We're getting near the end of summer and the end of this year's Word Out. Quite a few Toronto Public Library branches are holding wrap-up parties with refreshments, prizes and more. If there's one near you, you should definitely check it out! Wrap Party Locations Agincourt | Tuesday, August 17, 2010 | 6:30 pm – […]
Via my Albion contacts I am told something's going on there this weekend! Time: Saturday August 21st, 4-8 PMPlace: Albion Library (in the parking lot) What's Going On: The urbanNOISE festival, now in its fifth year.
4:00 pm, Monday August 23 – This contest is now closed. Winners will be contacted shortly! We're always told not to judge books by their covers. But I think we do this all the time anyway. Here's your chance to do so and win prizes! We've got copies of all three of the books whose […]
I finally finished Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan – fabulous book about love and friendship, starring two teenagers both named Will Grayson, and Tiny Cooper, "the world's largest person who is really, really gay, and also the world's gayest person who is really, really large". I think this is probably the […]
Just a reminder that you can find out about Word Out events at Toronto Public Library branches in the programs listings of our main website. There's still a lot going on even with the summer more than half over! Graphic novelist Adam Bourret at Bloor/Gladstone branch on Saturday, August 28 from 2:00 – 4:00 may be of […]
Check your emails! Winners for August 2 – 8 drawn & contacted.
If you've read my other posts it's probably clear that I'm a big comic / graphic novel fan. I was thus especially interested to read Olivier Ka and Alfred's Why I Killed Peter for Word Out. This is a wonderfully illustrated graphic novel (semi-autobiographical in nature) about the very serious subject of child sexual abuse by a trusted authority […]
I am 1/3rd of the way through Will Grayson, Will Grayson and wishing I'd started reading it earlier so I could be finished it by now. I've been reading a lot Jim Butcher lately. His books aren't classed as "young adult" but I think older teens into fantasy might enjoy either of his two series: The Dresden […]
Check your email–winners for the week of July 26 – August 1 have been drawn and contacted.
I have the final exam for the course I'm taking this summer on Saturday, so most of my reading time last week was spent reviewing the BABOK (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge). This is nearly as much fun as it sounds! I did at least manage to borrow Will Grayson, Will Grayson with some intent of reading […]