It's time to get ready…spring is coming soon to a garden near you! Give your garden a great start this year: join us at Albert Campbell branch for a "spring awakening" on Saturday April 26 at 1:30 p.m. An expert from Toronto Master Gardeners will show you how to get your garden growing this spring. […]
Join us for a visit with award-winning Canadian author and peace activist Deborah Ellis! At Albert Campbell branch on Wednesday April 9, 2014, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Deborah Ellis is the internationally acclaimed author of many fiction and non-fiction books for children, teens, and adults. She is perhaps best known for her novels about courageous young people […]
Get creative at the library this March Break! Join us for a free workshop with artist Rob Matejka and learn how to create and apply your own design to a book bag/eco-bag using printmaking techniques. Supplies are provided and you get to keep your creation! Photo courtesy of Rob Matejka Printmaking for Teens is being […]
Pop your popcorn, place your bets, and call the fashion police: it's Oscar time again! As always, several literary adaptations have been nominated for Hollywood's top prize. This year, five of the nine nominees for Best Picture are based on books, and there are books on film in many other categories. Read on for a list […]
Did you know that Toronto was the first city in Canada to officially recognize Black History Month? In the 1950s, the Canadian Negro Women's Association successfully petitioned Toronto City Council to recognize Black History Week. In 1979, thanks to advocacy by the newly formed Ontario Black History Society, February was proclaimed Black History Month in […]
Happy New Year! Kung Hei Fat Choy 恭喜發財! According to the lunar calendar, the new moon on Friday January 31, 2014, marks the Year of the Horse. To celebrate the Year of the Horse, here is a selection of Toronto Public Library resources related to Chinese New Year and to the animal of the year: […]
Happy New Year! Have you made your New Year's resolutions yet? The library can help you keep them. We have lots of fun and free programs to help you stay on track and achieve your goals for the new year. Here's what's coming up for adults of all ages at Albert Campbell branch: To register […]
When I was a kid, growing up in downtown Toronto, I always imagined Yonge Street as the spine of the city. I knew it ran all the way from the shore of Lake Ontario (the foot of Yonge, toes dipped in the lake), up along the seedy strip between Queen and Gerrard, through the busy […]
And we're back! Our doors are open again after a two-week closure for the installation of Express Checkout and a minor renovation. If you haven't been in yet, why not drop by to see our new look, say hello, find something good to read, or sign up for one of our upcoming programs? We have […]
Welcome to part two of my round-up of books on film at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Last week, I looked at fiction books on the big screen. This week: non-fiction books on film at TIFF 2013! Devil's Knot Based on the chilling true crime events in Devil's Knot: The True Story of […]