Thank you for participating in the Keep Toronto Reading One Book program
As part of Keep Toronto Reading 2008, we encouraged
all Torontonians to read Consolation by Michael Redhill.
Guests then participated in discussions and events
throughout the city about the book’s themes and issues.

Look for updates throughout the year about the 2009 One Book program - including the selection of our next One Book title.

About Consolation
Read an annotated chapter from Consolation
Place a hold

View an interactive virtual map of Toronto: Then and Now
Meet the Author

Get up close and personal with Consolation author Michael Redhill. Enjoy music, dramatic readings and discussion at the One Book launch. Sit down for an intimate evening with Michael at the Mackenzie House. Join Michael for an informal book club chat.
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"I'm delighted to have Consolation chosen as the Toronto Public Library's inaugural One Book. I consider the novel a love letter to Toronto and it thrills me to have it requited."
- Michael Redhill
Experience the Book

Explore Consolation's themes and issues. Engage with a walking tour, book club talks and discussion panels featuring Toronto's leaders, thinkers and innovators.
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Exhibits

See Toronto as it was in the 1850s. View exhibits of rare photographs that inspired Consolation, including a panorama of old Toronto. Also, get a glimpse of Black life in Victorian Toronto.
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Enter the Toronto Star Photo Contest

It was photography, specifically of 1850s Toronto, that inspired Michael Redhill to write his 2007 Toronto Book Award winning novel Consolation.

Media partner Toronto Star has launched a photography contest inspired by and in support of One Book. The best photos will be compiled in a spread in the March 2 issue of the Sunday Star.

For the complete contest details, visit Toronto Star's website .

Good luck to those who enter!