Pop your popcorn, place your bets, alert the fashion police, and rev your hashtags (#OscarsSoWhite, anyone?): the 88th Academy Awards ceremony is happening on Sunday, February 28, 2016. Have you watched any of this year's nominated films? Read any of the books that inspired them? Not sure, or not sure where to start? Wonder no […]
(Credit: Library and Archives Canada – Canadian Victory Loan drive poster. A. J. Casson won first prize with this poster in the 1941 Victory Bond contest conducted to find suitable illustrations for the 1st Victory Loan campaign in Canada during the Second World War. Source URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GiveUsTheTools.jpg – Artist: Alfred Joseph Casson; […]
This guest post is one in a series providing practical, easy-to-understand legal information from CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario / Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario). With winter in full swing, here’s some information to help tenants stay warm. What landlords have to do Ontario's Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) says that landlords must:• keep their […]
“A city is not an accident but the result of coherent visions and aims.”― Leon Krier, The Architecture of Community Cities are complicated. Leon Krier, author of The Architecture of Community, believes they are not accidental but "planned" with varying degrees of success. What is Planning? Planning is a complex, multi-disciplinary subject area. 'Urban planning' […]
This month, meet Poet in Residence Brian Brett, graphic novelist Daniel Clowes and join the Non-fiction Book Club. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The February 2016 @ TRL as a pdf file. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits page.
I have mixed feelings about Google. Sometimes I love it because it works so well, sometimes I loathe it because it makes me worry. But I am always a sucker for a good Google Doodle. Especially, of course, if it's book-related! Here's a look back at eight literary Google Doodles I enjoyed in 2015. […]
See the stunning new gallery show "Maurice Sendak: 50 years, 50 works, 50 reasons" with special tours and programs for adults and children. Discover the new Green Screen Studio in the Digital Innovation Hub. Don't miss authors André Alexis, winner of this year's Giller Prize and the Rogers Writers' Trust Award, plus Gabrielle Hamilton and […]
Often we judge a particular time and place by what was published, circulated and read at the time. Certain topics of interest dominate the print and social media and then fade away…Only to be replaced by new, current and more relevant issues. Our Toronto Collection is no different. The collection reflects the history, governance and […]
In honour of Noirvember (the month formerly known as November; see also Movember), and for all you book-to-movie buffs out there, I offer you this selection of ten classic film noir favourites, adapted from books, and all available at the Toronto Public Library: THE BIG SLEEP Raymond Chandler's 1939 hard-boiled novel is the first to […]
You step into the Atrium of the Toronto Reference Library, you look up marveling at all the space, the levels, the 10 story plus sky-lit ceiling, and then you ask yourself: "how am I suppose to find anything in here?" Locating staff and then telling them that you need assistance is ideal, but consulting wayfinder […]
