Grab your towel, your sunscreen and a great book! These Lakeside Reads are made for summer.
Recent additions to the collection
Indigenous Portal
Engage with KFPL's Indigenous programming, collections and community partnerships!
Programs, Events, Services and Recommendations
Upcoming Programs and Events
Drag Queen Storytime With Rowena Whey!
Celebrate diversity, inclusion and acceptance with Rowena Whey! Join us for a vibrant and engaging Drag Queen Storytime featuring books that highlight the power of being yourself and embracing others.
Library Kiosk
Upcoming Programs and Events
Care and Preservation of Family Heirlooms
Learn the best practices for preserving treasured photographs and letters with Queen's University Archives. The presentation will be followed by a show-and-tell of various holdings from the Queen's University Archives.
Upcoming Programs and Events
Faceless Dolls Workshop
Join KFPL, Sexual Assault Centre Kingston, Kingston Native Centre and Language Nest and Kingston Interval House for a Faceless Dolls Workshop in memory of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S+).
This workshop is open to all ages, though parents are advised that we will be discussing heavy topics.
Upcoming Programs and Events
Red Dress Day
May 5 marks Red Dress Day, a day dedicated to honouring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S+) in Canada. The REDress Project, created by Métis artist Jamie Black, is a powerful art installation that features red dresses displayed in public spaces to raise awareness of the lives of those missing and murdered.
The Sexual Assault Centre Kingston and the Kingston Native Centre and Language Nest will present an installation at several KFPL branches from May 5-19, showcasing red dresses and poetry.
