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Parry Hotters recommended movies: Angie

June 12, 2017 | Cameron | Comments (0)

Based on the novel "Angie, I Says" this excellent film examines life of a woman who is restless and wants more. Angie has lived her whole life in Brooklyn with her tight knit family and friends. She has a long term boyfriend, her best friend Tina and her Dad, but still she is not satisfied […]

Media Roundup – June 6th

June 6, 2017 | Maria | Comments (0)

Books in the media this week: CBC Books – The Next Chapter   The Fugue States by Pasha Malla   eBook  Podcast From Kitchen to Carnegie Hall by Maria Noriega Rachwal   eBook   Podcast The Way of Letting Go by Wilma Derksen  eBook  Podcast   CBC Books  - Writers & Company The Gustav Sonata by […]

Parry Hotters recommended movies:Truth Or Dare

June 5, 2017 | Cameron | Comments (0)

Way back in 1990 Madonna went on a very ambitious world tour. The blond ambition world tour to be exact and whilst on the tour she had a director and camera crew follow herself and her back up singers and dancers around to film all the behind the scenes. The massive amounts of footage were […]

New Subscriptions Added to Flipster Magazine Service!

June 1, 2017 | Maria | Comments (0)

Great news! We just added some new subscriptions to our Flipster digital magazine collection.  Take a peek at the new titles:                   If you are a magazine enthusiast, be sure to check out our Zinio for Libraries collection as well –  500+ subscriptions and growing! 

Media Roundup – May 26

May 26, 2017 | Beth | Comments (0)

CBC Radio - The Next Chapter      Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery by Melanie Fishbane    eBook   Podcast Be My Wolff by Emma Richler eBook  eAudiobook  Podcast The Nightingale Won't Let You Sleep by Steven Heighton   eBook  Podcast   The Globe and Mail – Books      The Unbroken Machine: Canada's […]

Parry Hotters recommended reads: Spill Zone Book 1

May 22, 2017 | Cameron | Comments (0)

   Scott Westerfeld is famous for his Uglies and Pretties series. In his new book he ventures into unknown territory with his first graphic novel, words by Westerfeld and art by Alex Puvilland and illustrations by Hilary Sycamore.  This graphic novels finds us in Poughkeepsie N.Y., where three years prior to the action an event […]

Media Roundup – May 15th

May 15, 2017 | Maria | Comments (0)

CBC Radio – The Next Chapter   Baseball Life Advice by Stacey May Fowles   eBook   Podcast The Chosen Maiden by Eva Stachniak  eBook   Podcast   Fail Better by Mark Kingwell    eBook  Podcast The Futures by Anna Pitoniak  eBook   eAudiobook  Podcast   The Globe and Mail – Books   Since We Fell by […]

Parry Hotters recommended reads: Make Trouble

May 15, 2017 | Cameron | Comments (0)

John Waters is someone who is both famous and infamous. His breakthrough film "Pink Flamingos" is one of the most sordid and gross movies ever to have been made – and Waters is quite proud of that fact. Waters career can have a line drawn through it and have two time periods: before "Hairspray" and […]

Parry Hotters recommended listens: Crazy Ex-girlfriend OST seasons 1 and 2

May 8, 2017 | Cameron | Comments (0)

Rachel Bloom is the mastermind behind the TV series "Crazy Ex Girlfriend" which is a series that explores unrequited love, but does so through the format of song parodies. Rachel's character "Rebecca" is someone who has a few emotional problems and she works out issues in her head through songs. These songs are usually Broadway, […]

Media Roundup – May 6th

May 6, 2017 | Maria | Comments (0)

Books in the media this week: CBC Radio – The  Next Chapter    Vij by Vikram Vij   eBook    Podcast Walking on Water by Emily Schultz   eBook   Podcast   The Globe & Mail – Books    Fallout by Sara Paretsky   eBook  eAudiobook Dead Man Switch by Matthew Quirk  eBook  eAudiobook   […]