Many great scary movies have been produced other than in America, this post will focus on more obscure and international horror films that some of you may not have heard of. The films on this list can be found either through the Criterion Collection or Hoopla. The focus on this blog will be directors who […]
Books in the media this week: CBC Radio – Books The Secret Path by Gord Downie & Jeff Lemire eBook Podcast The Conjoined by Jen Sookfong Lee eBook Podcast Dylan's Visions of Sin by Christopher Ricks eBook Podcast The Globe and Mail Wenjack by Joseph Boyden eBook […]
At Camp Blood you can file creature features under either Science Fiction Horror or Natural Horror, either way you are going to get some great recommendations for scary movies to watch this festive fall season. A science fiction horror is a film that includes a creature or set of creatures and a situation that does […]
Books in the media this week: The Globe and Mail Trudeaumania by Robert Wright eBook News of the World by Paulette Jiles eBook The Escapist by Gabriel Filippi eBook Lament for Bonnie by Anne Emery eBook Last Days of Night by Graham Moore eBook & eAudiobook When the Music's Over by Peter Robinson eBook […]
Bob Dylan won’the prestigious 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature today! It was a shock to many and the internet was set ablaze immediately following the announcement. There is sure to be a surge in demand for his books & music in the days to come. If you want to get in on the action, here is a sampling […]
Congratulations to Cordelia Strube! Her novel On the Shores of Darkness, There Is Light won’the 2016 Toronto Book Award last night. We have more books by Cordelia Strube in our OverDrive collection (click on the cover for more book info): If you just can't get enough of books set in Toronto, be sure to check […]
Books in the media this week: CBC Radio – Writers & Company Eleanor Wachtel speaks with Lee Smith about her new memoir in this podcast. Dimestore by Lee Smith eBook CBC Radio – The Next Chapter Shelagh Rogers chats with Margaret Atwood and M.G. Vassanji about their new books. Access podcast here. Hag-Seed by […]
Continuing our theme of scary movies in the month of October for the Halloween festivities, this week we are looking at films that feature ghosts and haunted houses or haunted other things. But before we begin it seems appropriate to introduce some of the horror genre slang so that readers know what is being spoken […]
The downloading activity on the cookbooks in our OverDrive collection is phenomenal. Whether you just want to look at the pictures (#foodporn) or plan to try out a few recipes before you commit to buy the book – we've got you covered. There many new releases this publishing season that will make your mouth […]
It is October and that means Halloween is soon to be upon us, costumes, trick "r" treating, and the best part of all of that is scary movies. The library has a great deal of scary movies that you can stream through Hoopla and for the month of October "Camp Blood" is going to be […]