July 31 is the birthday of both J.K. Rowling and her beloved character, Harry Potter. It is also known to many as International Harry Potter Day. We want to celebrate today by remembering a very special trip Rowling took to Toronto, many years ago. J. K. Rowling at the White...
Free movies, free programs, free classes. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The August 2019 Toronto Reference Library Calendar(PDF). For a full listing to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits.
Photo credit: Andy Newman. Used with permission. We invite you to Gregory Maguire, The World at Hand, The World Next Door, a lecture by Gregrory Maguire on Thursday, November 14 at 7pm in the lower level of Lillian H. Smith Branch. Presented by the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books,...
On Saturday July 27, 2019, the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy will host Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) Day from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. Come for a talk on table-top roleplaying games (RPGs) and stay for a game and a chance to see some treasures of the...
Illustration reproduced with permission from Marie-Louise Gay and Groundwood Books Ltd. We invite you to Marie-Louise Gay: From Sketch to Story - Musings from my Drawing Table on Thursday, October 3 at 7pm in the lower level of Lillian H. Smith Branch. Presented by the Osborne Collection of Early Children's...
Free movies, free programs, free classes. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The July 2019 Toronto Reference Library calendar (PDF). For a full listing to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits.
Fifty years ago, on July 20, 1969, two American astronauts became the first humans to set foot on the moon. Fly there now with the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy! Fly Me to the Moon is the current exhibit at the Merril Collection. It celebrates the 50th...
Are you imagining feeling hot and bothered during July's sultry days to come? Why not join us for these free films during July at the Toronto Reference Library? We offer several different series as well as some individual films. They're generally shown in the 3rd floor Hinton Learning Centre. We...
Let's make beautiful music together ... or at least share lunch and listen to some. Come join us on Fridays for the Summer Music at the Library series, free weekly concerts from 12 - 1 pm in the Toronto Reference Library Atrium on the 1st Floor. These are done in...
The Toronto Reference Library is hosting two punk music programs and a photography exhibit during June and July. Join us for these free events to get a flavor of that intense and discordant musical flowering known as Punk: On the Edge of the World: Photos and Talk by Nick Smash...