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Hear more from @lindamcquaig.bsky.social & co-author Neil Brooks: Tues, Sept 22, discussing their new book.
London Central Library, 3rd Floor @lpl.ca
251 Dundas St., London.
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September 18, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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The Annual Fall Book Sale is almost here! 🍂📚

Shop books, CDs, DVDs, vinyl, and more, with every purchase helping support Library programs.

📅 Friday, October 16–Sunday, October 18
📍 Centennial Hall

Learn more: buff.ly/hcTxjoD
September 18, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Start October with live music at Central Library. 🎵

Join us in the Rotary Reading Garden for a free performance by Stephen James Ingram as part of LPL Live.

📅 Oct. 1, 6–7pm
📍 Rotary Reading Garden, Central Library

Supported by the Paul Seed Fund and London Public Library donors.
Promotional poster for London Public Library’s LPL Live series showing a headshot of a young man and event details: Thursday, October 1, 6–7pm at Rotary Reading Garden, Central Library.
September 17, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Hey students, wondering where your studies might take you? 🎓

Explore reads by @WesternU.ca and Fanshawe College alumni that reflect the many directions a post-secondary education can lead.

Browse the list: buff.ly/7nnnwCj
Three book covers side-by-side: "Is This a Cry for Help?" (green cover with stacked papers, a cat and an arm reaching out), "At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage" (white cover with bold black and red text), and "We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story" (teal cover with
September 16, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Got a mini scientist at home? 🧪

Explore our Science September booklist for kids and teens, featuring experiments, robots, planet Earth, the human body, inspiring scientists, and more: buff.ly/8ZTG38N
Three colorful children's science book covers — "Absolutely Epic Science Experiments" (cartoon scientist and lab gadgets), "Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to Communicate" (blue flower and bee), and "Urgent Message from a Hot Planet" (globe and climate theme) on a dark geometric background.
September 16, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Cherryhill Branch has closed for the evening, Tuesday, September 15, due to area power outage.
September 15, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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A year later, Sherwood Branch Library feels full of life. 💙

For some, it’s a longtime favourite. For others, it’s a new family routine.

With thanks to Rudy Sparkuhl, Friends of the London Public Library, Sherwood Forest Mall & Canadian Commercial, and all donors for their generous contributions.
September 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Give your clothes a second life during Sustainable Fashion Week Canada. 🧵

Join London Public Library and Musey for two workshops on repairing, reworking, and transforming clothing you already own.

📅 Sept. 28, 5–8:30pm
📍 Central Library

Register now: buff.ly/7nnnwCj
September 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Curious about what it means to help govern a public library?

Drop in at Central Library for our Library Board Open House and learn what’s involved in being a volunteer Library Board Trustee.

📅 Sept. 17, 5–6pm
📍 Central Library

Applications are open until Nov. 4: buff.ly/TgduoKV
Poster inviting community members to join the library board, with bold headline "Interested in Joining the Library Board?", event details about an open house, and a photo of three smiling adults outdoors holding a blue historical plaque.
September 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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Looking for an enriching after-school or weekend activity? ♟️

Our Library chess programs offer children a welcoming space to learn, play, and build confidence at their own pace. All experience levels welcome.

Find a session near you: buff.ly/ctv1sIu
Promotional poster for "Chess for Kids (Ages 6+)" showing an adult teaching a smiling child giving a thumbs-up over a chessboard, with a grid of location/time tiles and large navy chess-piece icons on a yellow background.
September 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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Can a wealth tax help address inequality in Canada?

Drop in for an author talk celebrating Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us: The Urgent Case for a Wealth Tax by Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks.

📅 Sept. 22, 6:30–8:30pm
📍 Central Library
Poster announcing a talk by Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks titled "Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us: The Urgent Case for a Wealth Tax," scheduled Sept 22, 6:30–8:30pm at Central Library. Smiling woman with shoulder-length, wavy, light-streaked hair shown in a slightly tilted white-framed portrait against a mustard-yellow background. Smiling older man with thinning white hair wearing a dark puffer jacket, photographed outdoors with blurred buildings and trees, shown as a tilted white‑bordered portrait against a mustard‑yellow background. Book cover titled "Cancelling Billionaires — Before They Cancel Us" with subtitle "The Urgent Case for a Wealth Tax," featuring a stylized white luxury yacht cutting through waves on a dark green panel framed by a mustard-yellow background.
September 14, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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Rick “The Temp” Campanelli is coming to Central Library. 📺

Join us for a conversation about his new memoir, TEMPTED, followed by a book sale and signing.

