Free movies, free programs, free classes. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The October 2019 Toronto Reference Library Calendar(PDF). For a full listing to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits.
Picture a city. What do you see? There is gray asphalt, soaring skyscrapers, the muggy darkness of subway tunnels, graffiti. Do you see the magic? Walk past the man muttering spells under his breath to protect the neighbourhood. Jump over a pile of leaves in the gutter. It conceals a nest of faeries, waiting to […]
Free movies, free programs, free classes. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The September 2019 Toronto Reference Library Calendar (PDF). For a full listing to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits.
Genetic engineering, a phrase charged with images of health hazards and designer babies, entered a new and accelerated chapter with the development of CRISPR Cas9 in 2015, a targeted gene-editing technique that is much more precise than anything before it. What is CRSPR Cas9, how does it work, and what does it mean for the […]
We invite you to the exhibit All Join In!: Children's Books and Art about Families, located at the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books on the fourth floor of Lillian H. Smith Branch. This exhibit celebrates the family in children’s literature, from the families we are born into to the families we choose for ourselves. […]
July 31 is the birthday of both J.K. Rowling and her beloved character, Harry Potter. It is also known to many as International Harry Potter Day. We want to celebrate today by remembering a very special trip Rowling took to Toronto, many years ago. J. K. Rowling at the White House, 2010. (Image courtesy of […]
Free movies, free programs, free classes. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The August 2019 Toronto Reference Library Calendar(PDF). For a full listing to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits.
Photo credit: Andy Newman. Used with permission. We invite you to Gregory Maguire, The World at Hand, The World Next Door, a lecture by Gregrory Maguire on Thursday, November 14 at 7pm in the lower level of Lillian H. Smith Branch. Presented by the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, this is the 32nd Annual Helen E. […]
On Saturday July 27, 2019, the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy will host Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) Day from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. Come for a talk on table-top roleplaying games (RPGs) and stay for a game and a chance to see some treasures of the Merril Collection. Whether you’ve never […]
Illustration reproduced with permission from Marie-Louise Gay and Groundwood Books Ltd. We invite you to Marie-Louise Gay: From Sketch to Story – Musings from my Drawing Table on Thursday, October 3 at 7pm in the lower level of Lillian H. Smith Branch. Presented by the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, this is the 13th […]