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Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced

April 11, 2017 | Maria | Comments (0)

The Pulitizer Prize winners were announced yesterday afternoon.   And the winners are:   Category: Fiction The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead   eBook   eAudiobook   Category: Biography/Autobiography The Return by Hisham Matar    eBook   Category: History Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson   eBook   Category: General Nonfiction Evicted by Matthew […]

Media Roundup – April 3

April 3, 2017 | Maria | Comments (0)

  These books were reviewed or  were trending in the media this week: CBC Radio – The Next Chapter Will I See by IsKwé and  David Alexander Robinson eBook   Podcast   Writers & Company The Arab of the Future 2  by Riad Sattouf    eBook   Podcast   The Globe and Mail – Books    […]

Loan Stars: March

March 29, 2017 | Maria | Comments (2)

Check out the Loan Stars March list. These are the ten most highly recommended new releases as selected by Canadian librarians:      Close Enough to Touch by Colleen Oakley   eBook    eAudiobook The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti    eBook The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel    eBook   eAudiobook     The Accusation […]

Media Roundup – March 27

March 27, 2017 | Maria | Comments (0)

These books were reviewed or  were trending in the media this week: CBC Radio – The Next Chapter     Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson   eBook   Podcast Birds Art Life by Kyo Maclean   eBook  Podcast White Walls by Judy Batalion   eBook   Podcast    Couturier of Milan by Ian Hamilton   […]

Media Roundup – March 20

March 20, 2017 | Maria | Comments (0)

Books in the media over the past two weeks:  CBC Radio – Writers and Company   The Year of Magical Thinking by  Joan Didion    eBook  eAudiobook South and West by Joan Didion   eBook   eAudiobook White Tears by Hari Kunzru   eBook   eAudiobook    CBC Radio – The Next Chapter    Indian […]

In Memoriam: Richard B. Wright

February 9, 2017 | Maria | Comments (0)

Remembering multiple award-winning Canadian author Richard B. Wright, who passsed away on February 7, 2017.   Photograph © John Reeves Click on a book cover to borrow one of his books:      

The new OverDrive website is coming February 13th

February 9, 2017 | Maria | Comments (0)

The new OverDrive website is scheduled to be launched next Monday, February 13th.  To preview the website click here. The updated website has been given a fresh new look and key enhancements include a simplified borrowing process and new  browsing options.  The transition to the new site should be seamless – checkouts, holds and wish […]

New OverDrive Website Coming February 13

February 9, 2017 | Maria | Comments (10)

The new OverDrive website will launch next Monday, February 13th.  To preview the website click here. The updated website has been given a fresh new look and key enhancements include a simplified borrowing process and new browsing options. The transition to the new site should be seamless – checkouts, holds and wish lists will not […]

Media Roundup – January 27th

January 27, 2017 | Maria | Comments (0)

Books in the media this week: The Globe and Mail      How To Murder Your Life by Cat Marnell   eBook   eAudiobook Better Now by Danielle Martin   eBook Birds Art Life by Kyo Maclear   eBook    Own It by Sallie Krawcheck    eBook   eAudiobook The Strays by Emily Bitto   eBook Dragon […]

What are you (e)reading, Toronto? New site shows a live feed from the city that reads the most library ebooks

January 27, 2017 | Maria | Comments (0)

Check out this great post from guest blogger Dara Renton who originally posted this on  TPL's Digital Library Services blog: Last week you may have heard that you live in the most well-read city in the world according to our ebook lending service. In 2016, Torontonians downloaded over 3 million ebooks and eaudiobooks from OverDrive. […]