Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a well-known Canadian poet, novelist, essayist, and literary critic. Recognized around the globe for her...

Join 8 Simcoe County libraries as they celebrate National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and support writers on their journey to write a...

Mario Puzo may not be considered a household name, but the characters he penned as part of The Godfather series of books and movies are...

Richard Wagamese described himself as a second-generation survivor of Canada’s residential school system and used the trauma he...

Please join us in congratulating our Library Champion, Grace Baker! If you missed the debate catch it online on the RogersTV YouTube page...

Shel Silverstein was an American illustrator, cartoonist, playwright, songwriter, and poet, best known for his children’s books, The...

Many modern readers know Agatha Christie as the quintessential Queen of Crime. During her writing career, Christie wrote 66 detective...

Simcoe Reads is back and this year there are seven amazing books from seven amazing authors. Based on Canada Reads, Simcoe Libraries have...

Captain von Trapp eases the car toward the gates, his new wife and seven children in tow. In the dark, he and Max finally push the car...

While reading The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, I came across something that spoke to me as a real lesson in leadership....

Have you ever read a book that resonated with you so deeply that it left you feeling like 'this is my book'? C. S. Lewis describes this...

This past week marks the end of an era with the passing of HRH Prince Philip. He was the longest standing consort in the British Monarchy...

Those famous words were coined by British mountaineer George Mallory in response to a New York Times reporter in 1923. He’d been asked...

The Society of the Living-Dead sounds like an awesome zombie enthusiast fraternity; it isn’t, but the name is definitely catchy. This...

Did you ever notice how all the great ideas happen over lunch? Take Pixar. Four of the studio's most innovative feature films—A Bug's...

Success! The perfect brownies every time. Having tried a number of lackluster internet recipes and my fair share of mediocre box-mixes,...

The month of October is Canadian Library Month and Ontario celebrates from the 18th to the 24th. Library staff across the province look...

The votes have been tallied and we are very happy to announce Essa Public Library's champion, Emily Wood, was voted Community Choice...

“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.” —C. S. Lewis There's a reason...

I recently finished King's non-fiction book On Writing: a memoir of the craft. It was one of those books that had me changing my entire...