Spotlight

May is Asian Heritage Month, a time to honour and celebrate the legacy and ongoing contributions of Asian Canadians to our nation. We invite you to explore resources and events at VPL celebrating Asian Heritage Month!

BC Summer Reading Club is a free literacy program designed to engage children, ages 5-12, with libraries and reading, throughout the summer.

Join us for a lively, interactive virtual tour of the Chinatown Storytelling Centre!

Come hang out and stitch with us! Bring something you’d like to mend or embroider, or use our supplies to start a new project.

Central Library | Monday, April 28 | 2 - 4 p.m.

Come hang out and practice your English conversation skills with other teen learners.

Central Library | Alternating Wednesdays, April 16 to June 11 | 4 - 5 p.m.

Enjoy connecting with other families and playing with LEGO in this small group, sensory-friendly, distraction-reduced program. Please contact the branch for more information or to register. For Grades K – 7. 

Be among the first kids ever to read new books! With Kids Read it First, you get to read and review Advance Reading Copies (ARCs) of books even before they hit the book store shelves.  

Hear unexpected sounds in familiar library spaces, experience new musical traditions, and enrich yourself culturally and socially with year-round free concerts at VPL.

Each summer, Vancouver’s 2SLGBTQ+ community comes together alongside family, friends and allies to celebrate diversity, belonging, and living their authentic lives, and to appreciate the progress made towards realizing equity and understanding.