Book Ends North reopened on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 10 am after being closed for nearly three years. The popular used bookstore, which sells withdrawn library materials and library donations at excellent prices, shut its doors in December 2016 when North York Central Library closed for major renovations. Despite the first snowfall of the season, a […]
"GripLit", a term often used for the recent surge in gripping psychological thrillers, has been the hot trend in publishing for the last number of years. There have been so many of them, often with similar titles, that it is easy to get them all confused. For those who enjoy fast-paced thrillers with unreliable […]
This Sunday, April 1, is April Fool's Day (also known as All Fool's Day). Customarily, it is on this day that friends and family play tricks and pranks on each other. According to Britannica Online, the custom has been going on for centuries and its origins have been lost in time. Although the custom varies […]
Once again, a good number of the upcoming films this year are based on books. If you like to read a book before watching the film it's based on, here are a few books to add to your 'To Read' list. Place your holds now! Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of […]
Some of the resources mentioned in this post, such as RBDigital Audiobooks and Magazines, are no longer available. For the latest in digital books, videos, music and magazines, visit tpl.ca/downloads. Toronto Public Library has a fantastic selection of digital books (ebooks), audiobooks, magazines, movies, music and television shows that can be downloaded to smartphones and tablets or […]
Following up on my earlier post Hot Nonfiction for Summer 2017, here are a few more nonfiction books that were popular in 2017. It certainly has been another fantastic year for fans of nonfiction. Leonard da Vinci by Walter IsaacsonDa Vinci is best known for his famous paintings, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. […]
At a fundraising gala event on November 7, the Writers' Trust of Canada named Eden Robinson as the third recipient of the Writers' Trust Fellowship. This fellowship, which is awarded to a writer who has demonstrated outstanding creativity and promise, comes with an award of $50,000. Previous fellowships have been given to Michael Crummey and […]
Please note that this program will be held at the North York Seniors Centre, not North York Central Library. The vast majority of the financial information available about retirement planning is designed for people who have pensions or have accumulated money in RRSPs or other savings. There is very little information available for people who […]
Australian Richard Simpkin launched World Letter Writing Day (September 1) in 2014 to introduce children to the art of letter writing. Many of the children at Waverley College, Sydney, where the launch was held, had never written a letter by hand before. There is something special in receiving and reading a letter that a friend […]
Many people prefer to read nonfiction books over novels. Many others like to read the occasional nonfiction as a change from novels. For all those who enjoy nonfiction, whether all the time or occasionally, here is a brief list of some of the books that are popular this summer. Astrophysics for People in a […]