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 Toronto Public Library celebrates the written word with Keep Toronto Reading
Friday, January 27, 2006 Toronto Public Library invites everyone to celebrate the joy of reading during Keep Toronto Reading this February. During a press launch on Jan. 27, Mayor David Miller officially declared February as Keep Toronto Reading Month. The Library’s unprecedented month-long program of free special events highlighting the age old love of the written word. “In February, we shine the spotlight on Toronto Public Library’s commitment to reading and literary culture,” says Mayor David Miller. “We celebrate the important role that the Library plays in the community. We toast the citizens and the staff who make our Library the largest and busiest public library system in North America.” Keep Toronto Reading showcases nearly 100 writers, storytellers, illustrators, and media personalities, including Joseph Boyden, Wayson Choy, Camilla Gibb, Kenneth Oppel, and Seth. The full roster of Keep Toronto Reading programming is attached. “Since the Library opened in 1884, our goal has been to meet the needs of the communities we serve,” says Josephine Bryant, City Librarian, Toronto Public Library. “Our 99 branches provide a full range of free programs that aim to entertain and enlighten our users, without whom the Library would not exist.” For more information about Keep Toronto Reading, including up-to-date program information and exclusive author interviews, visit www.keeptorontoreading.ca.
Toronto Public Library is North America's busiest public library system. Every week over 325,000 people visit our 99 branches and borrow more than half a million items. To learn more about Toronto Public Library, call Answerline at 416-393-7131.
Media Contact: :
Sonia Chai, (416) 393-7214, schai@torontopubliclibrary.ca Tita Zierer, (416) 397-5973, tzierer@torontopubliclibrary.ca Ab. Velasco, (416) 397-5978, avelasco@torontopubliclibrary.ca
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