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Your Toronto Library Card Gets You Into the ROM & the Zoo for FREE!

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Your Toronto Library Card Gets You Into the ROM & the Zoo for FREE!
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November 10, 2026 at 8:11 PM
lanrickbennett.bsky.social
Appreciated you sharing the story of #JacksLibraryTour It’s wild to me all these years later that this adventure still has legs #ImLibraryPeople

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Child behind a librarian with a shirt that reads “100 branches. One in every neighbour-hood. Yup, that's 100! Reasons lanrickbennettjr #CountdownTo100 we are at #84 Come celebrate number #100 with us Jones Ave on Oct 22nd 2pm #JacksLibraryTour ONE HUNDRED LIBRARIES JUST GETTING STARTED Jackson, 6, The Pocket #MYCITYMYSIX | toronto.ca/culturalhotspot Jack and I speaking during a library event Liked by tpl.foundation and others pamlaycock #jackslibrarytour Jackson and his dad Landrick Bennett Jr visited all 100 @torontolibrary branches in 6 months. All via @torontotransit Pretty CERTIFICATE OF CONGRATULATIONS Jackson Bennett ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO, I AM PLEASED TO CONGRATULATE JACKSON BENNETT ON VISITING ALL. 100 TORONTO LIBRARIES IN 2016 AND OVER 50 ACROSS ONTARIO IN 2017 AS PART OF #JACKSLIBRARYTOUR. YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND YOUR PASSION FOR EXPLORING AND LEARNING REMIND US HOW PUBLIC LIBRARIES CAN TRANSFORM LIVES. HONOURABLE ELEANOR MCMAHON MINISTER OF TOURISM, CULTURE AND SPORT
October 27, 2026 at 5:28 PM
savantefolle.bsky.social
An October Interlude for literature fans in Toronto: @torontolibrary at the High Park Branch Oct. 21 18h30
FREE entry !
I will read from my English recent work.
Author Event at High Park Library Join us for an evening of readings hosted by local author Bernadette Gabay Dyer. Readers will include Judith Penfold, Bill Jermyn, Ann Wilson, & Michele Laframboise. Following the reading, works will be available to purchase. All are very welcome! Drop-in, no registration required. Wednesday, October 21, 2026 6:30-8:00 pm
October 20, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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Did some writing at the Toronto Reference Library this afternoon (where I have worked on many books & featured in my I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS picture book). And got my TPL Passport book stamped! #LibrarySky #TorontoLibrary
Two smiling people at a library check-out desk. One is behind the counter. The other is standing in front, holding up a blue Toronto Public Library passport. Page from the Toronto Library Passport. Stamp shows Toronto Reference Library, and a hand-drawn book with a TPL label.
October 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM
savasavasava.myatproto.social
uggghh a branch of the Toronto Public Library caving to pressure to remove Refaat Alareer’s poem from a display.

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speakers.on.blast.4 with 2 others Vincent Wong (vwlegal.bsky.s... @VWLegal Out of all poetry @torontolibrary could have censored, they chose to silence a dead poet murdered in an ongoing genocide who preached hope and love in the face of an apartheid regime. * Britt Caron @briketysplit • 18h Beaches-East York: be sure to contact the branch manager, Jennifer Sloane at 416-393-7649 or sloane@tpl.ca to convey your disappointment that she caved this absurd demand. Refaat Alareer's poem should not be censored by our library. Let her know! B'nai Brith Canada O @bnaibrithcanada B'nai Brith Canada was recently made aware of a display at Toronto's Main Street Library titled Israel-Palestine Conflict." which presented a biased and unbalanced anti-Israel perspective. The display also inappropriately included a poem titled "If I Must Die," which glorifies martyrdom. Upon discovering this, we immediately reached out to the Toronto Public Library (TPL) to express our conc speakers.on.blast.4 with 2 others Rabbi David Mivasair ^ @Mivasair On Monday, call @torontolibrary mgr responsible for erasing Palestinians because of racist B'nai Brith complaints. Her voicemail box is totally full. Or write her at jsloane@tpl.ca as I did. Or both. to sloane, branchoperations, amcritchley, Ihazzan Dear Ms. Sloane, I am writing to you as a rabbi who lived in Israel for some years and is now fully dedicated to stopping anti-Palestinian racism here in Canada. I am aware of B'nai Brith Canada boasting about removing valuable cultural material from a display at the Toronto Public Library. I am writing to urge you to reverse that misguided decision. B'nai Brith Canada is notoriously devoted to erasing Palestinian culture, representation and even existence. That organization does not speak for more than a very narrow band within the wide spectrum of opinion among Jews in Toronto and in all of Canada. And even if it did represent a wider band on th speakers.on.blast.4 with 2 others If I must die Refaat Alareer If I must die you must live to tell my story to sell my things to buy a piece of cloth and some strings, (make it white with a long tail) so that a child, somewhere in Gaza while looking heaven in the eye awaiting his dad who left in a blaze- and bid no one farewell not even to his flesh not even to himself- sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above and thinks for a moment an angel is there bringing back love If I must die let it bring hope let it be a tale
April 21, 2024 at 11:08 PM
dunlapinstitute.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus John Percy explores the question of whether or not life can exist on other worlds in his talk next week at the Runnymede @torontolibrary branch!

