Atwater Library and Computer Centre

Our Annual Benefit Cocktail Party was a tremendous success and raised funds that are a vital component of our lean budget for operations and programs. Held on November 6 in our own building, the gala evening featured live music by the Dave Turner Jazz Trio, an online auction and an exhibition of Montreal cartoons by Terry Mosher (Aislin) and Jacques Goldstyn (Boris). We are grateful to our generous sponsors and donors as well as all who bid in the auction and purchased tickets.

Guest of Honour Andrew Molson gave an inspirational talk about the Atwater Library’s valuable contribution to the quality of community life and termed us “cool”!

Terry Mosher aka Aislin served as emcee and our President, Bruce Bolton, paid tribute to Andrew Molson.

Let us help you make better use of digital technology for a whole range of needs.

Click HERE for our schedule of useful courses and workshops.

Our patient and well-qualified instructors will give you confidence and useful skills.

Our class sizes are small (maximum 8, average 4) and we have the latest in equipment.

Our volunteer-run Bookshop is open FOUR days a week – Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday – from 12 noon to 3:00 pm. We’re selling donated books, DVDs and CDs at bargain prices.

The Bookshop is located in the sous-sol near our Tupper Street entrances.

We welcome donations of books in good condition and ask donors to use our Tupper Street accessible entrance for deliveries.

Two or three times a month, usually on Wednesdays from 2:00 to 3:30 pm, we conduct live online information sessions with Q&A on a variety of topics, including the following:

TAX-FREE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (TFSAs)
REGISTERED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLANS (RRSPs)
SOURCES OF INCOME IN RETIREMENT
INCOME TAX
BUDGETING BASICS
COPING WITH INFLATION
EATING WELL ON A BUDGET
LATE-LIFE LEGAL ISSUES
WILLS and MANDATES
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
PREVENTION OF FINANCIAL ABUSE and EXPLOITATION

Everyone is welcome and admission is free, thanks to funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage of the Government of Canada.

Go here for the schedule of upcoming events and for links to videos with helpful info about personal finances.

For more information about our Financial Literacy Program, please email lverge@atwaterlibrary.ca.

On June 4, 2024 the Atwater Library and Paragraphe Bookstore co-hosted author and broadcaster Nahlah Ayed in conversation with journalist Julian Sher about her new book The War We Won Apart. The book tells the story of one of the most decorated couples of World War II, Sonia Butt and Guy d’Artois, who made their home in the Montreal area after the War. Our Adair Auditorium had a capacity audience, including several members of the d’Artois family, and many others attended virtually.

Click here to see a YouTube video of the interview.

The photo below is by Robin Edgar.