These days, our living areas have evolved into part-time learning centres. Rooms that had one role now do double duty as places of both diversion and discovery. This may be the new normal. You may find it easier to adapt with these exciting resources that make learning at home fun and easy. Discover help with […]
Taking the plunge into entrepreneurship can be intimidating, but the Toronto Public Library has you covered. There are a wide range of resources like reading lists and free programs to help get you started.The library also offers panel events for niche areas, like the business of podcasting.
With the increased hype around the podcasting landscape, it’s easy to get excited about what’s next. In my book Let’s Talk Podcasting: The Essential Guide to Doing it Right (available at the Toronto Public Library), I touch upon a few areas where I predict we’ll see expansion. That includes…
There’s something magical about using sounds to paint a picture in people’s minds. Just like the intimacy of radio, when audio storytelling is done right, people are transported.
Best friends Mailee and Cara’s closeness is put to the test in this gritty novel about the bonds of friendship and the power of the unknown. After Cara’s sister dies, she becomes consumed with grief and soon after decides to devote herself to Firehorse, the leader of the small commune Haven, just outside her town. […]
Makani Young is sent to live with her grandmother in small town Nebraska from her native Hawaii and after almost a year she is still finding it hard to adjust to things. Then, all at once students at Osbourne High begin to die; murdered in gruesome and horrifying ways. Makani, along with her friends become […]
Darcy Prentiss, the girl least likely to be entered into the Bay Festival Princess contest, is nominated for just that among other things in this contemporary teen novel by author Gillian French. It is summer and all Darcy is concerned with is picking berries to make some money to get out of her rural Maine […]
I have to start off by saying that I could not put this book down! I found myself reading far into the evening and enjoying every second of it… The novel follows a couple of students from Bayview High. The brain, the beauty the criminal and the athlete. If this is sounding a little like […]
Popular Japanese manga series, Fruits Basket is getting reissued in collector's editions! Revisit this modern classic or read it for the very first time. The Sohma family has a long standing curse set upon them. When people exchange hugs, they turn into an animal from the Chinese Zodiac. Tohru Honda stumbles upon this curse […]
Toronto based author, Kenneth Oppel’s newest book is sure to please old and new fans, alike! Set in 19th-century badlands, Oppel weaves together the story of Samuel Bolt, the son of renowned paleontologist Michael Bolt and Rachel Cartland, the daughter of Yale professor Frederick Cartland. Samuel and Rachel first meet at a conference attended by their […]