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Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 TD Summer Reading Club Library Awards!

May 05, 2024

The winners of the 2023 TD Summer Reading Club (TDSRC) Library Awards have been announced.

The English program winners were announced at a ceremony on May 3 during the Saskatchewan Libraries Conference in Regina. The winners were

  • First prize ($8,000): Gananoque Public Library (Ontario)
  • Second prize (tied) ($3,000): Cambridge Public Library (Ontario)
  • Second prize (tied) ($3,000): Winnipeg Public Library (Manitoba)

Two libraries also received honourable mentions:

  • Burk’s Falls, Armour & Ryerson Union Public Library (Ontario)
  • Clarence-Rockland Public Library (Ontario)

The French program winners were announced during a ceremony held on May 2 as part of the Rendez-vous des bibliothèques publiques du Québec [Quebec public libraries event] in Montréal. The winners were

  • First prize ($8,000): Bibliothèque de Brossard Georgette-Lepage (Quebec)
  • Second prize ($4,000): Bibliothèque municipale et scolaire de Bromont (Quebec)
  • Third prize ($2,000): Bibliothèque de Saint-Lambert (Quebec)

Two libraries received honourable mentions:

  • Champlain Library (Ontario)
  • Bibliothèque Linette-Jutras-Laperle (Quebec)

This year, the members of the jury were so impressed with what a very small library did with two part-time staff and zero budget that they wanted to reward them for offering such an incredible TD Summer Reading Club program. After much deliberation, the Small but Mighty Award was created. This award, valued at $1,000, will only be given out in exceptional circumstances to very deserving libraries. Congratulations to the inaugural recipient of this award:

  • Bay Roberts Public Library (Newfoundland and Labrador)

The Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA) Accessibility Award was handed out to

  • Cambridge Public Library (Ontario)

You can watch videos in English and French produced by the winners, highlighting their very successful activities and the efforts made by library staff to provide original and innovative reading clubs.

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