The Winnipeg Public Library (French: Bibliothèque publique de Winnipeg) is a public library service that is provided by the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Branches provide programming for children, teens, and adults. The Library also contains an Outreach Department which works with the community, as well as people who cannot visit the library directly. Outreach also promotes the library to communities that are under represented in the library. The library offers a Writer-in-Residence program to assist budding authors and has done so for over 20 years.