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Connect: Winter 2026
Get the scoop on new winter programming, new books and Library news in the Winter Connect Newsletter. Read online or pick up a copy today.
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Come Play Together!
Storytimes, songs, crafts, and open play at your Library, all winter long. Always free. Always fun.
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TBPL For You
Family Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs, and rhymes for the whole family. Stay after to play, explore, and spend time together in a warm, welcoming space.
2025 YA Favourites
Check out one of these best of the year and best-selling young adult books and then visit us in-branch to browse the rest of the collection.
Book Butler
Not sure what book to read next? Let our staff help you with our Book Butler service! Fill out the form and get emailed suggestions!
Hip Hop In the North
Learn to write and produce your own music with songwriting and production specialist Nolan Schmerk at weekly drop-in workshops. Ages 12 - 18
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New & Coming Soon
January 2026 New & Upcoming
January's list is always exciting, marking a fresh beginning to a whole new year with a slew of possibilities ahead.
Time Travel
In this list of titles discover detailed, thought-provoking, magical stories of second chances, fixing the past, understanding fate and more
TBPL Staff: Favourite Reads of 2025
Our staff read lots of great books this year, and they want you to know about them!
Quick Reads
Looking to get out of a reading slump? Check out these quick reads- novels and novellas all under 250 pages!
January 2026 New & Upcoming
January's list is always exciting, marking a fresh beginning to a whole new year with a slew of possibilities ahead.
Time Travel
In this list of titles discover detailed, thought-provoking, magical stories of second chances, fixing the past, understanding fate and more
TBPL Staff: Favourite Reads of 2025
Our staff read lots of great books this year, and they want you to know about them!
Quick Reads
Looking to get out of a reading slump? Check out these quick reads- novels and novellas all under 250 pages!
We acknowledge that the City of Thunder Bay has been built on the traditional territory of Fort William First Nation, signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850. We also recognize the contributions made to our community by the Métis people.