Atwater Library and Computer Centre

Our Annual Benefit Cocktail Party is set for Wednesday, November 1 in our own building. Join Guest of Honour Scott Jones and emcee Terry Mosher (aka Aislin) for a gala evening in support of our educational programs for the community.

Live music by the Dave Turner Jazz Trio, a sensational auction (online starting October 20 and closing at the end of the party), tasty hors d’oeuvres and smoked meat, wine and beer.

Tickets priced at $150 ($125 tax receipt) are now available online from CanadaHelps by clicking here. For more info, please contact Lavina Alonzo at lavina@atwaterlibrary.ca.

Our volunteer-run Bookshop is open three days a week – Wednesday, Thursday and Friday – from 12 noon to 3:00 pm. We’re selling donated books, DVDs and CDs at bargain prices.

The Bookshop is located in the sous-sol near our Tupper Street entrances.

We welcome donations of books in good condition and ask donors to use our Tupper Street accessible entrance for deliveries.

Our mission is to build a strong, sustainable and cohesive community through cultural, educational and social programs and by bringing together the diverse population of the Montreal region and Quebec more widely.

We welcome everyone, regardless of their place of residence.

We’re independent and depend heavily on volunteers and private donors for our vitality.

Come visit our computer centre, library stacks and reading room weekdays from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Mask wearing is no longer compulsory but is encouraged. Our staff are still wearing masks.

Our schedule of events is in the column on the right.

For information and help borrowing, please contact our Head Librarian, Roxann Fournier-Hoyt:

Email: rfhoyt@atwaterlibrary.ca

Phone: 514-935-7344

Library catalogue: https://atwater.insigniails.com/Library/Home

Our eBooks and eAudiobooks are always available:
https://atwaterlibrary.overdrive.com/

Two or three times a month, usually on Wednesdays from 2:00 to 3:30 pm, we conduct live online information sessions with Q&A on a variety of topics, including the following:

TAX-FREE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (TFSAs)
REGISTERED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLANS (RRSPs)
SOURCES OF INCOME IN RETIREMENT
INCOME TAX
BUDGETING BASICS
COPING WITH INFLATION
EATING WELL ON A BUDGET
LATE-LIFE LEGAL ISSUES
WILLS and MANDATES
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
PREVENTION OF FINANCIAL ABUSE and EXPLOITATION

Everyone is welcome and admission is free, thanks to funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage of the Government of Canada.

Go here for the schedule of upcoming events and for links to videos with helpful info about personal finances.

For more information about our Financial Literacy Program, please email lverge@atwaterlibrary.ca.