The City of Toronto and the Toronto Public Library today named the five finalists for the 2015 Toronto Book Awards. Established by Toronto City Council in 1974, the awards honour authors of books of literary or artistic merit that are evocative of Toronto. Read more here.
The eh List, Toronto Public Library’s showcase of top Canadian books and authors, returns in its sixth season with a roster of award winning writers from across Canada, including Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Will Ferguson, Governor General’s Award winner Nino Ricci, Trillium Book Prize winner Camilla Gibb and RBC Taylor Prize winner Plum Johnson. Read […]
The fall Appel Salon season opens with #1 New York Times bestseller Kathy Reichs on August 24, ushering in a blockbuster line up of Canadian and international luminaries from September through December including Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Franzen, John Irving and Salman Rushdie. Read more here.
Mayor John Tory joined Toronto Public Library to launch the TD Summer Reading Club to keep kids reading throughout the summer. The TD Summer Reading Club officially starts today and registration is now open at library branches across the city. Mayor Tory announced the Top Recommended Reads for Summertime Play for the TD Summer Reading Club today […]
100 Toronto Public Library ambassadors (#TPL100) will walk from the Toronto Reference Library to Nathan Phillips Square on May 26, starting at 12:30 pm. Ambassadors aim to encourage Torontonians to increase their use of the library and have 100 reasons to share. Read more here.
The spring season launches April 8th with internationally acclaimed author Jane Urquhart, in conversation with author Charles Foran on her new novel The Night Stages, followed by the multi-award winning Guy Vanderhaeghe on Daddy Lenin and Other Stories, with the CBC’s Michael Enright. Read more here.
The eh List, Toronto Public Library’s acclaimed Canadian author series, returns in its sixth year with a lineup of award-winning Canadian novelists, including 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Sean Michaels (Us Conductors), Governor General’s Award winner Kim Thúy (Mãn, Ru), and 2014 Giller Prize finalist David Bezmozgis(The Betrayers). Read more here.
In addition to flu shots and vitamins, family doctors at St. Michael’s Hospital are now prescribing books to their youngest patients. The hospital’s Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Toronto Public Library have launched one of the first Reach Out and Read programs in Canada, and the first connected with a Canadian hospital. Reach Out […]