Learn about the history of the Riverview/Essondale hospital in PoCo, and Mental Health treatment in BC. Includes resources on the history of mental illness with a focus on first person accounts. In partnership with Coquitlam Heritage's exhibition titled Riverview: an artists point of view.

Take a look at Coquitlam's past newspapers by looking at the microforms in CPL's Local History Room located at the branch

History books tend to focus on certain people and to ignore the stories of others. Black History Month reminds us that everyone participates in history, and everyone deserves to have their story heard.

This National Gardening Month, we're helping you achieve your gardening goals! Register for our online programs: STARTING A VEGETABLE GARDEN https://coquitlam.libnet.info/event/6432458 GROWING YOUR VEGETABLES https://coquitlam.libnet.info/event/6193103

Stories and information about the experiences of Chinese Immigrants in BC from 1850-1950. A special booklist in partnership of the Coquitlam Heritage Society's exhibition on the Chinese Exclusion Act of1923-1947 .

The Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize are the leading literary awards for single works of fiction.

A collection of Indigenous works both fiction and nonfiction donated by local Indigenous author and elder, Alf Dumont.

Books published in the United States in English, including works in translation and other significant rereleases, between November 18, 2020, and November 17, 2021, will be eligible for the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards.

A list of non-fiction, reflection works from Mark Twain