Atwater Library and Computer Centre

There’s still time to register for our Zoom session on HEALTHY EATING ON A BUDGET taking place TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY, July 8th) from 2:00 to 3:30 pm.

Cassandra Belliveau, Food Skills Coordinator with Le Dépôt / The Depot Community Food Centre, is presenting information about how to eat well economically, especially for people living alone or with one other person.

She’ll invite attendees to share their tips for shopping and meal preparation.

Join us and let us know what works for you. What are your faves for hot summer days?

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

These recent additions to our library collections offer delights and thrills.

FICTION
— from Barbara Davis, a charming tale about the intersecting lives of two women in the 1980s, a young American and a French couturière scarred by WWII
— the 2026 page-turner by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann: an elite special ops team responds when a US presidential campaign is interrupted by murder
— a historical saga by French writer Camille de Peretti inspired by the story of Gustav Klimt's painting Portrait of a Lady; translated by Hildegarde Serle
— Lucy Steeds’s sensuous novel set in Provence during a 1920s summer and exploring themes of the woman artist; longlisted for the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction

NONFICTION
— photographs of the gender-fluid French artist Claude Cahun (1894–1954), born Lucy Schwob, with an introduction by art historian François Leperlier
— the audiobook of the buzzy book by Montreal garbageman Simon Pare-Poupart, translated from French by Pablo Strauss and narrated by Jean Brassard
— McGill Emeritus Professor of Urban Media Studies Will Straw’s account of a scandalous 1920s-1930s NYC magazine and its Canadian-born editor

DVD
— Season 1 of the fantasy drama TV series created by Ira Parker and George R. R. Martin that’s a prequel to Game of Thrones

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]

Registration closes on Sunday, July 5 for our History We Call Home DIGITAL COLLAGE ART PROJECT…and there are a few places left!

Why take part?

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

-- Improve your computer skills.

-- Have fun!

From mid-July until next March, 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 to Concordia University’s engAGE media lab.

Partner groups include New Hope Senior Citizens' Centre and Gay and Grey Montreal.

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

It’s FREE thanks to funding from the Government of Canada through Canadian Heritage.

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

Can we entice you to check out the books and DVDs we’ve just acquired?

FICTION
— No. 3 in Slough House writer Mick Herron’s Oxford Investigations mystery series starring P.I. Zoë Boehm
— Florence Knapp’s absorbing debut: three scenarios for a baby born in 1987, each stemming from the name his mother chose for him
— a political thriller centred on an estranged Chinese-American mother and daughter, co-authored by Louise Penny and journalist Mellissa Fung
— Carter Vance’s novel about an idealistic young man from northern Ontario who searches for purpose as he works as a political aide in Ottawa

NONFICTION
— the audiobook of Zayd Ayers Dorhn’s reflections on being raised by idealistic radical activist parents on the run from the FBI
— an ode to birds focused on endangered species with lush text by Robert MacFarlane and beautiful illustrations by Jackie Morris

DVDs
— Season 2 of the American psychological drama TV series centred on an addict teenager played by Zendaya
— Sam Raimi’s 2026 violent survival film about a wronged woman executive (Rachel McAdams) and her odious male boss being stranded on an island

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]

FICTION
— the revenge-fueled sequel to Nash Falls by bestselling thriller writer David Baldacci
— a compassionate portrayal of the clients and staff at a day centre for disabled adults by Woody Brown, himself non-speaking and autistic
— master storyteller Wayne Johnston’s witty probe of a prominent family habouring secrets in pre-Confederation Catholic Church-dominated St. John’s
— from the brilliant British writer Sophie MacKintosh, a fresh take on a stereotypical affair between an older married man and a single woman

NONFICTION
— Julian Brave NoiseCat’s exploration of the erasure of North America’s Indigenous peoples, blending his own story with history and mythology
— Montrealer Janet Torge’s amusing and relatable essays on aging

DVDs
— Season 2 of the British comedy series with Martin Clunes playing a brilliant but socially inept doctor settling into life in a seaside village
— an exposé of the Putin regime’s pro-Ukraine war propaganda campaign at a Russian school, winner of the 2026 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature

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]