This month, meet Poet in Residence Brian Brett, graphic novelist Daniel Clowes and join the Non-fiction Book Club. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The February 2016 @ TRL as a pdf file. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits page.
This month, meet Poet in Residence Brian Brett, graphic novelist Daniel Clowes and join the Non-fiction Book Club. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The February 2016 @ TRL as a pdf file. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits page.
Recently Daniel wrote a post about the importance of using wordless picture books with your young children. Wordless books are some of my favourite books to recommend and use and so I am always very excited to see new ones come to our shelves. Daniel gave us some great suggestions in his post and here are […]
Are you new to Canada? If so, welcome! Perhaps you could use some help searching for a job? Toronto Public Library once again partners with other service organizations to provide job search help, this time with a workshop focussing on new job search strategies. It’s presented as part of our series of programs with Library Settlement Partnerships, a partnership with Citizen […]
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant is bedridden in hospital with a broken leg. Accustomed to an active life, his situation has left him bored and bad tempered. Familiar with his belief that he can judge an individual’s character from studying the person’s face, Marta Hallard, an actor friend, […]
In March, Book Buzz features two books, both with an art theme. One is non-fiction and the other fiction. Read one or both of the books and join us online. The discussion will take place throughout the month. History of Beauty edited by Umberto Eco Semiotician, novelist, and literary critic Eco examines the western concept […]
When it comes to reading, I’m in no hurry. I love that new book smell as much as the next guy, but I can wait. The book I’m happily immersed in now was published 164 years ago — I’m sailing aboard the Pequod, keeping company with mad Captain Ahab, on his mission of vengeance to […]
Space pirates, an extra-terrestrial battle, and a desperate quest for survival ramp up the tension in MiNRS, a sci-fi adventure by the author of the popular Neil Flambé series, Kevin Sylvester. Eight years ago, Christopher Nichols and his paren’ts moved to the Earth-like asteroid of Perses to participate in Melming Mining’s mineral excavation project. […]
The 88th Annual Academy Awards are set to premiere on February 28, 2016. While the usual buzz around the Oscars has already started - best dressed, anyone? – a more bothersome controversy has also popped up. The nominations for this year's Awards brought with them much criticism as many pointed out the lack of diversity. There are a few […]
image courtesy of Wikipedia.com The microbiome is "the complete genetic content of all the microorganisms that typically inhabit a particular environment, especially a site on or in the body, such as the skin or the gastrointestinal tract" (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 2011). I first heard the term microbiome a few years ago with respect to the […]