The Greencedar (295 Greencedar Drive, 4-5 pm) visit is cancelled today, Tuesday, October 28, due to vehicle maintenance. Regular service is expected to return next week. Thank you for your understanding.
Bookmobile Service Modification
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - 1:00pm
Kenilworth Branch Reopening
The Kenilworth Branch has reopened today, Monday, October 27. Please note that there is limited parking, and noise disruptions may occur this week as the final touches are made to the renovations. Thank you for your understanding.
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Published:
Monday, October 27, 2025 - 3:00pm
Central Library - Fourth Floor Closure
The 4th Floor is closed on Thursday, October 30 from 4-8pm for a special event. Makerspace and Newcomer Learning Centre will remain open. Floors 1-3 are available with study and work spaces.
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Published:
Monday, October 27, 2025 - 3:00pm
Delayed Branch Openings
The following locations have upcoming delayed openings due to Staff training drills.
Thursday, October 30
Parkdale Branch, 9:30am
Monday November 3
Saltfleet Branch, 9:30am
Friday, November 7
Terryberry Branch, 10am
Monday, November 10
Concession Branch, 10am
Thursday, November 13
Binbrook Branch, 10am
Friday, November 14
Valley Park Branch, 10am
You may visit nearby Branches for your library needs. www.hpl.ca/hours
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - 2:00pm
Replacement and Damage Fees
Bring back your borrowed library items (due Oct 1 or later) within 28 days to avoid a replacement or lost fee. We'll remove the fee when you bring back your overdue items.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Thursday, September 11, 2025 - 3:00pm
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.