Date: Wednesday April 16
Time: 2 - 3:30pm
Location: Runnymede Toronto Public Library, 2178 Bloor Street West
April 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
istedman.bsky.social
A great talk, FYI: @SteacieLibrary @Bronfmanlibrary @ScottLibrary @OsgoodeLawLib @uoftlibraries @torontolibrary @vaughanpl @mypubliclibrary
June 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
timmitra.bsky.social
Maker Festival (@ Toronto Public Library - Toronto Reference Library - @torontolibrary in Toronto, ON) https://www.swarmapp.com/c/boHB9b10shj
Toronto Public Library - Toronto Reference Library
Library in Toronto, ON
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November 18, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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Maker Festival (@ Toronto Public Library - Toronto Reference Library - @torontolibrary) https://www.swarmapp.com/c/dMrtS4WPZDr
November 18, 2024 at 7:13 AM
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@makerfestivaltoronto (@ Toronto Public Library - Toronto Reference Library - @torontolibrary in Toronto, ON) https://www.swarmapp.com/c/fV7hpr2BpC3
Toronto Public Library - Toronto Reference Library
Library in Toronto, ON
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November 17, 2024 at 8:04 PM
lanrickbennett.bsky.social
Just bumped into Marci at the TPL branch that I finished #JacksLibraryTour at 10 years ago Jones Library!
Photo of two people inside a library Photo of a three cakes that each have a number that reads 100 Lanrick Bennett Jr. @Lanrick... ' 2016-10-22 ..• From @TPLFortYork to @TPLJonesLibrary and 98 @torontolibrary branches in between #JacksLibraryTour has concluded ...for now
April 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
lanrickbennett.bsky.social
Feb 16th of #BHM

"The Beginning of the Underground Railroad to Canada presented by Afua Cooper, Ph.D., @utoronto.ca and Jamer R. Johnston Endowed Black Studies Professor,
@dalhousieu.bsky.social " via #torontolibrary

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Beginning of the Underground Railroad to Canada | 2015 |TD Gallery
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February 16, 2026 at 12:18 PM
lanrickbennett.bsky.social
#FYI @eastendartsto.bsky.social @juliedabrusin.bsky.social #TorontoLibrary @torontopublicspace.bsky.social

This is social infrastructure that can not just be shuttered. #EastEndLove
Image of a directional map. Highlighted in blue: Todmorden Room 1081 ½ Pape Avenue (at Torrens), Toronto, ON M4K 3W6 to Centennial College - Story Arts Centre, 951 Carlaw Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 3M2
March 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
lanrickbennett.bsky.social
Feb 22nd of #BHM

"The Beginning of the Underground Railroad to Canada presented by Afua Cooper, Ph.D., @uoft.bsky.social and Jamer R. Johnston Endowed Black Studies Professor,
@dalhousieu.bsky.social" via #torontolibrary

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Beginning of the Underground Railroad to Canada | 2015 |TD Gallery
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February 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
lanrickbennett.bsky.social
This is #TorontoDanforth

