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Goodbye giant robots, hello TIFF

September 8, 2011 | Maureen | Comments (0)

Ah, September!  The giant robots fold themselves up and go wherever giant robots go when the battle is over. The pirates stash their loot and head off to winter at their villas in the south of France. The apes punch their time cards, exhausted after so much mayhem. The talking cars back themselves into cartoon […]

Great Books: Willa Cather’s “A Lost Lady”

June 6, 2011 | Maureen | Comments (0)

University of Toronto Professor Alan Ackerman will talk about A Lost Lady by the great American writer Willa Cather at the North York Central Library auditorium, on Tuesday, June 7, 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Willa Cather is best known for her novels about pioneer life on the Nebraska prairie: O Pioneers!, The Song of […]

Giller Prize winner at North York Central Library on May 28

May 26, 2011 | Maureen | Comments (2)

Here's what critics said about The Sentimentalists: "…moments of astounding raw beauty and original word play…" The Globe and Mail "…unapologetically challenging fiction…" National Post "…a superbly constructed story told with great skill…"   Now Magazine "As the adult son of a Vietnam veteran, I was, simply, moved to tears." The Guardian North York Public Library […]