The Book and Periodical Council's annual Freedom to Read Week, raising awareness of literary censorship and banned or challenged titles, concludes on March 4. Here's a list of events to catch before the week is ... Read More »
Tickets for Roxane Gay's free Toronto Public Library talk sold out in seconds, but the author has promised on Twitter that she "will try to set up a second event for that week." Gay is ... Read More »
Following a 15-hour marathon session on Feb. 15 that ran until after midnight, Toronto city council approved its 2017 budget, which includes a 0.9 per cent increase to the Toronto Public Library system. The original budget ... Read More »
February 16, 2017 | Filed under: Libraries
The Toronto Public Library is the latest library system to offer therapy lamps for its patrons affected by seasonal affective disorder. A pilot project, which kicked off Feb. 6, features lamps at the TPL's Brentwood ... Read More »
February 7, 2017 | Filed under: Libraries
According to Toronto news service Twelve Thirty Six, the Toronto Public Library will carry Milo Yiannopoulos's memoir, Dangerous. The TPL confirms that nine branches have ordered a copy of the controversial book by the far-right figurehead, published ... Read More »
The country's largest library system has released the lists of its most-borrowed titles of 2016. A number of the year's biggest Canadian books proved to be just as popular with Toronto Public Library patrons as ... Read More »
For more than 100 years, the Regina Public Library has served the community with innovative programming. From J.R.C. Honeyman, its first librarian from 1908 to 1936, and his efforts to ensure immigrants had access to ... Read More »
November 24, 2016 | Filed under: Libraries
The Brampton‚ Ontario, public library has announced the shortlist for its One Book Brampton honour‚ a celebration of reading that recognizes one Canadian title, voted on by the public from a list selected by local ... Read More »
In August, the Kentville public library – located in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley – moved from the used car dealership where it had resided for 29 years to a decommissioned United Church. The new library ... Read More »
September 8, 2016 | Filed under: Libraries
“Is this the new library?” a child asked one recent afternoon as she crossed the threshold into the Halifax Central Library. “It’s awesome!” The kid’s not wrong. The five-storey glass structure, built to resemble a ... Read More »
June 9, 2016 | Filed under: Libraries
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