Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program and the Canadian Urban Libraries Council.
Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming July titles
Robyn Harding’s Her Pretty Face takes the top spot.
Newfoundland, PEI, territories rejoin Public Lending Right sampling system
After 13 years, cross-Canada coverage is reinstated for Public Lending Right’s library sampling program.
The Paws to Read program pairs poochie partners with young readers
A child – a reluctant reader, perhaps, or one seeking more confidence reading aloud, or even one working to get over a fear of dogs – will choose a book from the stack, sit down on a blanket with a dog and its handler, and spend half an hour reading aloud.
Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming June titles
The 2018 Forest Festival of Trees draws a big crowd of young readers
The festival saw 12,000 attendees, most of whom were school children, there to mingle with 91 authors.
Toronto Public Library is looking for a romance writer in residence
The Toronto Public Library is seeking a professional romance author for a two-month residency at its newly renovated North York Central Library branch.
Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming May titles
Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming April titles
Public Lending Right announces 25-year cap for older titles, introduces audiobooks to the program
Major changes are coming to the Public Lending Right program, which compensates authors, illustrators, editors, and translators for free public use of their books in libraries.