New at Fisher

This new Fisher acquisition is a very rare copy of a book attributed to Henri Estienne (1528-1598), the great French Protestant printer who left his home in Paris to set… Read full news article

Looking for the ideal card to send out this holiday season? Why not purchase one of the Fisher's new holiday card designs, which are hot off the presses. There are two new… Read full news article

A book of sermons published in 1516 that contains a sermon listing seven reasons why werewolves might attack - and why they especially like to eat children. The latest… Read full news article

For those that missed the Many McLuhans Symposium held at the Fisher on September 21 - or for those that want to listen again to the entire proceedings -… Read full news article

We've added some new audio content over the last week.

If you missed the first Friends of Fisher lecture, the John Seltzer and Mark Seltzer Memorial Lecture,… Read full news article

Last week, Liz Ridolfo and Irina Mihalache, co-curators of the Fisher's current exhibition Mixed Messages: Making and Shaping Culinary Culture in Canada, were featured on… Read full news article

This past year, the Fisher was fortunate to add to its collections what is currently the oldest English-language printed book in Canada:… Read full news article

CBC Radio's Tapestry visited Interim Head of Rare Books and Special Collections Pearce Carefoote, who shared the stories attached to some of our oldest religious texts… Read full news article

By Ksenya Kiebuzinski

The Fisher Library has acquired a number of exceptional books designed and illustrated by the Czech artist and writer Josef Čapek (1887–1945… Read full news article

The Fisher is proud to announce one of its most important recent acquisitions:… Read full news article

The Fisher Library has again garnered a prestigious award for one of its exhibition catalogues.

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Rare Books… Read full news article

Dr. Peter Blayney, University of Toronto Department of English, Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Stationers, and authority on the early London Book Trade, delivered… Read full news article

A group of undergraduate and graduate Research Assistants and iSchool students have come together to create a for our current exhibition… Read full news article

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The Fisher's latest exhibition is now open. Fleeting Moments, Floating Worlds, and the Beat Generation: The Photography of Allen Ginsberg, received its official launch… Read full news article

We’ve added a new album to our Flickr site: a collection of eight albumen prints of photographs from Marc Ferrez, the greatest photographer to emerge from Brazil in the… Read full news article

"Finding Myself in the Archive" was developed in partnership with the Master of Museum Studies (MMSt) at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto and six… Read full news article

The newest issue of our newsletter, The Halcyon is now available online!
In this issue:
Orwell's Animal Farm beyond the Iron Curtain
An introduction to our new… Read full news article

In recognition of Canada 150, Campus archives and special collections come together to showcase their unique and diverse holdings within the context of 150 years of Canada… Read full news article

Students in the Jackman Humanities Institute Scholars in Residence program had a hands-on lesson in historic cooking at Fort York's 1826 Officer's Mess kitchen. The… Read full news article

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We’ve added a new album to our Flickr site: a selection of woodcut illustrations featured on the covers of Brazilian “cordel” chapbooks – or, the tradition of popular… Read full news article

Just before this year's Johanna and Leon Katz Memorial lecture, the CBC interviewed lecturer and botanical artist Linda LeGeyt, who discussed the publication of Canadian… Read full news article