At the end of the year, Toronto Public Library staff members select their favourite reading experiences of the past 12 months. There are so many great responses that we end up with a series of blog posts. This is the last of our Best Books posts for 2017 and it is full of books I […]
February 2019 America for Beginners by Leah Franqui eAudiobook eBook CD Talking Book March 2019 The Other Side of Everything by Lauren Doyle Owens eAudiobook eBook April 2019 The Book of M by Peng Shepherd Audiobook eBook CD Talking Book May 2019 The RMS Lusitania was sunk on May 7, 1905. This month we’ll be […]
At the end of the year, Toronto Public Library staff members select their favourite reading experiences of the past 12 months. There are so many great responses that we end up with a series of blog posts. This installment is dedicated to books written for children and teens because we love books, even the ones […]
At the end of the year, Toronto Public Library staff members select their favourite reading experiences of the past 12 months. There are so many great responses that we end up with a series of blog posts. In this installment, our staff members share their favourite graphic novels and genre fiction of 2017. Graphic Novels […]
At the end of the year, Toronto Public Library staff members select their favourite reading experiences of the past 12 months. There are so many great responses that we end up with a series of blog posts. In this installment, our staff members share their favourite non-fiction reading of 2017. This year we read books […]
At the end of the year, Toronto Public Library staff members select their favourite reading experiences of the past 12 months. There are so many great responses that we end up with a series of blog posts. Memoir isn’t the summary of a life; it’s a window into a life, very much like a photograph […]
Each year we poll our staff members about their favourite reading experiences from the past 12 months. This post celebrates powerful fiction (and one poetry collection!) written by First Nations and Canadian authors. "It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can’tell the truth." Gao Xingjian […]
At the end of each year, Toronto Public Library staff members select their favourite reading experiences of the past 12 months. There are so many great responses that we end up with a series of blog posts. "The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the […]
Bestselling mystery novelist Sue Grafton was born in Louisville, KY on April 24, 1940. She began writing novels as a teenager but failed to find success and turned to screenwriting. She wrote primarily for television for 15 years and said the experience taught her a great deal about writing. While going through a painful divorce […]
December Read The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Daniel Sempere is ten years old when his father takes him to The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a strange library that contains books that have lost their owners or that have been forgotten by everyone. Those who have visit the library are permitted to […]