The Fisher's Robert S. Kenny Collection is an invaluable resource for researchers studying the history of 20th century… Read full news article
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The 27th annual George Kiddell Memorial Lecture will be delivered on Thursday April 22 by one of the world's foremost scholars of medieval manuscripts, Michelle Brown. Her… Read full news article
This year's Johanna and Leon Katz Memorial Lecture features Philadelphia based pop-up book artist and photographer Colette Fu, who will speak on "We Are Tiger Dragon… Read full news article
To celebrate the centennial anniversary of the discovery of insulin at the University of Toronto, we are happy to announce a new … Read full news article
The Fisher is pleased to announce a new online exhibition lauching this week.
To celebrate Black History Month in February, the Fisher Library will present a special episode of Between the Pillars, on Thursday, February 11 at 6 pm:
Writers… Read full news article
The DeLury Collection of Irish Literature. John Graves Simcoe’s library. The Alberti Collection of ear, nose and throat materials. Editions of… Read full news article
On December 14th, at 1:00 PM, the Fisher Library’s Judaica librarian, Nadav Sharon, and librarians from the Jewish Public Library in Montreal will be jointly holding a… Read full news article
This year's John Seltzer and Mark Seltzer Memorial Lecture, delivered by Margaret E. Schotte's via Zoom on Thursday November 5, is now available… Read full news article
Have you always wanted to know more about the Fisher Library’s vast and diverse holdings? Or maybe you’re curious about our staff?
The Fisher has launched… Read full news article
The first Friends of Fisher lecture was broadcast on Thursday September 24. Owing to the library's continued closure due to Covid-19, the lecture was broadcast… Read full news article
A special edition of the Fisher Library newsletter is now available! The June issue is traditionally an overview of purchases of the previous fiscal year, however, since… Read full news article
Due to the community efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19, we have closed the Fisher Library for an indefinite period. We look forward to reopening as soon as it is safe… Read full news article
In order to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Fisher Library will be closed for an indefinite period of time beginning Monday March 16.
As a result of the University of Toronto's recommendation to cancel or postpone all discretionary events, we regret to inform that this year's Katz Lecture featuring Dr.… Read full news article
In this latest issue of The Halcyon, the bi-annual Friends of Fisher newsletter, the focus is not just on the library's gift-in-kind donations - rather, it examines… Read full news article
To celebrate Black History Month in February, the Fisher will be holding an open house that will feature a number of materials from our collection. We will draw from the… Read full news article
Looking for that ideal holiday card to send out this year? We are again offering cards for sale this year, featuring images from our collections. There are five different… Read full news article
Are you curious about some of the Fisher's most recent acquisitions? Why not come to visit us on November 7 when we again host visitors for our biannual Open House. On… Read full news article
A new album is now up on the Fisher's Flickr page:… Read full news article
The Fisher Library is committed to preserving Canadian history up into the present day.
Periodicals throughout the twentieth century are a crucial medium for… Read full news article
The Fisher Library is proud to announce that it is joining the Bloor St. Culture Corridor, Toronto's most diverse arts… Read full news article
A new album is now up on our… Read full news article
The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of a 15th-century illuminated manuscript of Christine de Pizan’s Livre de paix.
Our donors have always played such an essential role here at the Fisher. Their passions for the book and for book collecting have enabled us to build one of the great… Read full news article