Atwater Library and Computer Centre

Atwater Library and Computer Centre 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.

The Atwater Library is conducting an exciting new COLLAGE ART PROJECT called “History We Call Home” from mid-July to nex...
06/18/2026

The Atwater Library is conducting an exciting new COLLAGE ART PROJECT called “History We Call Home” from mid-July to next March.

Places are limited and registration is now underway.

Why take part?

-- Make collage art using digital media to convey your Montreal stories.

-- Improve your computer skills.

-- Have fun!

There’ll be 8 workshops at the Atwater Library for hands-on learning and creativity with optional online help in between. Plus, a field trip next March to Concordia University’s EngAGE media lab.

The project will culminate with publication of a digital book of collage art and a celebratory showcase event at the Atwater Library!

For more info and to register, please email Project Coordinator Zoe Welch at [email protected].





We’ve got wonderful new books and films to lose yourself in this summer! FICTION— Rachel Hochhauser’s debut novel: a de...
06/15/2026

We’ve got wonderful new books and films to lose yourself in this summer!

FICTION
— Rachel Hochhauser’s debut novel: a delightfully fresh take on the stepmother in the Cinderella folk story in the context of her patriarchal society
— the audiobook of Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s magical ode to literature, translated from Spanish by Lucia Graves, narrated by Jonathan Davis; our Book Club’s September title
— No. 36 in John Sanford’s Lucas Davenport thriller series in which a Russian defector and his family are in witness protection in a Midwestern US suburb
— new from Maria Semple: a zany, madcap romcom centred on a well-to-do middle-aged, divorced NYC woman who’s a Stoic philosopher

NONFICTION
— Canadian poet and novelist Marilyn Bowering’s account of her quest to find out about Mary MacLeod, a Scottish Gaelic bard in the 17th century when almost all poets were men
— from Michael Pollan, polymath, journalist and prolific writer about food and plants, a book examining the mysteries of consciousness—what it is, who has it, and why

DVDs
— the iconic Men in Black sci-fi comedy films that came out from 1997 to 2012, starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones
— a 2024 film starring Saoirse Ronan as a troubled alcohol-addicted young woman who returns home to the Orkney Islands following a turbulent few years in London

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]

RETIREMENT TRANSITIONS is the topic of next week’s Atwater Library Financial Literacy Program. Wednesday, June 17 at 2:0...
06/12/2026

RETIREMENT TRANSITIONS is the topic of next week’s Atwater Library Financial Literacy Program.

Wednesday, June 17 at 2:00 pm, Paulette Blais, Certified Professional Retirement Coach, is conducting an interactive session on transitioning to a fulfilling retirement. Q&A.

Everyone is welcome and it’s free, thanks to funding from the Government of Canada.

You can attend IN PERSON in our Adair Auditorium, which is accessible by elevator. First come, first seated. No advance registration.

Or you can take part ONLINE by Zoom. To REGISTER and get the Zoom link, please send an email to [email protected].

Hope you’re as excited as we are about the books and films recently added to our collections! FICTION — Emanuela Anechou...
06/08/2026

Hope you’re as excited as we are about the books and films recently added to our collections!

FICTION
— Emanuela Anechoum’s debut about a young Italian woman coming to terms with her family after her father’s death; translated from Italian by Lucy Rand
— a buzzy and well-reviewed novel by Xochitl Gonzalez exploring class and race among young creatives in Brooklyn
— Book 6 of the Hawthorne mystery series by Anthony Horowitz, the clever and prolific writer of books, TV series (Magpie Murders) and films
— Australian author M.L. Stedman’s luminous epic about a family on a vast sheep station: tragedy, secrets and the struggle for redemption

NONFICTION
— beloved Canadian writer Mark Abley’s examination of how we respond to the alarming and depressing events swirling around us
— Montreal poet and photographer Gabriel Safdie’s poignant observations of China over four decades of visits for business

DVDs
— Season 1 of the British comedy series about a brilliant but socially-challenged doctor who sets up his practice in a Cornwall village
— Emerald Fennell’s controversial 2026 movie adaptation of an Emily Brontë classic with Margot Robbie as Cathy and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff

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]

Join us on THURSDAY, June 11 at 12:30 pm for DUBLIN: SONGS & STORIES. It’s the opening concert of Festival Bloomsday Mon...
06/05/2026

Join us on THURSDAY, June 11 at 12:30 pm for DUBLIN: SONGS & STORIES.

It’s the opening concert of Festival Bloomsday Montreal celebrating the great James Joyce and all things Irish.

Atwater Library in our Adair Auditorium (accessible by elevator).

Performers include:

– Kathleen McAuliffe, Dublin-born chanteuse
– Chris Crilly, Celtic music specialist, Genie-award winner
– Kathleen Fee, Bloomsday Artistic Director

Come and sing along to old-time Irish favourites!

