Adult Summer Reading Challenge: Home
Welcome!/Bienvenue!
Welcome to our Adult Summer Reading Challenge! On this page, you will find links to resources and blog posts with recommended reading/viewing/listening to help you complete your summer reading challenges. New for 2024 is the “Read Local Summer Reading Challenge”! Other challenges explore reading themes and focus on our online Digital Library.
Bienvenue au défi lectures d'été pour les adultes ! Ici vous trouverez des liens pour nos entrées de blogue avec des suggestions de ressources pour compléter votre défi lectures d’été. Nouveau pour 2024 c’est le « défi lectures d’été de lire local ! » D’autre défis explorent les thèmes de lecture et se concentrent sur notre bibliothèque électronique.
Readers' Salon blog posts
- Readers' Salon: Encouraging, challenging, provoking and inspiring readersCheck our blog posts for reading ideas.
Regarder nos articles de blog pour des idées de lecture.
Reading lists
- Winnipeg 150 recommended fictionFiction titles that reference extreme weather, street names, Slurpees, and more great things about Winnipeg.
- Winnipeg 150 recommended non-fictionRecommended reads to learn more about Winnipeg's past, present and future
- Asian authors recommended readingList of suggested adult, teen and children fiction and non-fiction books by Asian authors, all available in our collection.
- Black authors recommended readingList of suggested adult, teen and children fiction and non-fiction by Black authors, all available in our collection.
- Racism and anti-racism reading list for adultsList of suggested adult fiction and non-fiction books that explore racism and anti-racism, all available in our collection.
- Rainbow Reads reading listList of suggested adult and teen fiction and non-fiction books that are written by and about 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, all available in our collection.
- Indigenous-related topics Info GuideA good place to begin a search about Indigenous-related topics. Find key resources, book lists, major reports and more.
Read Local Challenge/Défi de lire local
The year 2024 marks 150 years of Winnipeg! What better way to celebrate than by reading books that take place in the city we love? Our Read Local Challenge Card highlights 13 novels that are set in Winnipeg's storied neighborhoods.
Find many more book recommendations by checking out our Local Authors Info Guide. You'll be able to explore even more titles set in Winnipeg and discover writers from our province.
En 2024, la ville de Winnipeg célèbre ses 150 ans! Quelle meilleure façon de célébrer que de lire des livres qui se déroulent à la ville que nous aimons? Notre carte de défi de lire local met en lumière 13 romans qui se déroulent aux différents quartiers de Winnipeg.
Trouvez des recommandations en explorant notre Guide d’info pour les auteurs locaux. Vous pourrez explorer plusieurs d’autres titres qui se déroulent à Winnipeg et découvrir les auteurs de notre province.
Read Winnipeg/Lisez Winnipeg
More Challenges cards/ Cartes de défi
Try out these challenge cards to broaden your reading and try out new resources. Can you fill out the entire card?
Essayez ces cartes de défis pour élargir votre lecture et essayer de nouvelles ressources. Pouvez-vous remplir la carte?
- Summer Reading Challenge Card/ Défi lectures d'étéPick a title to read from one of the themes.
Choisissez un titre à lire parmi l’un des thèmes. - Summer Digital ChallengeDive into eBooks, eAudiobooks, streaming movies, TV and music this summer! You will need your Winnipeg Public Library Card to log in to these free services (except YouTube).
- Défi numérique estivalCet été, plongez dans les livres électroniques, les films et la musique en continu! Vous aurez besoin de votre carte de la Bibliothèque publique de Winnipeg pour vous connecter à ces services gratuits (sauf à YouTube).
Digital Library resources
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Cantook Libraries est un service de prêt numérique. Vous retrouverez des livres numériques et des livres audio pour enfants, ados et adultes. À la page d'acceuil, veuillez inscrire votre numéro de carte de bibliothèque dans la casse marquée "Identifiant" et votre NIP dans la casse marquée "Mot de passe." / Cantook Libraries offers French ebooks and audiobooks, with titles in all categories and for all age groups. Once on the site, please enter your library card number in the box marked "Username" and your PIN in the box marked "Password." - hoopla digital This link opens in a new window
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hoopla brings you thousands of movies, television, and music titles. All you need is a library card and a web browser, phone, or tablet.
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Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service that provides library customers access to a large collection of films and courses. - OverDrive This link opens in a new window
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Search for downloadable eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines. - PressReader This link opens in a new window
PressReader provides access to thousands of current newspapers and magazines from dozens of countries and in dozens of languages. Read the full text or original print view of popular titles like Winnipeg Sun, Calgary Herald, National Post, Edmonton Journal, and many more.
- Winnipeg Public Library CatalogueBrowse our catalogue to place holds on items.
Parcourez notre catalogue pour réserver des articles. - WPL YouTube ChannelThe official YouTube channel of the Winnipeg Public Library.
Site officiel de YouTube pour la Bibliothèque publique de Winnipeg.