"We all have a collective responsibility to ensure the safety of our youth," @meganysta.bsky.social

It's a disappointing incident that goes against so much of what the #torontolibrary stands for, a safe space for children. #ImLibraryPeople

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Toronto Public library branch denies a lost child to make a phone call, library apologizes
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December 3, 2024 at 11:39 AM
lanrickbennett.bsky.social
Oct 22, 2016 Feels like it was only yesterday. A six month trek visiting all 100 #torontolibrary branches. #JacksLibraryTour is still my most epic understanding of how my city works. - I still lovingly remember spending copious amounts of time with my five year old. #ImLibraryPeople
October 22, 2024 at 9:59 PM
martin-in-toronto.bsky.social
I am delighted to hear and read this news.
If public libraries are not fora for free thought and inquiry, we are all in great trouble.
Learning to think can be uncomfortable, hard, challenging, disturbing; all those are good traits to appreciate.
Hooray for libraries!
@torontolibrary
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reason.com Reason Magazine @reason.com · Jan 2
"Our libraries and bookstores are critical spaces for learning, exploration, and connection. By striking down these provisions, the court has safeguarded the right of every Arkansan to access ideas and information without fear of censorship or prosecution."
Arkansas can't jail librarians for giving kids 'harmful' books
Portions of an Arkansas law that would have subjected librarians to criminal charges for letting kids check out books deemed "harmful to minors" were
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January 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
housingnowto.bsky.social
4/ …the @CityOfToronto and @MayorOliviaChow need to MANDATE that all new build @torontolibrary locations and @TorontoPFR recreation buildings near transit MUST be built into the base on new. #AffordableHousing and/or #SeniorsHousing apartments in 2025…https://t.co/YuxNypO307
January 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
housingnowto.bsky.social
3/ …repeating the same mistakes as the Dawes Road library rebuild of a few years ago.

The @CityOfToronto and @MayorOliviaChow need to STOP allowing the agencies like @torontolibrary and @TorontoPFR from planning & developing any more “stand-alone” buildings in Toronto in 2025…
January 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
housingnowto.bsky.social
1/ Dear @torontolibrary & @TorontoPFR leadership, @_CreateTO & @MayorOliviaChow - here is a LESSON from Boston, please STOP building “stand-alone” Libraries, Community Centres & Aquatic Centres near transit in the @CityOfToronto in 2025… 🙏
berkie1.bsky.social Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · Jan 24
A new 119-unit affordable housing building is set to replace the existing single story Boston Public Library West End Branch. The new building would include a new library branch and community space on the first 2-floors.

📍West End, Boston
January 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
terri-hawkes.bsky.social
Hey Unirose/TO Residents: Be aware of heat warning today. Terri’s Cool Tip #1: Toronto’s Reference Library. Check out tpl.ca for other branches near you.
#universityrosedale #unirosedale #toronto #torontolibrary #HeatWave
July 14, 2026 at 4:58 PM
imagefatale.bsky.social
My residency as Innovator in Creativity & AI @torontolibrary continues with going totally nano bananas, Andy Warhol quotes, and AI safety tips for famous and less famous creatives. #aicocreation #ailiteracy
October 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
booksongaming.bsky.social
I "asked a librarian" @torontolibrary late Friday night and answers were forthcoming Saturday morning. Librarians are the best!!!!
November 16, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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We'd like to give a shoutout our major sponsors for #TGW25, the City of Toronto @toronto.ca, Ontario Creates @ontariocreates, and the Toronto Public Library @torontolibrary! Thank you so much for helping us make this event possible! 👾
Toronto Games Week logo Text underneath reads: June 12-18 2025 TorontoGamesWeek.com Our Major Sponsors - City of Toronto logo - Ontario Creates logo - Toronto Public Library logo Thank you for your support!
June 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
sistematoronto.bsky.social
Upcoming: M&M Jams at Downsview Library!

A Sistema Toronto Teaching Artist will guide kids ages 2-6 through music & movement exercises that will have them singing, dancing, & having fun 🎶

Space is limited! Register at Downsview Library, or call 416-395-5720⁠
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#TorontoMusic #TorontoLibrary #TPL
February 10, 2026 at 9:07 PM