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3 days ago by The Book Psychic

Well, the library is closed today, but you can still check out some items. Want to know how? You can download them! You can search our cataliogue for either "downloadable electronic books" (books you can read on your computer or on a portable device) or "downloadable audiobooks" (books you can liste ...

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20 days ago by Shonna

Finished June 12 Diary of Interrupted Days by Dragan Todorovic This is a story of Boris, a young artist who grew up in Yugoslavia and emigrated to Toronto in 1993. In 1999, he is on his way back to Belgrade for his father's funeral, and intends to bring his mother to Canada. The book takes us back t ...

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24 days ago by The Book Psychic

Burlington Public Library CEO Maureen Barry, Councillors Rick Craven and Carol D'Amelio, Burlington Mayor Cam Jackson and Library Board Member Kerry Langford were present for the unveiling of the OBOB 2009 selection at City Hall on May 27th. This year's selection is Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures ...

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31 days ago by Dave

I decided to read this book after seeing it promoted around my city a part of a city reading and writing festival. The author, Steven Galloway, was one of the featured guests. The festival was highlighting his book, so I figured what the heck. Why not give it a shot. And I must say, I’m glad I did. ...

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31 days ago by The Book Psychic

The Cellist of Sarajevo by Stephen Galloway 2008 A chilling read of the heartache of civil war and how it tears a city, Sarajevo, apart. Actual historical events related to the Siege of Sarajevo 1992-1996 are woven into this work of fiction by B.C. author Stephen Galloway. He writes about a cellist ...

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32 days ago by harper

For this month’s feature, we’re encouraging readers to take a step back from all the Mother’s and Father’s day festivities and discover books that they will enjoy with these 10 Books That Your Mom Will Hate. Cocaine smuggling, stalker sharks, serial killers, incest, and hard-living hooligans—these t ...

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35 days ago by harper

“I always absolutely knew I would write,” says Anne Giardini in the P.S. section of The Sad Truth About Happiness. A Talent for Double Happiness Louise Tucker talks to Anne Giardini “We would make different choices from those our parents made, and have lives different from theirs in ways we were cer ...

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40 days ago by Dave

I decided to read this book because it was a Giller Prize finalist. And I’m kind of torn as to whether or not I liked it. On the one hand, I feel Anthony De Sa did a really good job of capturing what it’s like to be a recent immigrant to Canada and how hard it is to straddle the old world with new. ...

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50 days ago by harper

Afua Cooper Afua Cooper — writer, historian and poet — tells the astonishing story of Marie-Joseph Angélique, a slave woman who was convicted of starting a fire that destroyed a large part of Montréal in April 1734. On appeal, her punishment of death by hanging was modified to an even crueler fate. ...

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51 days ago by Tom Cunliffe

I made a good start to May by writing three posts, but then went to France for a few days and this is my first review since then. I now write in a rather dull, damp England after visiting the Alps Mancelle in much nicer weather. Before I left, I heard the news that a new book by Anne Michaels was im ...

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