Adults

The Library offers a variety of free monthly programs and special events to enlighten and entertain adults.

Check out our Event Calendar for a list of all upcoming programs and events.

Program details

Explore our monthly adult programs. Whether you are looking to discuss literature, find a supportive community or learn a new skill, our adult programs have something for everyone.

100% Certainty Book Club

Program logo text The 100% Certainty Project Death: Something to Talk About A Community Initiative

Join the 100% Certainty Book Club as we read, converse and work together to lesson our discomfort facing death. The next meeting is on Thursday, June 2, 1:30 – 3 p.m. at the Mill Street Library for a discussion of “The End of Your Life Book Club” by Will Schwalbe.

This program is offered in partnership with Hospice Dufferin.

Registration is required. Copies of the book are available to borrow.

Check our Event Calendar for upcoming dates, locations and books.

Check It Out Book Club

Looking for great reads and good company to discuss them with? Jump into the world of books with the Check it Out Book Club. This club will utilize our library Book Club in a Bag kits and discussion guides to explore a wide range of genres.

The first meeting is on Wednesday, June 29 meeting, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Mill Street Library. Participants will discuss Five Little Indians by Michelle Good. The novel chronicles the desperate quest of a group of residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and find a way forward. Five Little Indians won the 2020 Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction, the 2021 Amazon Canada First Novel Award, and the 2022 Canada Reads competition.

Registration is required. Copies of the book are available to borrow.

Travel into the world of books, explore popular genres and enjoy lively discussion.

Coffee, Conversation and Books

Come out to Coffee, Conversation & Books and chat with local authors while enjoying a warm cup of coffee. We partner with Grand Valley and Shelburne libraries to feature local authors in Dufferin County coffee shops.

Registration required.

Check our Event Calendar for upcoming dates, locations and featured authors.

Orange thREADs

For readers and craft enthusiasts, Orange thREADs is a monthly stitchery group that combines reading and crafty creations. Knit, crochet or cross-stitch while discussing books.

Drop-in to this monthly program, no registration required.

Check our Event Calendar for upcoming dates.

Storytelling Series

Local authors, poets and storytellers provide an afternoon or evening of tales through our storytelling series.

Drop-in to this monthly program, no registration required.

Check our Event Calendar for upcoming dates and presenters.