Life

Unlike many of my colleagues and friends, I am sadly unable to read on the bus. A couple years ago I was faced with a long work commute (1h20 each way!) so I decided it was time to give the library’s audiobook collection a try. To my...

By Robert Nichols

For the past 38 years Ford has led the way in light truck sales. That fact is not hard to fathom as every day we see F-150’s everywhere. For the 2016 model year Ford is once again leading the way with the...

How well do you know your neighbours?

by Sarah W of Urban Parent

Like most Mondays, I spent the morning avoiding my actual...

The relationship between siblings can be complicated (that’s an understatement).

It can definitely get complicated when choosing what shows to watch together. While only three years separate my two girls, their preferences in TV...

 Paint, glorious paint!  Once again I had a lot of fun at my painting workshop on April 24th. It was held at one of my favourite places, Fruition Cafe on Coburg Road. What a great bunch of diligent bunch of artists (when they weren`t...

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker is a difficult story to pin down. In our catalogue, it's not listed as science fiction, but calling it general fiction doesn't seem to fit either. It's been touted as magical realism, but I would argue...

Lyrical and engaging, Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler is really a story about the pull of a small town. Henry, Lee, Ronny, and Kip (and a small host of secondary characters) grew up together in Little Wing, Wisconsin. When we meet them, they...

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov is considered of the world's greatest writers. Born on April 22nd, 1899 in Saint Petersburg to a noble and wealthy family, he spoke Russian, English, and French from an early age. Nabokov graduated from the...

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