With another school year completed, we want to wish all the students at Maynooth Public School a happy and fun-filled summer. We have...

Last month, we hosted a Kids Drawing Challenge. We asked them to draw a picture that shows what they love about their library, and got 20...

Mayor Tony Fitzgerald getting ready to draw the names of our Summer Reading Challenge winners with CEO Wendy Keating. Another Summer in Hastings Highlands is coming to an end, and while there are still a few days before the Fall equinox, we wanted to share the fantastic stats from our Summer Reading Challenge and TD Summer Reading Club. The Hastings Highlands Public Library participated again in the TD Summer Reading Club - a free club offered across Canada to foster a lifelo

The Hastings Highlands Public Library Board is currently seeking applications for a Part-Time, Canadian Union of Public Employees and its...

The Hastings Highlands Public Library is conducting a Community Survey to help inform the Strategic Plan and priorities for future...

A celebration of staff years of service was held on Tuesday, October 18th for Kristin Seaborn and Tiffany Dalley in front of the...

Ontario Public Library Week is celebrated every year during the third week of October. This year’s theme is “One Card, One Million Possibilities,” and so to celebrate, we at Hastings Highlands Public Library wanted to introduce ourselves to anyone who hasn’t had the opportunity to visit us yet. Hastings Highlands is one of seven municipalities located in North Hastings, covering a broad area, such as, Bird’s Creek, Maynooth, Maple Leaf, Lake St. Peter, Purdy, Baptiste Villag

Meet our September Cultural Corner artist, Diane Hannah. Diane Karol Hannah (Martin) is a native of Bancroft, Ontario, growing up on a...

A local group of musicians who meet in the library every Friday morning to perform together joined us on Friday, June 24th to celebrate the launch of our very first "Library of Things," an Instrument Lending Library featuring a variety of instruments that will be available to the public to borrow with their library card. Our collection of instruments currently includes a children's violin, guitars, ukuleles, an accordion, a dulcimer, and several handheld percussion instrument

Mrs. Storey's Grade 1/2 class at the Maynooth Public School participated in the Forest of Reading program via the Hastings Highlands Public Library this year. After completing the program, students were asked to vote for their favourite book in the Blue Spruce category to help determine the winner for this year's Blue Spruce Award. The Grade 1/2 students cast their votes, and the winner was: Harley the Hero, written and illustrated by Peggy Collins! If this title sounds famil

The Forest of Reading polling station at HHPL Another Forest of Reading season is coming to a close, and here at the library we have set up a polling station for all school-aged children to vote on their favourite Forest of Reading book from their category. This polling station will be available in the children's area of the library from April 1st until April 30th. This year, the library purchased the Blue Spruce, Silver Birch, Silver Birch Express, and Yellow Cedar collectio

Starting on Monday, April 25th, 2022, the Hastings Highlands Public Library will have new hours of operation to better serve the...

We've brought back our Cultural Corner display for 2022, and the first artist we're spotlighting is local textile artist Eliza Plumley...

As of January 1st, 2022, magazines are officially live and available to borrow on the Libby app with your library card.

Effective immediately, the Hastings Highlands Public Library will be offering CURBSIDE SERVICES ONLY and suspending all programs until further notice. This is a precautionary measure due to the recent community outbreaks of COVID-19, to help ensure the safety of all who use the library. No members of the public will be permitted inside the library, and curbside services will be conducted in the hallway of the Hastings Highlands Centre with physical distancing protocols in pla

We are kicking off the holiday season with a number of fun things to do, as well as some updates about our holiday hours! Christmas Break Hours Update: This year, we will be opening for 2 days over the Christmas Break for all your emergency needs, whether it's printing, accessing the Wi-Fi, or replenishing your holiday book supply. We will be closed from December 25th to January 3rd, excluding the following days: OPEN: Wednesday, December 29th from 10:30am to 4:00pm OPEN: T

The Hastings Highlands Public Library Board is pleased to announce that it has approved the appointment of a CEO/Chief Librarian and have...

Welcome to Hastings Highlands Public Library! Be sure to ask the librarian for an entry form for one of our many prize draws being held...

Welcome back to browsing for your own books and DVDs to borrow, and also to enjoying Wi-Fi with air-conditioning! We are all looking...

The TD Summer Reading Club is Canada's biggest, bilingual summer reading program for kids of all ages, interests and abilities. The Club...