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The latest issue of The Halcyon, the newsletter of the Friends of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library… Read full news article

Due to the popularity of the departmental tours this past fall, we're delighted to announce we're going to be offering three more tours this winter.

If you've always… Read full news article

So you've always wanted to know more about the work we do here at the department of Rare Books and Special Collections of the Fisher Library?

Then why not join us… Read full news article

Please note that due to ongoing renovations, some of our regular entrances are closed. 

During ongoing construction this Spring, access to the Thomas Fisher… Read full news article

Beginning May 1, patrons of the Fisher Library will notice something different when they visit our web site to order materials. 

Our current stack retrieval… Read full news article

Joan Links, the curator of the Fisher's current exhibition The Immersive Movable Object: Contemporary Pop-up Books, appeared on CBC Toronto's Metro Morning, Wednesday… Read full news article

The latest issue of The Halcyon, the newsletter of the Friends of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, is now available… Read full news article

We know our weekday hours can be challenging for some when trying to visit the Fisher. Good news: as part of… Read full news article

Join us at the Fisher Library for a new series of workshops to learn bibliographical and research skills on rare books and special collections topics. We will offer six… Read full news article

The Fisher Rare Book Library is once again presenting a unique opportunity to view some of the most important scientific books ever printed. Visit the library on the… Read full news article

Join us at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library to celebrate the publication of Lumiere Press: Printer Savant & Other Stories (2022), a collection of life lessons and… Read full news article

Did you know the Fisher Library has participated in Doors Open Toronto since the very beginning?

An important annual outreach event, Doors Open allows us to show… Read full news article

Former Department Head and Medieval Manuscripts and Early Books Librarian Pearce Carefoote recently participated in the Kessler Conversations lecture… Read full news article

The Fisher Library will be closed for the holidays from December 21.

The library will reopen to the public on January 2, 2023, but please note that in-person… Read full news article

After a two-year hiatus, the Fisher has holiday cards for sale.

There are eight different designs, including new illustrations on offer. Four are images from an of… Read full news article

Beginning the week of September 12, the Fisher Library will be resuming its pre-COVID hours. We will be open to both researchers and the general public Monday to Friday… Read full news article

It's back!

After a three-year absence, the Fisher's Small and Fine Press Fair, normally a biennial event, is on for 2022. The fair will be held on its traditional… Read full news article

A late medieval manuscript of the first work of Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, known as Maimonides, who is widely considered the most influential Jewish thinker. A rare first… Read full news article

The Fisher is honouring Pride Month with a special Pride Open House.

The open house will celebrate stories of resistance and activism told in a selection of books… Read full news article

The Wolfe Lecture on the Holocaust, marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, is now available via the… Read full news article

Beginning the week of September 12, 2022, the Fisher Library will be resuming its pre-COVID hours. We will be open to both researchers and the general public Monday to… Read full news article

We're back!

The Fisher Library's Between the Pillars video podcast series returns October 15 for another season. Every second week we'll feature a new guest,… Read full news article

The Fisher kicks off its Friends of Fisher Library lecture series this month with the John Seltzer and Mark Seltzer Memorial Lecture. It will be delivered on Thursday… Read full news article

In 2018, the Fisher Library announced that it had acquired William Caxton's Cicero, printed in 1481. It… Read full news article

The Fisher's Robert S. Kenny Collection is an invaluable resource for researchers studying the history of 20th century… Read full news article