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Fun, free, simple ways you can use your Library to bring great cheer, reduce waste, honour your budget, and cherish time with loved ones.
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Celebrating the Winter Solstice

Leah explores the Winter Solstice across cultures, light-filled traditions, and shares ways to embrace winter with curiosity and community.

In The Sunroom: Extractions

On display from December 21, 2025 – January 31, 2026 in The Sunroom at Central Library, Extractions by Gerard McNeil.

Holiday Hours in December & January

In December and January, our Library open hours are a bit different than usual. Stock up and enjoy your Library at home while we're closed.

Halifax Public Libraries Welcomes East Cup Café and Roastery

Meet our new café service provider, East Cup Café and Roastery, soon to open at Halifax Central and Keshen Goodman Public Libraries.

Devoted to the Work: Career & Business Memoirs

An art dealer, a restaurant critic, a carpenter, a CEO: read about lives shaped by a passion for the work.

Dear Reader (Taylor's Version)

Inspired by Taylor Swift’s (who is "constantly reading") love of gothic fiction, family secrets, twisty thrillers, and unreliable narrators.

Jane Austen Retellings: YA Reads

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth with one of these YA adaptations of her classic works.

Chiller Thrillers: Young Adult Fiction

Crave icy suspense? These YA thrillers bring frosty twists, eerie vibes, and chills that stick with you.
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