Quelles sont les heures d'ouverture ?

Lundi 10am - 8pm Mardi 10am - 6pm Mercredi 10am - 8pm Jeudi 10am - 6pm Vendredi 10am - 6pm Samedi 10am - 5pm

Atwater Library and Computer Centre

Accueil
Canada
Westmount, QC
Atwater Library and Computer Centre

Itinéraire Site Web Contacter l’organisation

The Atwater Library and Computer Centre is a private, non-profit community library, open to the public.

We offer a host of programming and services, including access to books and reference material, innovative digital literacy programs and computer courses, educational presentations and performances, clubs and meeting space for community groups.

10/09/2026

THURSDAY, October 15 at 12:30 pm artist and writer Wayne Larsen is giving an illustrated presentation on the life and work of Newfoundland-born Montreal painter ROBERT W. PILOT (1898–1967).

For in-person attendance in our Adair Auditorium, there's no registration process. It's first come, first seated in our Adair Auditorium (accessible by elevator).

To REGISTER and get the Zoom link, click on the following link, fill out and submit the form.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-hTSkxnCAqPKSdBigc0lMPoJWz89e6drLlv2CcWUoCc/viewform?edit_requested=true

Everyone is welcome and admission is free.

10/09/2026

LATER-LIFE LEGAL ISSUES: Protection Mandates and Powers of Attorney.

WEDNESDAY, October 14 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm lawyer ANN SODEN and notary ANNA KAMATEROS are giving a live ONLINE information session on planning for later life.

Get guidance and have your questions answered by experts.

It's free, thanks to funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage.

To REGISTER and get the Zoom link, please email: [email protected].

10/09/2026

The annual Atwater Library BOOKS ROADSHOW is coming up.

WEDNESDAY, October 14 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm Wilfrid M. de Freitas - Bookseller and Susan Ravdin will be in our Bookshop to give an expert opinion on the value of your books.

FEE $3 per book for our members and $5 per book for others. All proceeds go to the Atwater Library.

First come, first served. Everyone welcome.

For info, please email [email protected].

10/07/2026

You’re invited to stock up on books and DVDs for the long weekend. The poster below shows some recent additions.

The Atwater Library is open on Saturday as usual, but we’re closed on Monday for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Link for our catalogue:

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

Members can access our eBooks and audiobooks any time at all:

https://atwaterlibrary.overdrive.com/

For information and help:

514-935-7344

[email protected]

10/02/2026

Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History…

That’s the topic of our Lunchtime Series event on THURSDAY, October 8 at 12:30 pm.

Historian PETER GOSSAGE will give a presentation on the award-winning project that’s succeeded in stimulating learning about Canadian history.

It’s a hybrid event and everyone is welcome.

For in-person attendance there's no registration process. It's first come, first seated. Adair Auditorium, Atwater Library, 1200 Atwater Ave.

To REGISTER and get the Zoom link, please click on this link, fill out and submit the form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-hTSkxnCAqPKSdBigc0lMPoJWz89e6drLlv2CcWUoCc/viewform?edit_requested=true

10/01/2026

We’re having a SEED SAVING WORKSHOP in our Adair Auditorium on SATURDAY, October 3 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. Everyone is welcome!

Yao ZhangLi, Ph.D. of Jardin Montinière Garden will discuss varieties of plants and seeds, demonstrating seed extraction and assisting attendees in practicing on common examples (sunflowers, cucumber, tomato).

Attendees simply need to bring the wherewithal to take notes.

Members can also borrow our library materials on seeds, including The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds by Robert Gough and Cheryl Moore-Gough.

For info, please send an email to our Head Librarian, Roxann Fournier-Hoyt: [email protected].

09/30/2026

Here are photos of the Atwater Library’s table at today’s successful Westmount Seniors’ Fair at Victoria Hall.

Digital Literacy Program Manager Taegan Schell and facilitator Phoenix Gee-Benwell greeted a great many attendees and answered their questions.

And Taegan gave a presentation on Internet Safety and Fraud Prevention.

Kudos to the City of Westmount for hosting the Seniors’ Fair!

For info on the Atwater Library’s FREE drop-in tech help sessions and our FOR-FEE courses, please contact Taegan at [email protected].

09/29/2026

On the eve of Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Atwater Library invites you to consult our Indigenous Collection of books and DVDs. We have over 400 titles to choose from.

Go here to see our online catalogue and enter “Indigenous Collection” in the search field:

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

We’ve superimposed pictures of four books recently added to our Indigenous Collection on the Government of Canada poster.

09/28/2026

Reading and Writing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

That’s the topic of our Lunchtime Series event THIS THURSDAY, October 1 at 12:30 pm.

ALLISON HANES, Gazette columnist, and RÉMY ATTIG, the new Executive Director of the Quebec Writers' Federation. will have a conversation about the impact of AI on human creativity.

It’s a hybrid event and everyone is welcome.

For in-person attendance there's no registration process. It's first come, first seated. Adair Auditorium, Atwater Library, 1200 Atwater Ave.

To REGISTER and get the Zoom link, please click on this link, fill out and submit the form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-hTSkxnCAqPKSdBigc0lMPoJWz89e6drLlv2CcWUoCc/viewform?edit_requested=true

09/28/2026

Our librarians chose these books and DVDs with the hope that you’ll fall for them.

FICTION
– from Michelle Good, author of Five Little Indians, a saga of three generations of prairie Cree women connected by the storytelling tradition
– the audiobook of no. 2 in Randal Graham’s madcap and witty Beforelife series, this one imagining Isaac Newton in the afterlife; read by Raoul Bhaneja
– Amanda Peters’ novel about a Mi’kmaq woman’s journey from the city back to her home in the Annapolis Valley to learn about the lives of her foremothers
– the powerful conclusion to master storyteller Colson Whitehead’s Harlem Trilogy, set in 1980s New York City

NONFICTION
– Irish TV critic John Doyle’s delightful memoir focusing on the impact on television on his 1960s and ‘70s youth
– from the eminent classicist and translator Emily Wilson, a new book with her thoughts on a variety of ancient texts

DVDs
– Season 2 of the psychological drama series about Navajo tribal police in the US southwest in the 1970s based on Tony Hillerman’s mystery novels
– a 2026 UFO thriller movie by Steven Spielberg starring Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor and Colin Firth

Link for our catalogue:

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

Members can access our eBooks and audiobooks any time at all:

https://atwaterlibrary.overdrive.com/

For information and help:

514-935-7344

[email protected]

Adresse

1200 Atwater Avenue
Westmount, QC
H3Z1X4

Heures d'ouverture

Lundi	10am - 8pm
Mardi	10am - 6pm
Mercredi	10am - 8pm
Jeudi	10am - 6pm
Vendredi	10am - 6pm
Samedi	10am - 5pm

Site Web

http://www.atwaterlibrary.ca/

Notifications

Soyez le premier à savoir et laissez-nous vous envoyer un courriel lorsque Atwater Library and Computer Centre publie des nouvelles et des promotions. Votre adresse e-mail ne sera pas utilisée à d'autres fins, et vous pouvez vous désabonner à tout moment.