First come, first seated. No advance registration.

FREE ADMISSION and EVERYONE WELCOME!

NOTE: The concert is IN PERSON ONLY.

Elmo and Spider Man visited the Atwater Library team – volunteers Freda Colquhoun and Lorna Townson with Executive Direc...
06/01/2026

Elmo and Spider Man visited the Atwater Library team – volunteers Freda Colquhoun and Lorna Townson with Executive Director Lynn Verge – at Westmount Family Day in Westmount Park on Saturday, May 30.

Winners of the draw for bags of books were Dora Koop (1st prize), Peter Hoffmann (2nd prize) and Elias Banesé Betaré (3rd prize).

As warm weather beckons and long weekends approach, immerse yourself in these books and films that our librarians recent...
06/01/2026

As warm weather beckons and long weekends approach, immerse yourself in these books and films that our librarians recently added to our collections.

FICTION
— a thriller with a cast of writers on a private Scottish island competing for a literary deal; by Evelyn Clarke aka V.E. Schwab and Cat Clarke
— French philosopher and writer Vincent Delecroix’s devastating novel about the 2021 capsizing of a dinghy carrying migrants to England; translated by Helen Stevenson
— the BBC full-cast narration of excerpts from some of Nobel laureate Doris Lessing’s most powerful writing with a bonus documentary about her life and career
— Scottish writer Tom Newlands’ debut about the coming of age of a young woman born into hardship, hailed by The Guardian’s reviewer as “exuberantly memorable”

NONFICTION
— the memoir of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who as a teenager was lured and abused by Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein, published after her death by su***de at age 41
— stories of English-speaking communities of Quebec by Guy Rex Rodgers, documentary film maker, co-founder of QWF and founder of ELAN

DVDs
— the 15-part BBC TV adaptation of Charles Dickens’ great novel with interwoven stories of a protracted legal case about inheritance and the mystery of an orphan’s origins
— Martin Scorsese’s 2023 epic film set in 1920s Oklahoma about the murders of Indigenous people after oil was discovered on tribal land

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]

THURSDAY, June 4 at 12:30 pm our Lunchtime Series features author MARK ABLEY discussing his new book NUMB with writer Br...
05/29/2026

THURSDAY, June 4 at 12:30 pm our Lunchtime Series features author MARK ABLEY discussing his new book NUMB with writer Bryan Demchinsky.

In his book, Mark Abley explores the idea of numbness in the context of today’s avalanche of shocking, frightening and depressing news.

The event is hybrid and it’s taking place with financial assistance from the Canada Council through The Writers’ Union of Canada.

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

Publisher Livres Baraka Inc. will be selling copies of the book in our Auditorium.

To REGISTER for the Zoom link, please fill out and submit the online registration form:

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

Have a look at these additions to our library collections. FICTION — Rabih Alameddine’s darkly funny account of several ...
05/25/2026

Have a look at these additions to our library collections.

FICTION
— Rabih Alameddine’s darkly funny account of several generations of a Lebanese family; winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Fiction
— a novel about poetry by Scottish poet Sally Evans; the pick for the June 14th session of the St. Andrew’s Society of Montreal book club
— William Boyd’s well-crafted 2025 international espionage book set in 1963 in which a travel writer cm amateur spy is the hapless hero
— Daniyal Mueenuddin’s vibrant epic about Pakistani society, hailed by The Guardian’s reviewer as “set to be a standout novel of 2026”

NONFICTION
— popular and witty classicist Mary Beard’s latest book on the value of knowing about ancient Greece and Rome, read by the author
— The Broad (Los Angeles) museum’s catalogue for an exhibition of Keith Haring’s exuberant and colourful art by curator Sarah Loyer

DVDs
— Ari Aster’s 2025 neo-Western thriller examining turmoil in a New Mexico town during COVID and the George Floyd protests
— Season 2 of the sci-fi comedy-drama TV series basic on a comics series about an extraterrestrial who crash-lands in Colorado

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]

Maison Dunham House is our Lunchtime Series topic on THURSDAY, May 28 at 12:30 pm. Patricia Goldman, the Montreal-based ...
05/21/2026

Maison Dunham House is our Lunchtime Series topic on THURSDAY, May 28 at 12:30 pm.

Patricia Goldman, the Montreal-based Director of Admissions and Outreach for Dunham House, is our guest speaker.

Dunham House, located in Dunham in the Eastern Townships, is Quebec’s only English-language residential treatment centre specializing in addiction and concurrent mental health disorders.

There's no registration process for in-person attendance. It's first come, first seated. Atwater Library’s Adair Auditorium (accessible by elevator).

To REGISTER for the Zoom link, please fill out and submit the online registration form:

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

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