📅 October 15, 7–8:30pm
📍 Central Library

Register: buff.ly/1uzIpmf
Close-up book cover showing a man's face and intense blue eyes above the large yellow title TEMPTED, with the subtitle "My Story" below and navy and orange side panels, suggesting a candid memoir portrait. Tempted: In conversation with Rick Campanelli — promotional poster for London Public Library advertising an October 15, 7–8:30 PM event at Central Library, shown on a coral background with bold navy title, quote marks and the library logo.
September 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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So much is happening at the Library this week! 🔥 Free, fun, and ready for you.

Explore local history, get creative, join a social, or try something new.

See the full lineup: www.lpl.ca/WhatsOn
Weekly events calendar for London Public Library (Sept 14–19) showing daily programs such as Storytime and Build It for kids, Teen Social, Seniors Coffee Chat, Dabble Lab Tech, Books for Babies, Fibre Arts Social, Community Film Club, photography club, Irish storytelling and genealogy drop‑ins.
September 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Go behind the scenes at Central Library during Doors Open London. 🎭

Visit Wolf Performance Hall for free concerts and a behind-the-scenes tour.

📅 Saturday, September 19
📍 Central Library
Doors Open London poster — London Heritage Council presents a 25th‑anniversary event: concert in Wolf Performance Hall with a behind‑the‑scenes tour at Central Library, 251 Dundas St, on Sept 19, 2026; free entry with sessions at 11:30am and 2pm. Grand piano and padded bench on a dimly lit stage overlooking empty tiered red seats in a concert hall, conveying a quiet moment before a performance. Empty theater auditorium with closed red stage curtains, tiered rows of black seats with red cushions facing the stage, and ceiling spotlights plus stage lighting rigs overhead.
September 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Repair Cafés are back for the fall season! 🛠️

Bring in a broken household item and work with volunteers to see if it can be repaired instead of replaced.

📅 Sept. 26, 2–4pm, East London
📅 Oct. 28, 6–8pm, Sherwood
📅 Nov. 18, 6–8pm, Beacock
📅 Dec. 5, 2–4pm, Byron

Register: buff.ly/4UNzeiJ
Two men at a community Repair Café table — one carefully fixes a small electronic part while the other watches, surrounded by a cordless drill, toolbox, parts trays and tools, illustrating a hands-on repair workshop.
September 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Looking for a creative way to spend your Friday afternoon? 📷

Clicking Around returns to Central Library with a session focused on flora. Bring a phone or camera, or try a Canon camera from the LABS during the drop-in.

📅 Sept. 18, 3:30–4:30pm
📍 Media Lab, Central Library
Poster promoting "Clicking Around — A Photography Club" at London Public Library's Media Lab (Central Library), featuring a bold orange camera graphic and listed session dates/times (e.g., Fri Sept 18, 3:30–4:30 pm: Flora; Fri Nov 13, 3:30–4:30 pm: Tchotchkes).
September 11, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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Ready to explore your family history? 🌳

Join us for Genealogy Drop-Ins at Central Library or Ancestry Library Edition for Beginners at Cherryhill Branch Library.

📅 September–December
📍 Central Library and Cherryhill Branch Library

Learn more: buff.ly/7VgQVXH
Flyer announcing Genealogy Drop-Ins at Central Library — third Saturday of each month, 2–4pm (Sept 19, Oct 17, Nov 21, Dec 19); navy background with a colorful family-tree illustration of oval profile icons on leafy branches. Poster announcing "Ancestry Library Edition for Beginners" — stylized family tree with colorful silhouette profile icons on the left, London Public Library logos and event details listed on a dark blue background.
September 11, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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How is everyone’s first week of school going? 🎒

Whether it’s been exciting, exhausting, nervous, or all of the above, our Back to School Reads for Children list has books to help kids settle in and talk about the new school year.

