. The handrail is not available. The ramp will not be available while being repaired. We aim to fix it quickly.
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Published:
Friday, May 23, 2025 - 4:30pm
30th Anniversary: 2024 Power of the Pen Winners
Congratulations to the 2024 Awardees and Honourable Mentions on their literary works.
Poetry
Age 12
1st - Alana Cheng, Knife
2nd - Aria D'Andrea, Mountains
Honourable Mention:
Bethany Shadd, Music to Me
Age 13
1st - Lars Vonk, Deep Down Under
2nd - Hunter Chrea, I'm Not Enough
Honourable Mentions:
Lucia Mostacedo, Reader
Age 14
1st - Minjun Choi, GoGuardian
2nd - Olivia Haas, Traffic
Honourable Mentions:
Rachael Haveman, I Don't Want to Write any Poems Today
Alexis Pereira, Worth the Risk
Age 15
1st - Sumayyah Satia, Give Peace to your Heart
2nd - Yamam Qays, Chamber of White
Honourable Mentions:
Madeleine Hastings-Speck, We Were Just Kids
Josephine Bertrand, Standing Strong
Age 16
1st - Jewels Snider, A Robin's Resilience
2nd - Hana Hvezda, Red on White
Honourable Mention:
Jade Chan, Rapid Relief
Age 17
1st - Claire Weingartner, Red
2nd- Marie Njoroge, Dandelion Season
Honourable Mentions:
Ali Al- Nasih, Gentle Rain
Age 18
1st - Meryanna Pedrousyan, Ink Incompatible with Paper
2nd - Megan Mills, Blitzed at the Ball
Honourable Mentions:
Chaim Evans, Life Through a Kaleidoscope
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Poetry (French)
1st - Madeleine Hastings-Speck, Le Chanson de I'lsolation
2nd - Mikaela Pereira, Que mettries-vous dans votre valise?
Honourable Mention:
Evelina Romero, Quand Je Suis Seule
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Short Story
Age 12
1st - Anna Lohvynenko, First Place
2nd - Saif Shahrouri, Belonging
Honourable Mentions:
Alyssa Filipe, A Merchant's Apprentice
Age 13
1st - Addison Jonkman, The Native Way
2nd - Kerrington Groenewegen, Sound of Screams
Honourable Mentions:
Jude Hill, No Surrender
Joanne Zhang, Beatrice
Ademidun Arimoro, An Old Friend
Cheryl Yem, The Merge
Jonah Kaplan, The War of the Burger Restaurants
Bajrang Khanna, Unbroken Bond
Lyric Brown, Hippopotamus Story
Jared Stassen, Too Young for War
Age 14
1st - Sara Jayne Harsevoort, The Expulsion of the Acadians
2nd - Brenna Hall, A New Life
Honourable Mentions:
Jacob Veldpaus, Tut’s Curse
Grace Kikkert, The Crash
Michael Lutz, Within
Charlotte Maertens, 8 Minutes
Rachael Haveman, Frederick’s Flowers
Age 15
1st - Aibhlin Rogers, Unheard of
2nd - Asher Berkelaar, The Tachyon Paradox
Honourable Mention:
Thomas Luong, The Grieving Bench
Age 16
1st – Katelyn Marshall-Zyba, Devil’s Ridge
2nd – Madison Heise, True Beauty
Age 17
1st – Mia Antonelli, My Greatest Friend Is My Greatest Revenge
2nd – Olivia Belrose, The Sum of Zero
Age 18
1st – Chaim Evans, Love at Long Last
2nd – Kyra Bredenhof, Unearthing
Honourable Mention:
Harshvi Patel, The Secret Goldfish
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Short Story (French)
1st – Dianne Tomara, Le voyage vers le rêve canadien
2nd – Joshua Middleton, Choisir mon propre chemin
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The Hamilton Association Young Poet's Award Winner:
Age 16
1st - Jewels Snider, A Robin's Resilience
Honourable Mention:
Claire Weingartner, Red
Maitland Banting Silver Quill Award Winner:
Age 15
1st - Aibhlin Rogers, Unheard of
For previous years, please visit the Local History & Archives Department at the 3rd floor of the Central Library.
