April is a month where we celebrate the unique and soulful form of writing, poetry. This has been a celebration in Canada since 2008...

Throughout 2022, your friends at the Essa Public Library hosted not only a variety of wonderful programs and events, but we also got to...

We're back! Essa Public Library is so pleased to join in for the third annual Simcoe Reads community event. This year, we'll be able to...

Does the library have park passes for Ontario Parks? Yep! We sure do! The Province of Ontario and Ontario Parks started a program in 2020...

To catch up on the best reads of the season, check out these selections. The Essa Public Library regularly posts in-house displays for...

March 25th, 2022 marks the 19th Tolkien Reading Day. Organized by the Tolkien Society, it's a day to celebrate all things Tolkien. Why...

Mindfulness is a proven strategy to reduce stress and develop positivity. We are living in uncertain times and everyone feels that...

Charles Dickens may be credited with inventing the Christmas story but, judging by the surge in popularity of the Christmas themed novel...

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” Jane Austen was...

Mario Puzo may not be considered a household name, but the characters he penned as part of The Godfather series of books and movies are...

Richard Wagamese described himself as a second-generation survivor of Canada’s residential school system and used the trauma he...

Please join us in congratulating our Library Champion, Grace Baker! If you missed the debate catch it online on the RogersTV YouTube page...

Shel Silverstein was an American illustrator, cartoonist, playwright, songwriter, and poet, best known for his children’s books, The...

Many modern readers know Agatha Christie as the quintessential Queen of Crime. During her writing career, Christie wrote 66 detective...

Simcoe Reads is back and this year there are seven amazing books from seven amazing authors. Based on Canada Reads, Simcoe Libraries have...

This past week marks the end of an era with the passing of HRH Prince Philip. He was the longest standing consort in the British Monarchy...

Those famous words were coined by British mountaineer George Mallory in response to a New York Times reporter in 1923. He’d been asked...

Your voice is as singular a thing as your thumbprint or your DNA—never in all of human history has a voice exactly like yours existed and...

The Society of the Living-Dead sounds like an awesome zombie enthusiast fraternity; it isn’t, but the name is definitely catchy. This...

The month of October is Canadian Library Month and Ontario celebrates from the 18th to the 24th. Library staff across the province look...