Magazine and ILLO Delay
Magazine and ILLO deliveries are delayed due to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) strike. Thank you for your understanding.
City IT Planned Maintenance
A City IT systems update is scheduled for early Saturday morning. This will impact access to HPL's network and some applications. This update will improve overall network capacity, performance, resiliency, reliability and is the foundation for future network updates. Thank you for your patience.
3D Printing Not Available On Sundays
Please note that 3D printing services are unavailable on Sundays. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Early Closure - All HPL Branches, Friday, November 22
Due to a special event, all HPL branches will close at 4 pm on Friday, November 22.
Central Library's 4th Floor will be closed all day except for the Newcomer Learning Centre and Makerspace which will be open until 4 pm.
Regular service hours resume on Saturday, November 23.
Thank you for your understanding.
Delayed Branch Openings
Due to Staff training, the following branches have delayed openings of 10 am on:
Tuesday, November 19: Concession
Wednesday, November 20: Ancaster (2 pm opening)
Thursday, November 21: Valley Park
Please visit nearby branches for your library needs. www.hpl.ca/hours
Kenilworth Branch - Roof Repairs
From November 11 to 29, the parking lot may not be available at certain times of the day due to repair maintenance. There may also be some noise disruptions in the branch. Thank you for your understanding.
2023 Power of the Pen Winners
Congratulations to the 2023 Awardees and Honourable Mentions on their literary works.
Poetry
Age 12
1st - Alexis Pereira, Right to Education
2nd - Olivia Haas, Forest in Summer
Age 13
1st – Trinity Oruebor, My Beautiful Ebony
2nd – Danika Thorne, Perfect
Honourable Mentions:
Claire Hunter, Star Lost
Karen Chen, Uncertainty
Annie Grace Ntumba Buzangu, A Special Kind Of Love.
Simone Bremer, Growing Up
Age 14
1st - Rhiann Hogben, Gossip Gardens
2nd – Ellora Stewart, I Never Thought I'd Be That Girl
Honourable Mentions:
Nam Hai Ha, I Am
Marie Njoroge, Space
Age 15
1st – Chloe Joyner, A Book Like Me
2nd - Arnold Fu, Ashes To Ashes: Odes to a Shattered World
Honourable Mentions:
Selina Hazin, Until the Next Time
Ella Meyer, Reflections
Alec Aird, Chemical Reactions of the Soul
Age 16
1st – Stephanie Jean Pierre, How to Crochet
2nd – Liam Brennan, The Dread of a Poet
Age 17
1st – Len Lu, Pretend
2nd- Tegwen Park, The Blank Page
Honourable Mentions:
Mona Siyad, Failed Marionette
Age 18
1st - Kezia Hart, In Envy of Icarus
2nd- Mha Al Sawadi, Lines in the Sand
Honourable Mentions:
Emily Marshall, Devour me, Father.
Sarah Reid, My Age: A Rave.
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Poetry (French)
1st – Len Lu, Juste Des Fantomes
2nd – Simone Bremer, L'Ete
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Short Story
Age 12
1st - Lucy Ye-Eun Jung, The Path to Freedom
2nd - Brinley Proper, An Unexpected Battle
Honourable Mentions:
Alyvia van der Heiden, A black Loyalists Journey
Lora Veenstra, Speak
Jacob Veldpaus, The Battle of Queenston Heights
Grace Kikkert, The Diary of Cathrine Rose Alden
Faith Pamplin, The Beavers
Olivia Haas, Celestia
Age 13
1st – Sarah Jayne Harsevoort, Together We Fight
2nd – Maya Mabayyed, 494
Honourable Mentions:
Kristina Speelman, The Story of Simon LeBlane: Acadian Expulsion
Thomas Luong, Flowers in Vases
Tea Grozev, Halloween
Teodora Jovicevic, The Mumbling Woods
Zainab Shoaib, Message in a Bottle
Age 14
1st – Violet Brauen, Parasites
2nd – Lanya Fitoski, The Diary of Gabby Calloway
Honourable Mentions:
Griffin Dekker, Free as a Bird
Phoebe Mecca, Crotchpot
Maddyson Hunter, The Devil's Bargain
Emily Vaillancourt, The Legend of the Stone Horse
Age 15
1st – Lennex Maley, Who We Are
2nd - Charlotte Needham-Robbins, The Secret Goldfish
Age 16
1st – Olivia Belrose, The Glass World
2nd – Razan Shahrouri, Made with Love
Honourable Mentions:
Angeline Strumas, The Astronaut, The Researcher, And The Professor
Age 17
1st – Len Lu, Memories of a Railroad Worker
2nd - Chaim Evans, I don't believe in "The End"
Honourable Mentions:
Sage Rosamond, Fly Away (but come back to me)
Olivia Gringhuis, The Harmonicist
Joshua Middleton, Saint Nick in Disguise
Age 18
1st – Kezia Hart, A Reminder of What is Not
2nd - Sarah Reid, Bird Seed
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Short Story (French)
1st – Len Lu, Journal de Vacances
2nd – Griffin Dekker, Antagonish, Nova Scotia
Honourable Mentions:
Joshua Middleton, Echapper Nous Meme
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The Hamilton Association Young Poet's Award Winner:
Kezia Hart, In Envy of Icarus
Maitland Banting Silver Quill Award Winner:
Lanya Fitoski, The Diary of Gabby Calloway
For previous years, please visit the Local History & Archives Department at the 3rd floor of the Central Library.
