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Have you read these titles? The three public library systems on the North Shore circulated more than 2.5 million items this year! Find out what the North Shore read this year in this article from the North Shore News.
Tuesdays, January 17 – February 21, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Join longtime CBC producer Neil Ritchie as he celebrates the unique styles of artists from the worlds of film, opera, jazz, and more.
The West Vancouver Memorial Library's free music programs are made possible thanks to a generous bequest in support of music at the Library from the estate of Robert Leslie Welsh, through the West Vancouver Memorial Library Foundation.
Tuesdays, January 10 onwards, 6:15 – 7:45 p.m. Let’s Talk! is a weekly, evening drop-in discussion group for English language learners interested in improving their listening and speaking skills.
Monday, January 16, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Feeling crafty? Creativebug provides unlimited access to thousands of online art and craft classes to inspire and guide your creative side. Learn how you can access it through your WVML card!
Monday, January 23, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Learn how to use Gmail, Google's free email service, to create and login to your account, send, receive, and delete emails, and send and open attatchments like pictures and documents.
Thursday, January 26, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Join the Library’s resident mason bee expert Taren Urquhart for a 90-minute hands-on lecture on how to safely remove, wash, and store cocoons to ready your hibernating bees for the Spring.
Tales of Disaster and Rescue: Real and Imagined with Cathalynn Labonté-Smith and Frances Peck
Saturday, January 28, 2 – 3:30 p.m. North Shore authors Cathalynn Labonté-Smith and Frances Peck will discuss both real and imagined tales of disaster and rescue in this author talk.
We couldn't do it without you. Thank you for coming out to our Shred-It fundraiser and purchasing books from our Book Cart. For 2022, we donated almost $10,000 in support of Library programs, including the annual Summer Reading Club program designed to stop summer learning loss for kids, the North Shore Writers Festival, and Honouring Reconciliation.
For 2023, the Friends have committed $18,250 in support of these programs and more. We truly hope you will continue to support the Friends to help us to meet our committment.
The Annual Message from the West Vancouver Memorial Library Foundation is now available to pick up at the Library, or read online in English, Simplified Chinese, or Farsi. Learn what the WVML Foundation has accomplished this year, meet the new board members, and read exciting highlights from the community.
You can pick up your physical copy from the vestibule at the entrance of the Library.
