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Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
120 St. George Street, 2nd Floor
Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1A5
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The Fisher is tentatively scheduled to open again to researchers on January 11, via appointment only. Information on booking your research visit.
Between the Pillars Video Streams
Jan. 14 - Lindsay Zier-Vogel - Fisher in Fiction: Letters to Amelia
The Fisher's second season of its video podcast series titled Between the Pillars has started. Join us every second Friday, at 12:30 pm, we’ll be streaming via the Fisher’s YouTube Channel.
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Fisher Digital Resources
Through the Revolving Door: Fisher Blog
The Internet Archive Book of the Week, which highlights a book from 25,000 Fisher items that are freely available on the Internet Archive is back! This week, Sara Maston shares some content and… Read the full post
Every November, Canada marks Remembrance Day, a solemn occasion to remember the loss, destruction and trauma wrought by war. The First World War ended 103 years ago and today there is now almost no… Read the full post
The coming effects of climate change, including an increase in droughts, have inspired some to question the value of the innocent-seeming and commonplace grass lawn. A recent opinion piece argues… Read the full post
One of the earliest scientific books at the Fisher Library is a 14th-century manuscript of the Elements, the famous treatise on geometry written by the Greek mathematician Euclid sometime around 300… Read the full post
Fisher Audio Lectures
New at Fisher
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This exhibition, Strength in Numbers: The CanLit Community, draws largely on the library’s rich literary archives to explore how Canadian literature has been shaped not just by the writers but an… More about this exhibition
To commemorate Remembrance Day, the Fisher Rare Book Library has digitized and presented select items from our collections, which focus on the diverse experiences of the Great War.
This exhibition, Flickering of the Flame: Print and the Reformation, explores the evolution of the Reformation and its propogation in text and the arts. The exhibition draws from the Thomas Fisher… More about this exhibition