The washrooms at Barton Branch are out of order. We aim to get them fixed quickly.
Barton Branch Washrooms Out of Order
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Published:
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - 5:15pm
Online Resources - Sunday, October 12
Due to network maintenance, online resources are not available on Sunday, October 12, from 6 am to 5 pm. Thank you for your patience.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - 2:30pm
Delayed Branch Openings
The following locations have upcoming delayed openings due to Staff training drills.
Monday, October 20
Ancaster Branch, 10 am
Tuesday, October 21
Central Library, 10 am
Sherwood Branch, 10 am
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
Bookmobile Service Modification
On Wednesday, October 8, the Helen Detwiler (320 Brigade Drive) visit has been changed to 11-11:30 am this week. Thank you for your understanding.
Published:
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - 2:00pm
Branch Closures - Thanksgiving
All HPL Branches are closed on Thanksgiving Monday, October 13. Bookmobile is off the road. Extended Access and Study Hall services are not available. Regular service hours resume on Tuesday, October 14. Our Virtual Branch is open at hpl.ca.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, October 6, 2025 - 2:00pm
All Branches Closed for October 12
All branches close on Sunday, October 12, 2025 for Thanksgiving. This includes branches with Extended Access.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, October 6, 2025 - 2:00pm
Bookmobile Service Modification
Due to the ongoing Mohawk College Support Staff strike, the Bookmobile visit on Monday, October 6, is cancelled. You may select Terryberry Branch as an alternative location to pick up your Holds. On Wednesday, October 8, the Helen Detwiler visit is changed to 11-11:30 am this week.
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Bookmobile Stop:
Published:
Friday, September 26, 2025 - 3:00pm
Interlibrary Loan Service on Pause
Interlibrary Loan (ILLO) service will be temporarily paused starting Friday, September 26, due to continued negotiations between CUPW and Canada Post. We apologize for the inconvenience.
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Friday, September 26, 2025 - 1:00pm
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
Kenilworth Branch - Temporary Closure (Sept 2 - Oct 14)
Due to roof repair maintenance, the Branch is temporarily closed from September 2 until October 14. Please visit the Red Hill, Parkdale, and Barton locations as your nearest branches for your library needs. Thank you for your patience.
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Published:
Monday, August 11, 2025 - 8:00am
Top 10 Borrows at HPL in 2024 Inspiration for 2025
HAMILTON, ON – Jan 9, 2025 – Hamilton, if you need inspiration for your 2025 read, watch, listen lists, check out the top borrows from 2024.
Classics such as Anne of Green Gables were as popular among HPL cardholders last year as superstar Taylor Swift’s music and books by Jeff Kinney and Sarah J. Maas.
For proof that Hamilton supports its local talent, look no further than Hamilton Reads 2024 author Anuja Varghese’s Chrysalis. The collection of short stories was the second most popular book borrowed, next to international heavyweight Lee Child’s The Secret, and third among eBooks The Women by Kristin Hannah and It Starts with Us author Colleen Hoover.
Swifties borrowed their beloved icon’s CDs so much in 2024 that her albums held six Top 10 spots.
Like Swift, fantasy author Sarah J. Maas dominated the Top 10 Young Adult Fiction eBook list, holding first, third, fourth, fifth and tenth most circulated spots.
Prolific writer Jeff Kinney held five of the 10 top spots in the Juvenile Fiction eBook category, and curiously, Kinney captured first and second in the Juvenile Non-Fiction list, too.
It’s been more than 115 years since Canadian treasure LM Montgomery published Anne of Green Gables, and it still ranks among the Top 10 eBooks read by young readers.
Young Adults were also drawn to Anne Frank’s Second World War memoir Diary of a Young Girl in 2024, which captured the top spot in the eBook category. Memoirs by Britney Spears (The Woman in Me) and Matthew Perry (Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing) were the first and second most circulated books last year as were summer blockbuster movies Oppenheimer and Barbie respectively.
With more than 183,000 active library card holders in 2024—the highest in 12 years—borrowers are tapping into HPL's myriad genres and platforms. This year, get a library card, borrow the 2024 top titles and check out the new additions to our collections to read (fiction and non-fiction), watch and listen.
