Tag Archive for "Reading" | Windsor Public Library

Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Upgrading

Posted in: April 24, 2018 by Julie Catenacci | Comments are closed

Do you need to upgrade your skills to find a job or get better at the job you have? Have you been out of school for a while and want to brush up on reading, writing, math or digital technology? Do you have a hard time filling out forms, or helping your kids with their homework? The Ontario Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) program helps adults in Ontario to develop...

Guest Blogger Jennifer Nantais on Local Ecology and History

Posted in: May 29, 2015 by Leisa | Comments are closed

Welcome back to another edition of Windsor Public Library’s Guest Blogger series. We hope you’re enjoying learning about the reading habits of your fellow Windsorites as much as we’re enjoying sharing them with you. This month’s guest blogger Jennifer Nantais, a local naturalist and educator, shares with us some of her go-to books about ecology and history – two of her favorite subjects! Three for Thought 1. The Sibley Field Guide...

Buckingham Palace Asks for Our Help

Posted in: March 24, 2015 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

Buckingham Palace has reached out to Windsor Public Library for information on our city. A comprehensive new history on Windsor Castle is scheduled for publication in 2016 and a chapter will include research and information on settlements around the world sharing the “Windsor” name. Plans call for the history to cover 11 centuries from the foundation of the castle in the 1070s to its current official and private use by...

RBC Taylor Prize

Posted in: March 3, 2015 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

Yesterday the winner for the 2015 RBC Taylor Prize for literary nonfiction was announced. This prize is awarded annually “to the author whose book best combines a superb command of the English language, an elegance of style, and a subtlety of thought and perception.” [Source: RBC Taylor Prize website] Plum Johnson’s book, They Left Us Everything, in ebook format, can be reserved and read through our OverDrive service. You can...

WPL Joins Instagram!

Posted in: February 26, 2015 by Julie Catenacci | Comments are closed

#throwbackthursday #flashbackfriday #picoftheday #instagood #bookworm #library WPL is joining the Instagram world and bringing our picture taking and hastagging to another level. WPL already has a presence on many social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. So far, we’ve been very successful at reaching our patrons and the wider community through these outlets. This week alone the WPL Twitter has blown up with the very popular Freedom to...

Us Conductors By Sean Michaels Wins The 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize

Posted in: November 13, 2014 by Adam | Comments are closed

This week Montreal-based author Sean Michaels won the illustrious Scotiabank Giller Prize for his debut novel, Us Conductors. First awarded back in 1994, the list of recipients of the Giller Prize reads like a who’s who of Canada’s literary arts; past winners include Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje, Vincent Lam, and Joseph Boyden. Us Conductors is inspired by the true story of Lev Termen, the Russian scientist, spy, and...