The Belleville Public Library

06/01/2026

Events | Activities in the Park is TOMORROW in West Zwick's Park! 🌞🎈

Join us from 4 to 7 p.m. for a free afternoon of family fun featuring live music, food trucks, inflatables, games, face painting and more!

🎈 Inflatables & games
🎶 Live music
🍔 Food trucks
🎨 Face painting
⚽ Mayor's Soccer Challenge (4:30 p.m.)
🎁 Prizes & swag

📅 Tuesday, June 2
⏰ 4 to 7 p.m.
📍 West Zwick's Park

Bring your friends and family and help us kick off Recreation and Parks Month with an afternoon of fun along Belleville's waterfront!

🔗 Learn more: https://www.belleville.ca/news/posts/june-is-recreation-and-parks-month-jrpm-and-seniors-month/

06/01/2026

🌊🐠 Dive Into Summer at Belleville Public Library! 🐙📚

The Children's Summer Reading Club and Summer Programs are back from June 27 to August 15, and we're ready for an underwater adventure!

🎨 Crafts
🔬 STEM activities
🎭 Special performers
📚 Reading challenges
🏆 Weekly prize draws

Join Canada's biggest reading program, the TD Summer Reading Club, and track your summer reading for chances to win awesome prizes. When you register, you'll receive a free reading notebook, stickers, a team button, and access to fun online activities.

This year's teams are:
🦑 Anglerfish
🦦 Sea Otter
🩷 Axolotl
🌿 Dugong

Every time you tell us about what you've been reading, you'll help your team grow our underwater window scene!

📅 Most programs are drop-in, with fun activities happening nearly every day all summer long. Registration for select technology programs opens June 15.

📍 TD Summer Reading Club registration begins June 15 at the Readers' Advisory Desk. No library card required.

Visit bellevillelibrary.ca/kids/summer for the full summer program calendar.

05/31/2026

05/30/2026

📱 Struggling with your smartphone? Puzzled by your tablet?

We’ve all been there! Whether your device is acting up or you just want to learn how to use it better, we’re here to help.

Bring your smartphone, tablet, iPad, or laptop—and all your tech questions—to our Drop-In Tech Help session. No appointment or registration needed, just show up and get sorted!

Event Details:
🗓️ Date: Monday, June 8

🕑 Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

📍 Location: Belleville Public Library

🎟️ Cost: FREE (Drop-in, no registration required!)

📞 Questions? Give us a call at 613-968-6731 ext. 2037 for more information. See you there!

05/29/2026

It's Final Cart Friday!!! Check out these titles on this weeks' Final Cart.

The Last Mandarin - Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung
Robert B. Parker's Booked - Alison Gaylin
Villain - Natalie Zina Walschots
Tom Clancy Rules of Engagement - Ward Larsen
Star Wars Outlaws: Low Red Moon - Mike Chen
The Last Contract of Isako - Fonda Lee
Murphy's Law - William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
Bullets, Biscuits, and Bloodshed - William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
Train to Durango - Ralph Compton
We Burned So Bright - TJ Klune
The Things We Never Say - Elizabeth Strout
Red Verdict - James Comey
Ironwood - Michael Connelly
The Wish - Heather Morris
Intercepts - T.J. Payne
Summer State of Mind - Kristy Woodson Harvey
John of John - Douglas Stuart
Five - Ilona Bannister
A Very Vexing Murder - Lucy Andrew

For more new titles at our library, visit our catalogue - https://belleville.bibliocommons.com/explore/recent_arrivals

05/28/2026

🌊 Paddle Through Canada’s Canoe Heritage—On Us! 🛶

Did you know Belleville Public Library lends out Canadian Canoe Museum Passes?
📅 Loan period: 7 days
📍 Explore interactive exhibits, historic vessels, and hands‑on displays at the The Canadian Canoe Museum .

📞 Questions: (613) 968‑6731 ext. 2037
📧 [email protected]

Grab your library card, plan your visit, and embark on a voyage through our paddling past!

05/27/2026

What are you doing on the PA Day this Friday? Pop in the library from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and great creative! We're making a super cutie baby bird and momma craft. 🐦🪺

Friday, May 29, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
For children of all ages. No registration required.

05/27/2026

Have you been participating in National Poetry month? Here's some books that might give you some more ideas (or give you something to think about as the month comes to a close):

https://belleville.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/2023653159/3010832317

05/26/2026

It's Time for Trivia!
If you guessed five for last week's trivia Question, than you won!
For This week's question: Which Canadian city is known as “The Bathtub Racing Capital of the World”?

05/25/2026

Join Belleville Public Library for stories and songs of inclusion, diversity, and respect with special guest Betty Baker and her puppet friend, Butch!

This Saturday, May 30 at 2:00 p.m.

For children and their caregivers. No registration required.

Bay of Quinte Pride 🏳️‍🌈✨📚