A billionaire founds his own spacecraft development company when NASA stalls. Is it Elon Musk? No; his name is Laurence Poubelle, and he’s a character in Victor Koman’s novel Kings of the High Frontier. A young ruler attempts to navigate the Machiavellian intrigues designed to sabotage their reign. Is it Queen Elizabeth the First’s cut-throat […]
Snip, snap, snout, this tale's (almost) told out. Our delightful fairy tale exhibit, Once Upon a Time, is ending soon! You have until Sunday, January 22 to see it at the Toronto Reference Library's TD Gallery. From Little Red Riding Hood, to Beauty and the Beast, to the Anansi tales of West African and Caribbean folklore, the exhibit […]
Excerpted and abridged from an article by Leslie McGrath. There are currently two beautiful exhibits of fairy tales at Toronto Public Library. The first, at the Toronto Reference Library's TD Gallery (held over to January 22), “Once Upon A Time,” features early and modern retellings of fairy tales that have delighted generations of young […]
Today, January 4, marks what would have been Jacob Grimm's 232nd birthday. What better day to celebrate the magic, and often gory, fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. A number of the Grimm's best-loved tales — Little Red Cap, Snow White, Rapunzel, Hansel & Gretel — are featured in our free exhibit, Once Upon a Time. […]
Magical tales of spells, journeys and enchantments form a dominant genre within children’s literature and exert a profound influence on our culture. Where do they come from? Join us for an illustrated talk, Lands of Enchantment: A History of Fairy Tales, presented by Martha Scott, from the library’s Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books, on […]
Our new exhibit, Once Upon a Time: Fairy Tales from the Osborne Collection is now open in the Toronto Reference Library's TD Gallery. Admission is free and the gallery is open to all during regular library hours. It runs until January 15, 2017. The exhibit celebrates the enduring appeal of “classic” stories from the western fairy tale tradition. Let's take a […]
Fairy Tale blocks illustrated by Richard André, 1834-1907. New York: McLoughlin Brothers, ca. 1889 Our new exhibit, Once Upon a Time: Fairy Tales from the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, opens this Saturday, November 5 in the TD Gallery at the Toronto Reference Library. As always, admission is free and the gallery is open to the public […]
This weekend will be your last chance to visit our free exhibit, The Art of Cartography, on display in the Toronto Reference Library's TD Gallery. The exhibit runs until this Sunday, October 16. The exhibit begins with a brief timeline charting some of the major developments that influenced the look of maps from the earliest celestial maps, carved […]
When you visit our TD Gallery exhibit, The Art of Cartography, you might get the impression that making maps is an art of the past. At a time when virtually every square metre of land on Earth has been accurately mapped, is there any need for map-makers in 2016? Join us on Monday, October 3 at 6:30 […]
Our current exhibit, The Art of Cartography, focuses on the artistry of mapmakers from the 16th to the 19th century. Crafting beautiful and insightful maps, however, is certainly not an art form resigned to the past. Maps continue to inspire artists, illustrators, geographers and story tellers. As a medium, maps can help communicate complex ideas, challenge assumptions […]