This week has been Freedom to Read Week, an annual event that is embraced by libraries and librarians across the country. There is no better environment than a library to celebrate the freedom to… Read the full post
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Between the Pillars Video Streams
April 21 - Early Telegraphic Materials with Canadiana Librarian Grant Hurley
Join us occasional Fridays at 12:30 pm, when the Fisher's video podcast series Between the Pillars streams via the library’s YouTube Channel.
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Fisher Events
6-8:30pm
Please join the Fisher Library and One Little Goat Theatre Company for a rare live reading of Chapter 5 from James Joyce’s extraordinary, final novel, Finnegans Wake,…
6pm
This is the inaugural J. Edward Chamberlin Lecture, delivered by U of T Law Professor John Borrows, the Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law. Professor Borrows is a member of the…
6-7:30pm
This workshop will introduce the key elements in the production and use of Western medieval manuscripts. While focused on Europe, it will situate Western manuscripts within a…
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One of our favourite weekends of the year is coming up on Friday: the Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair. It’s an opportunity for us to reconnect with the various book sellers – local, national and… Read the full post
Among the more impressive and unusual items in the Fisher Library’s Tennyson collection are several very large editions of Idylls of the King illustrated by Gustave Doré (1882-1883) for the… Read the full post
“This book is the first one ever written about tennis.” My ears perked up when a Fisher colleague said that sentence one morning last week in the workroom. I’m a fan of many things, but my love of… Read the full post
Online Exhibitions
An exploration of how CanLit and Canadian publishing have been shaped by a diverse community of writers, publishers and editors.
The Fısher Library’s exhibition and catalogue, ‘So Long Lives this’: A Celebration of Shakespeare’s Life and Work, 1616–2016, explores that rich history through contributions by four scholars who… More about this exhibition
Drawing on the rich printed and manuscript resources of the Fisher Library, this exhibition approaches horticultural history from the particular viewpoint of how people learn to cultivate plants –… More about this exhibition