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A love letter (to libraries)

(—and other public places I once wrote to escape violence.)My life is very different from what it was when I began writing. While working on my latest novel, Girl Minus X, I often wrote in public ...

The School Library - Why It Matters More Than Ever

School libraries, now sometimes called Information Centres, have been getting short shrift in the last decade or so. Budgets have been slashed, staff hours cut and distributed among multiple locations, ...

Literary Road Trip Destination: Talking about Prince Edward County's "County Reads" Festival with Barbara Sweet

There's more than wine, bike tours, and golden beaches in Prince Edward County. Fast becoming a centre for the arts in Ontario, one highlight of the County's jam-packed arts calendar is the County Reads ...

"A Book is a Window to the World": Biblio Bash Guest Authors on What Libraries Mean to Them

In a city with a lot of charity galas, Biblio Bash stands out, especially for book lovers - it's the only party in town that takes place in the stacks of the Toronto Reference Library.Through the course ...

The Pros (and Sometimes Pratfalls) of Giving Your Books to the Library

In a fit of pre-Christmas cleaning I decided to donate some unwanted books to a good cause. My bookshelves were weeded out and a giant bag of donations was duly packed, ready for transportation to my ...