Bookmobile has the following schedule modifications. Thank you for your patience.
Monday, September 15
Tuesday, September 16
Wednesday, September 17
Thursday, September 18
To avoid a replacement or lost fee, please return library materials due October 1st or later within 28 days. Replacement fees are intended to encourage Members to return items on a timely basis so everyone in the community can enjoy them.
From Thursday, September 11, until 5 am on Monday, September 15, road closures for SuperCrawl will be in effect in and around James Street North from King to Wilson/York to Cannon to Barton Street. Additional closures will take place on King William, Rebecca, Vine, Mulberry, Colbourne and Murray Streets. If you are planning to visit Central Library over the next few days, we suggest taking HSR for a convenient route to downtown Hamilton. www.hpl.ca/central
Central Library's Fourth Floor is closed on Tuesday, September 16, from Noon to 6 pm due to a special event. Makerspace and Newcomer Learning Centre will remain open. Floors 1-3 are available as study and work spaces. www.hpl.ca/central
Due to roof repair maintenance, the Branch is temporarily closed from September 2 until October 10. Please visit the Red Hill, Parkdale, and Barton locations as your nearest branches for your library needs. On August 28-29, there may be some noise disruptions and limited parking spots while the roof repair set-up begins. Thank you for your patience.
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.
