Pender Harbour Library

05/15/2026

See you tomorrow at Pender Harbour May Day ! Stop by Booth 7 and say hello😺

05/08/2026

Spring Cleaning? Keep us in mind!
The Pender Harbour Library always appreciates donations of current hardcover and trade paperback titles in good condition (see the first comment below for a link to our general donation guidelines) but we have some specific gaps we are looking to fill this spring/summer via used book donations:

KIDS BOOKS
Alanna: the First Adventure, by Tamora Pierce (or others in the 'Song of the Lioness' series)
Akata Witch, by Nnedi Okorafor
Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke
The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
Rick Riordan's 'Percy Jackson & the Olympians' series
Tanis Lee novels (eg. The Unicorn series)
Mo Willems books ('Elephant and Piggie' or 'The Pigeon' series)
Terry Pratchett kids novels (such as Wee Free Men or the Amazing Maurice)
Kid/Teen Graphic Novels
Modern Science/Educational picture books/graphic novels
Modern nature/science activity books

ADULT FICTION
The Outlander, by Gil Adamson
Oryx and Crake, and A Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore, by Kim Fu
Heated Rivalry, by Rachel Reid
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Any novels by the following authors:
Nnedi Okorafor
Ursula LeGuin
Margaret Lawrence
Patricia Highsmith

If already donated, the titles above are marked with an X. Please contact us regarding donated books at [email protected], message us via facebook, or visit us in person. For more information about our services visit www.penderharbourlibrary.ca

04/28/2026

Big News, Tiny Cat is here!
We've been hard at work behind the scenes to bring you an improved catalogue with TinyCat, an easy-to-use and comprehensive library management system with a few features we think you're going to love:
- accurate, up-to-date reporting on whether your title of choice is available or checked out
- a complete catalogue of all books in our collection
- emails reminding you of upcoming due dates

Come by and see the new system in action, or explore the new online catalogue by visiting: https://www.librarycat.org/lib/PH_Library

04/07/2026

04/03/2026

We are closed today for Good Friday 🌷🐇 Happy Easter weekend!

03/31/2026

🔥New Title Tuesday🔥

We now have not one by TWO titles by celebrated Canadian musician Alan Doyle: his 2014 memoir 'Where I Belong' and his new (2025) release titled the Smiling Land. From the PenguinRandomHouse website:

From one of Canada’s most beloved and celebrated Newfoundlanders comes a rollicking insider’s guide to the province, told as only Alan Doyle can tell it.

Few Canadian musicians are as synonymous with their home province as Alan Doyle is to his—and even fewer once worked as tour guides. In The Smiling Land, Alan reprises his tour-guiding role to welcome the rest of Canada to his home and take readers on an adventure: a freewheeling road trip through Newfoundland, its history, and its culture. From Fogo Island to the Southwest Coast, Labrador to Ferryland, and everywhere in between, Alan’s Newfoundland awaits you.

There are visits to windswept coastlines and towering crags, ancient Viking and Basque fishing settlements, and more lighthouses than you can shake a foghorn at. More recent settlements are also part of the itinerary, from burgeoning arts venues and communities to more humble but no less world-class locales, such as Foley’s Shed, a jaunty live-music pub that—as its name suggests—happens to be in some guy named Foley’s shed. Alan provides savvy insider tips for visitors to St. John’s, like how to score fish and chips and a free ride by hopping into the delivery person’s car as they drive your food to your desired destination. Or, for the aspiring rum smuggler visiting the Burin Peninsula, how to sneak bottles from the French territory of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon to the shores of Newfoundland. There are dolphin sightings, cliffside hikes among flocks of ocean-plunging puffins, and a pilgrimage to the home of the (late) great auk. And what tour of Newfoundland could be complete without a short history of what can best be described as “icebergs that look like things,” an illustrious history that includes an exact replica of the Virgin Mary that once washed into St. John’s harbour, and the more recent—and far less holy—”Dickie Berg,” which made international headlines for looking like . . . well, not the Virgin Mary.

Wildly entertaining, informative, and brimming with Alan’s classic brand of storytelling and romping good fun, The Smiling Land is a celebration of Newfoundland—both its storied past and its ever-vibrant present.

02/21/2026

Want to learn how to better protect yourself from online and offline scams? Join us on February 28th for great advice from Cyber-Smart.ca Geared specifically for Seniors, with no technobabble, and free to attend.
To RSVP and see our event page, click here: https://www.facebook.com/share/17tg11ZFxE/

01/05/2026

Did you know that our little library lends telescopes?
If you are a budding astronomer you might want to have a look at this event.

Community spotlight — Sunshine Coast Astronomy

If you missed the opportunity to see Bob McDonald in person when he visited the Sunshine Coast in October, Sunshine Coast Astronomy’s Speaker Series provides another exciting opportunity to see and hear Bob live on Zoom!

Friday, January 9, 2026 7:00-9:00 pm
Sechelt Public Library via Zoom

Bob McDonald is the host of CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks, the award-winning science program with a national audience of nearly 500,000 listeners. He has authored many bestselling science books and is an emeritus director of the Friends of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory. Bob also holds 13 honorary doctorates from Canadian universities and has an asteroid named in his honour.
Admission to this event is free, but donations are welcome. For more information, visit sunshinecoastastronomy.wordpress.com.

12/19/2025

'Twas the week before Christmas,
And all through the shelves
The books were excited
To be shared by Elves.

Those library books
Why, they'd never wished harder
Than to be read aloud
To the kids of the Harbour!

So come by on Winterfest,
From three to six pm,
And hear a few stories
From your library friends.

Drop by the Pender Harbour Library during Winterfest to enjoy a story read-aloud by one of our elves! Bring your littles (or your children-at-heart) by between 3 and 6 pm on December 20th for a festive tale or two, shared by our volunteers.
We Ho-Ho-Hope to see you there!

12/15/2025

Repurposing old book pages into Christmas ornaments (and learning how to edit videos lol) )