Browse the list: buff.ly/AaW1Rta
Three children's book covers side-by-side: left, "Le chat de la lune" shows a child riding a giant white cat through a city; center, "Ready for Kindergarten" depicts diverse children learning and playing in a colorful classroom; right, "Emergency Quarters" shows kids walking past brownstones.
September 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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The Michael Wood Vibraphone Quartet is bringing live jazz to Wolf Performance Hall as part of our free concert series, Jazz for the People.

📅 September 23, 7–8:45pm
📍 Wolf Performance Hall
Poster announcing "Jazz for the People" 2026 Fall Concert Series — Michael Wood Vibraphone Quartet performing September 23 at Central Library's Wolf Performance Hall, Wednesdays 7:00–8:45pm, centered trumpet logo with bold geometric color borders.
September 10, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Interested in joining the Library Board?

Drop in at Central Library on September 17 to learn more about becoming a volunteer London Public Library Board Trustee.

📅 Sept. 17, 5–6pm
📍 Central Library, 3rd Floor Boardroom

Applications are open through the City of London until Nov. 4: buff.ly/6WD9tqI
Invitation to join the London Public Library Board — Library Board Open House Thursday, September 17, 5–6pm at Central Library, 3rd Floor Boardroom. Group of people wearing navy hard hats with a yellow logo, smiling and holding shovels for a ceremonial groundbreaking in front of a yellow-and-blue branded backdrop.
September 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Cancelling #Billionaires Before They Cancel Us: The Urgent Case for a #WealthTax.
Author @lindamcquaig.bsky.social & tax scholar Neil Brooks bring their new book to London, Tuesday, September 22

London Central Library, 3rd Floor,
251 Dundas St., London.

Doors open 6, event starts 6:30.
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Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us: The Urgent Case for a Wealth Tax, Council of Canadians London Chapter in partnership w/ the London Public Library. Tuesday, Sept. 22nd 251 Dundas St. London ON Central Library, Third Floor Doors 6pm, starts 6:30pm. Join us for discussion to talk about wealth inequitality with Linda and Neil. Photos: Linda McQuaig, Neil Brooks. Image of the book cover. Dark green background. 2 QR codes: More info here, booklist here. Logos: Council of Canadians, London Public LIbrary, Western University Society of Grad Students, London District Labour Council.
September 8, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Our monthly poetry series with Antler River Poetry (@poetrylondon_ca) returns this month, featuring D.M. Bradford and Hollay Ghadery, with local opener Fiona Gao.

📅 Wednesday, September 23, 7–8:30pm
📍 Landon Branch Library
Antler River Poetry poster announcing readings by D.M. Bradford and Hollay Ghadery with local opener Fiona Gao; Wednesday September 23, reading 7–8:30pm at Landon Library; three small vertical headshots of the performers on the right.
September 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Looking for your next true crime read? 🕵️

Explore our True Crime: Con Artists, Hoaxes and Deceptions booklist, then join our next True Crime Club meeting at Central Library.

📅 Sept. 14, 7–8pm
📍 Central Library

Browse the list: buff.ly/sOadOgK
Three book covers arranged side-by-side on a geometric navy and coral background: "My Friend Anna" by Rachel DeLoache Williams (memoir about a fake heiress), "Portrait of a Thief" by Grace D. Li (novel), and "The Con Artists" by Luke Healy.
September 7, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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From sewing and film nights to gaming and hands-on tech programs, there’s something for everyone happening this week at the Library. Find something to spark your creativity today! buff.ly/OnicRzt
London Public Library events schedule for Sept 7–12 listing a Labour Day closure and daily programs including Sew Together, Dabble Lab Tech, Teen Drop-In, Seniors Gathering, English Conversation, Learn to Edit Wikipedia, storytime, film club, chess, and gaming.
September 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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One year in the renewed Sherwood Branch Library. ✨

Since reopening on September 5, 2025, Sherwood has welcomed thousands of visitors into a refreshed space for reading, learning, gathering, creating, and connecting.

Take a look back at the transformation!
September 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM