The Toronto International Film Festival is just around the corner, which means it's time for my second annual round-up of books on film at TIFF. Last year I wrote about ten books that had been adapted for the screen and selected to show at the fest. This year there are so many that I'll be […]
That's right folks, the future is near: Albert Campbell will soon join the ranks of the growing number of Toronto Public Library branches with Express Checkout. And, as an added bonus, we'll be getting a little bit of a facelift too! In order for this to happen we will be closed for about two weeks. We apologize for […]
Summer's almost here, which means it's almost time for the library's awesome online teen summer reading program, Word Out! Have you been to the website yet? No? Well, what are you waiting for?! Take the survey for your chance to win some really rad prizes, then check back often to enter contests, get great summer […]
Attention high school students! Are you interested in earning your volunteer hours by helping out at the library this summer? Albert Campbell is now accepting volunteer applications for our upcoming Weaving Memoirs on the Web program! Weaving Memoirs on the Web is a free library program that pairs older adults who are interested in telling […]
Mom always told you to eat your vegetables. Why not grow them too? It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or if your thumb practically glows green, if you have a lot of garden space or just a little. Learn how to grow your own vegetables and you will enjoy the benefits of eating […]
Happy Mother's Day! As a tribute to all moms everywhere, and for all you TCAF-goers out there, I offer you these great graphic narratives about mothers and motherhood: The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom In this charming graphic memoir, Katherine Arnoldi shares her experience of becoming a mom at age 17 […]
Spring is here – finally! – which means it's time for a brand new batch of great programs at the library. Why not emerge from hibernation and make the library your springtime destination? Here's what's coming up for adults of all ages at Albert Campbell branch… To register for any of our programs, visit us […]
Immigrant Diversity Week is on now and continues until Friday May 3. Free events, put together by the Employment, Education, and Training Action Group of the Toronto East Quadrant Local Immigration Partnership, are happening throughout the east end of the city, and many are taking place at library branches in the Scarborough community. If you […]
I remember reading Fahrenheit 451, this year's One Book selection, for the first time, when I was in university. Before then, I had known something of its basic premise – that it had been written during the height of McCarthyism in America, that it was concerned with censorship and had itself been censored. But other […]
This week, Hollywood actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, who have been married for 25 years, discovered that they're actually related: they're ninth cousins once removed. Now, if you think about it, this really shouldn't come as much of a surprise. You might even expect them to be more closely related. After all, thanks to […]