A Heat Warning starts today, Friday, July 11. Heat Warnings stay in effect until they are cancelled or escalated to an Extended Heat Warning. All HPL Branches are Cool Places during open service hours. Stay hydrated, #HamOnt!

Central Library's 4th Floor is hosting Steel Town Love Festival tomorrow, Saturday, July 12 from 11am-4pm. Makerspace and Newcomer Learning Centre will remain open. Floors 1-3 are available for Members to use as study and work spaces instead. #HamOnt

In all your decluttering over these summer weeks, you come across overdue HPL library materials? No problem, we’ll gladly take them off your hands! No fines. No questions asked. Return them to your local Branch's drop box or Bookmobile visit; we'll be waiting. #HamOnt

Aside from their energy-packed live shows, Derek, Matt and Kevin of Checkerboard Floors wear their influences on their sleeves! Arrive early tomorrow as they power through modern indie rock to classic 70s to pop-rock 🎸🎶 in Central's Noon Hour Concert.

July is #NationalPicnicMonth!.BYOB (bring your own blanket and/or basket) to enjoy second Pier 8 Gantry Crane Summer Concert Series next Monday, July 14!.From 6:30-7:30pm, let Behind the Woodpile trio swoon you with their Canadiana and Roots music. #HamOnt

The third and final season of The Summer I Turned Pretty drops next Wednesday, July 16 on Prime Video! .Have you read all three books yet? Borrow the print editions or download the eBooks or eAudiobooks to be ready for the summertime drama!.

Learn how you can incorporate authentic and efficient #dialogue in your prose in this encore workshop from our 2024-25 Writer-in-Residence, Anna Chatterton. Join Anna at the Kenilworth Branch on Thursday, July 31 at 4:30pm. Register your free spot at

It's a date, #HamOnt! .Learn more at and register your free day long pass.

#HamOnt, you showed up for last night's first of four .Pier 8 Summer Concert Series! Over 200 music lovers (some with furry friends) poured into #GantryCrane space to see Two Families Band! The quartet played a variety, including traditional Ukrainian and Italian folk songs.

Roooar for new, free @ROMtoronto passes at HPL! Starting today, place your hold to spend time visiting and exploring the #ROM this #summer, including its #dino exhibit. .#HamOnt #libraries

Indigenous storytelling programs continue at HPL in July with Indigenous leader Jim Adams. Registration is required, but drop-ins are also welcome!. Valley Park, Wednesday, July 9 at 6pm: Concession, Tuesday, July 15 at 5:30pm:

A Heat Warning starts tomorrow, Saturday, July 5. All HPL Branches are open as Cool Places and Dundas, Red Hill, Terryberry, Turner Park, Valley Park and Waterdown are open Sunday from 1-5pm while Central is 12pm-5pm. #HamOnt

Read. Bake. Cook. Snap!.Borrow 'Cake & Loaf Gatherings' and/or 'Soups, Salads, Sandwiches' by celebrity chef Matty Matheson for two upcoming Cookbook Clubs at Binbrook Branch. Friday, July 25, 11am-Noon..Friday, August 22, 11am-Noon.

Join us at the Central Library on Saturday, July 19 at 2pm to practice your #ASL skills. Open to anyone who wants to learn or improve their knowledge of American Sign Language in an inclusive and supportive environment. All skill levels welcome!

What's your favourite romance book trope? #TeamHPL’s Sarah and Junine love the "Friends to Lovers" Trope. Would you add any books to their picks?. Talk tropes, meet-cutes, and more at #SteelTownLove, July 12 at Central Library. Register here:

Local History and Archives is full of adventures!.To celebrate over 55 years of HPL's Summer Reading Club, the #art exhibit, Adventures in the Archives: Around the World, Here at Home is on in Central Library's Jackson Square Lobby. Explore it before the end of the year. #HamOnt

All HPL Branches and Bookmobile sites are closed tomorrow for Canada Day, Tuesday, July 1st. Extended Access service is not available. Regular service hours resume on Wednesday, July 2. Come in today, stay cool and stock up on your summer reads. #HamOnt

Get to any of our 23 HPL Branches or Bookmobile sites starting today, Saturday, June 28 to register your kids for this year's @TDSRC_CLETD! 📚😎🌎🎈.#TeamHPL is looking forward to a summer together of fun programs, reading adventures, giveaways and more.

What's your favourite #romance #book #trope? #TeamHPL’s Laura M., loves the 'Marriage of Convenience Trope.' Would you add any #books to her picks?.#HamOnt, see you at the upcoming #SteelTownLove Festival on Saturday, July 12 at Central Library. Register:

Exams are over! School is out . summer fun is in! ☀️.​Evelyn and trained @SJAOntario therapy dog Pilot stopped by Saltfleet Branch last week and helped students de-stress from their studying in our Paws the Pressure program. #HamOnt @cshwcdsb @hwdsb_arts