To celebrate Senior’s Month in June, McGregor Park Branch is pleased to have a visit from published authors Ann Elizabeth Carson and Ellen S Jaffe for a reading and discussion about experiences of aging and memory. Carson’s new book “We All Become Stories” (available in September) contains the voices of “12 elders who made extraordinary changes […]
Date: Wednesday, November 30Time: 4:30 – 5:30 pm Meet award-winning youth writer Allan Stratton, author of “Leslie’s Journal,” “Chanda’s Secrets” and “Borderline.” “Chanda’s Secrets” was made into a film “Life, After All” and premiered at the 2010 Cannes International Film Festival. The author will read from his work and answer your questions. His books […]
Family Film FunSaturdays, 2:00 pmEnjoy a family film every Saturday at the library. Youth Advisory GroupWednesdays September 28, October 26, November 30Make friends and earn volunteer hours while helping us to create a better library for youth in the community. Children's Story TimesOctober and November 2011Stories, songs, rhymes, and crafts for children with paren’ts and […]
Are you a newcomer? We can help. A settlement counsellor is at the branch every Tuesday afternoon this summer to provide settlement services, including information and referral, newcomer orientation, employment related service, solution-focused counselling, translation and interpretation, immigration services, personalized needs assessment, etc. Getting ready for your citizenship test? We can help, too. Sign up […]
In the popular manga series The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumia, an average high school freshman, Kyon decides to join a school club. This club only takes in members who have hidden superpowers and its secret mission is to protect the beautiful Haruhi Suzumia. You can find out more by checking out the manga series! 🙂 I […]
Express Yourself: Work with professional writers on your creative writing endeavours, meet other youth who like to write, show your stuff at Open Mic, & get published in an instant anthology! To register or for more information, please call 416-395-5784 or check out: http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/yvconference
Not sure if you guys know about this but we have created some Word Out avatars for you to use on your Facebook as profile pic, Instant Messaging ID or even for your cell phones as photo ID! 🙂 You can find them in our Flickr gallery
In The Hunchback Assignments, Modo is a hunchback who has the ability to transform his appearance. He has been raised as a secret agent by Mr. Socrates, his benefactor. Modo does not experience the outside world until he turns 14, when Mr. Socrates leaves him at a corner of London one afternoon. In order to […]
As promised, here is the continuation of my chat with Teresa:3. Do teen immigrants have the hardest times adjusting to their surroundings?I honestly feel that immigrating anywhere at any time forces you into a temporary adolescence. Think about it, your world is completely upended and nothing is sure or permanent or even familiar. You’re insecure […]
The latest release edited by well-known Canadian author, Teresa Toten, is called Piece by Piece: Stories about fitting into Canada. This anthology features short stories written by Canadian writers who migrated to a new country. Through their stories, they share their experiences of trying to belong as a teen in their new surroundings. These authors […]