The new bookmobile schedule provides for 27 weekly stops and will be phased in as Fort York and Scarborough Civic Centre branches open. Bookmobile service continues to provide a flexible and timely response to changing community needs. As community demands shift, the scheduling and location of stops can be changed to provide service where the […]
Toronto Public Library is pleased to work with StoryMobs to launch TD Summer Reading Club 2014 across Canada. StoryMobs, a literary phenomenon where great children’s books meet flash mobs, will run 13 story mobs of the same book, on June 28, in six provinces across the country; four of them at Toronto Public Library branches. Read […]
Toronto Public Library is thrilled to announce that its 99th location and its first new library branch in 10 years, Fort York branch, is now open. City Librarian Jane Pyper and Toronto Public Library Board Chair Michael Foderick formally opened the branch with a special ribbon cutting ceremony. Library customers were welcomed with refreshments, entertainment and branch […]
Toronto Public Library is pleased to announce a concert in the stacks of Spadina Road Branch (10 Spadina Road) featuring Toronto artist, IsKwé. Called ‘One to Watch’ by The Grid TO and one of the ‘Top 10 Canadian Musicians You Need to Know’ by CBC Music, Iskwé’s cross-cultural aesthetic is as striking as her tripped-out blend of soul. […]
Toronto punk band PUP will bring their riff-heavy, slap-you-in-the-face songs, dripping with energy to headline the Spring 2014 season of Toronto Public Library's award-winning Make Some Noise free concert and workshop series. Find out more.
Kids and families can sing along with some of their favourite entertainers, handle a giant snake, bang on drums, be mad scientists, participate in mind control or act in a live theatre production. For teens, we have DJ labs, comic making, 3D printer classes, writing and art workshops, silk screen printing, henna, ukulele classes and […]
Science Rendezvous, the all-day festival that takes science out of the lab and onto the streets, will be held on Saturday, May 10 at various locations across the city of Toronto including 11 branches of the Toronto Public Library. Toronto festival-goers of all ages will get a chance to meet with world-class researchers, tour cutting-edge […]
Toronto Public Library is pleased to announce a new exhibition, Magnetic North, which features interpretations of the elusive North from TD Bank Group’s collection of contemporary Canadian art and Toronto Public Library’s Special Collections of Arctic art and artifact. Read more here.
The IBBY Collection of Books for Young People with Disabilities at North York Central Library features more than 3,000 multilingual books in a variety of accessible formats, including sign language, Braille, Blissymbolics, Picture Communication Symbols, tactile and textile. The collection includes books for children and teens with developmental delays, language disabilities and reading difficulties, stories in traditional […]
The 2013 short list nominees for the Minister’s Award for Innovation and the Angus Mowat Award of Excellence were announced at the launch of Ontario Public Library Week (#OPLW) on Monday October 21, 2013.