Library

Diverse. Open to all.

In the library you will find a selection of media in German and in translation: books, magazines, films, music and games. Get inspired, find out about current topics and trends, and get to know Germany.

Bibliothek Zeitschriften/Leseraum im Goethe-Institut Montreal © Jean Guy Lambert

One feels in the library as in the presence of a great capital that silently produces unpredictable interest.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Driven by curiosity and the lust for life, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s body of work encompassed a wide range of topics. Photo (detail): © picture alliance/akg-images

Borrowing books and media

Lending

The library is open to the public and use of books and media in the library is free of charge.

Pre-registration for the library on site

Terms and conditions of lending

Online catalogue

Acquisition suggestion
Onleihe

The Onleihe is a digital service offered by the Goethe-Institut Kanada library which allows you to borrow digital media.

eLibrary ("Onleihe")

Information and how to register to Onleihe

Book of the week Hasenprosa

Every week we present a book from our collection that we find particularly interesting, exciting, instructive or otherwise particularly worth reading.
This week, another book from the German Book Prize 2024 shortlist :

Maren Kames: “Hasenprosa” (Suhrkamp Verlag, March 2024)

Following the poetry volumes Halb Taube Halb Pfau (2016) and Luna Luna (2019), Hasenprosa (Hare prose) is the third book published by Berlin author Maren Kames. It is also her debut novel, which made it straight onto the longlist for the German Book Prize 2024. The result is an (almost) linear narrative, a beautiful, sometimes experimental text made up of shorter and longer word cascades and creations, quotations, quirky dialogs and fine poetry that Maren Kames doesn't quite want to leave behind. Always present: a hare named Salomon.

„Hasenprosa“ von Maren Kames © Shutterstock, Cover: Suhrkamp

Search for books and media in the catalog

Just digital media

BibToGo

The "BibToGo" library app from the Goethe-Institut.

The "BibToGo" library app from the Goethe-Institut. Your personal library account, which gives you access to our media and services at any time.

Your personal library account, which gives you access to our media and services at any time.

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Opening hours

Mon 5 - 9 pm

Tue, Wed, Thur 2 - 9 pm

Sat Nov. 16, 23 3 - 6 pm

Our services

Translation grant program

Our translation funding programme supports the publication of books by German authors in another language.

Photo: Goethe-Institut/Loredana La Rocca
Service for librarians

Events, specialist information and cooperation services for librarians.

Photo: Goethe-Institut/Bettina Siegwart

Services and activities

DaF-Information Center

German teachers can borrow books and audio-visual media from the DaF-Information Center Montréal a dedicated section in the Library.

Photo: Goethe-Institut/Sonja Tobias
European Literature in Canada

Readings at festivals and discussions as part of an European reader circle

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Library

Borrowing books and media

Lending