Story Pod

Thank you to our sponsors:

AKB, Scholastics and Newmarket library logos

Season Opening: May 2026

Season Closing: TBD

Hours of Operation: 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. (Closed during inclement weather and will re-open the next available day)

Location: Newmarket Riverwalk Commons (200 Doug Duncan Drive)

The Story Pod is your new favourite place to read, learn, be inspired and engage with your community. Take a book to read at your leisure. Once you're finished enjoying it please bring it back or bring another book you'd love to share with your community. The Story Pod, in design and function, encourages you to open your heart and mind to life's possibilities similar to the way a book does. Thank you to our sponsors who helped make the Story Pod possible this year; the Newmarket Public Library, Scholastic Canada and Akb Architects.

#WhereIRead

Night scene with a black, cube-shaped structure (Story Pod) near a lit path and trees.

Franklin the turtle stands near the Story Pod as children read.

Story Pod with open wooden doors and books on shelves.

The story of the Story Pod

The Story Pod could not be possible without the generous donation by Scott Munro, Bill McTavish, and Ted Kurello of HollisWealth Newmarket, the pro bono design and building of the Story Pod by AKB and the book donations made by Scholastic Canada and the Newmarket Public Library!