Don Mills branch is holding a manga workshop on Saturday August 15 with award-winning manga illustrator and writer Sara E. Mayhew. Learn to draw your own manga! Where: Don Mills branch, 888 Lawrence Ave. East, TorontoWhen: Saturday August 15, 2-4 PMRegister in person or by phone at 416-395-5710
Nonfiction Book for August 3: The Skateboarding Field Manual by Ryan Stutt I think this is a good manual, but I’m not speaking from experience. The closest I’ve ever come to skateboarding was when I was 4 yrs old I found my cousin’s skateboard and used it to propel myself down his sloping driveway, ending […]
The Simcoe Day holiday delayed this a little, but check your email–we've drawn the prize winners for the July 27 - August 2 period and sent emails to the winners. Full details on prizes here. Congratulations to the winners! If you didn't win a prize–there's another four weeks of prize drawings to go!
Our featured Fiction book this week is Gordon Korman's The Juvie Three, and selector Little n. shares her thoughts with us. The Juvie three is a great read about second chances, calamity and best-case scenarios. If you like Gordon Korman, then you’ll like this book – it’s a classic Korman story. Let me first introduce […]
Wake author Lisa McMann gave a shout-out yesterday through Facebook to the BATTLE OF THE BOOKS launch event, where Wake was the audience favourite. Wake will be our featured fiction book next week. Lisa is in Arizona, which is quite far from Toronto, but the Internet makes everything local. Thanks Lisa! 🙂
Helena returns to share her thoughts on this week's featured graphic novel, Runaways: Dead End Kids by Joss Whedon: Runaways: Dead End Kids is about the children of the Pride (the villains of the Marvel comic universe) and how they rebel against their moms and dads by fighting for good and justice in the world.
Check your email–we've drawn the prize winners for the July 20 – July 26 period and sent emails to the winners. Full details on prizes here. Congratulations to the winners! If you didn't win a prize–there's five more weeks of prize drawings to go!
Check your email–we've drawn the prize winners for the July 13 – July 19 period and sent emails to the winners. Full details on prizes here. Congratulations to the winners! If you didn't win a prize–there's six more weeks of prize drawings to go!
http://www.flickr.com This is a Flickr badge showing public photos and videos from Word Out!. Make your own badge here. Our colleague Susan K (the responsible member of the Word Out! team who didn’t leave her camera at home) took so many good photos of the BATTLE OF THE BOOKS that we ended up making a Flickr […]
Toronto Reference Library's Digital Design Studio is offering a three-day workshop in August, Digital Design Studio Basics for Teens. This three day workshop introduces you to the latest in graphic design using Photoshop and web design using Dreamweaver. A fantastic summer learning experience for 14-18 year olds Registration required! Limited spaces! Call 416-393-7209 to register Tuesday / Wednesday […]