Books and resources discussed in this episode:

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

The First Feminists: A Short Story by Bernardine Evaristo

Bernardine Evaristo in conversation with Donna Bailey Nurse

Books and resources discussed in this episode:

Gale Courses

Discover Sign Language course

"Sign language that African Americans use is different from that of whites" (The Washington Post)

Lifeprint ASL resources

Lifeprint  ABC's of ASL: Learn how to Fingerspell! video

Queer Trans Online ASL Dictionary

The History of the Book in the Early Modern Period: 1450 to 1800 course

Printers' Devices database

Books and resources discussed in this episode:

tpl:kids

Online Children's programs

Wonder Wall

Storytime with Toronto Mayor John Tory

Ready for Reading

Growing a Reader blog

"Helping your Child Cope with the COVID-19 Pandemic"

Brainfuse

Children's Mental Health Ontario

My Hero is You: How Kids Can Fight COVID-19! from the World Health Organization

OverDrive

Hoopla

The Dam Keeper by Robert Kondo

New Kid by Jerry Craft

Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renee Russell

Dog Man Unleashed by Dav Pilkey

Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne

The Fire Station by Robert Munsch

Real Friends by Shannon Hale

You Hold Me Up by Monique Gray Smith and Danielle Daniel

Books and resources discussed in this episode:

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

The Great Mortality by John Kelly

Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style by W. David Marx

Online book clubs 

Appel Salon author events online

Toronto Public Library Reading Challenge

Books and films discussed:

7 Suitcases by Ahmed Marie, Farah Marie, Hala Marie and Cynthia Spring

We are Displaced: My Journey and Stories From Refugee Girls Around the World by Malala Yousafzai

My Journey by Olivia Chow

The Boat People by Sharon Bala

Nujeen: One Girl's Incredible Journey From Syria in a Wheelchair by Nujeen Mustafa and Christina Lamb.

Resilience and Triumph: Immigrant Women Tell Their Stories by the Book Project Collective

Grandfather's Journey by Alley Say

Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration by Bryan Caplan and Zach Weinersmith

The Ward: the Life and Loss of Toronto's First Immigrant Neighbourhood edited by John Lorinc, Michael McClelland, Ellen Scheinberg, and Tatum Taylor

For Sama (on PBS) directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts

Almost American Girl by Robin Ha

Library services and partnerships discussed:

Using the library if you're new to Canada

Settling in Toronto

ESL & Newcomer Programs at TPL

COSTI Immigrant Services

OverDrive (Getting Started with Overdrive guides)

Books and resources discussed in this episode:

The List

The List 2020 YouTube playlist

Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

Verify by Joelle Charbonneau

Keep This to Yourself by Tom Ryan

Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

George's band is called West Coast Grey, and they have a new album coming out soon - working title: The Cursed Image. 
Bonus content: Here's a Soundcloud playlist where you can hear the two live, acoustic songs on this episode plus an additional bonus track, along with their full studio versions. 

Books and resources discussed in this episode:

TPL program videos on Youtube

The Recording Engineer's Handbook by Bobby Owsinski

Recording Secrets for the Small Studio by Mike Senior

Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio by Mike Senior

(For more always-available tech ebooks, including books on digital audio recording, visit our Safari Tech collection!)

Lynda.com

Learn to use Saved Lists  on tpl.ca

George's Soundcloud:  https://soundcloud.com/westcoastgrey

West Coast Grey on Bandcamp: https://westcoastgrey.bandcamp.com/

Books discussed:

One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak

The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak

The Journey Prize Stories: The Best of Canada's New Writers

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg: and Other Stories by Mark Twain

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

That Time I Loved You by Carrianne Leung

Library services discussed:

Overdrive (Getting Started with Overdrive Guides)

Libby app

Books mentioned:

The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Wish You Were Here by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown

The Cat Who series by Lilian Jackson Braun

If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell

Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellman

Library services discussed:

OverDrive (Getting Started with Overdrive guides)

“What mostly happens in disasters is, they're the moment in which the background refrigerator hum of petty grievance stops and leaves behind this ringing silence in which you realize that you have much more in common with your neighbours than you ever had as a point of difference.”  
- Cory Doctorow

Books discussed:

Radicalized by Cory Doctorow

Walkaway by Cory Doctorow

Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars by Daniel Pinkwater (ebook unavailable, so try Lizard Music instead)

A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit

Afterland  by Lauren Beukes  (ebook coming soon)

Or What You Will  by Jo Walton (coming soon)

The Thessaly Series by Jo Walton (Series about Plato's Republic)

Lent by Jo Walton (one of the books about Florence)

Books by Ada Palmer

Other topics discussed:

The Wonderful Power of Storytelling - speech by Bruce Sterling 

craphound.com (Cory Doctorow's website)

Books and music discussed:

Tabula Rasa (Fratres - version for cello ensemble) by Arvo Pärt

From Sleep by Max Richter

M Train by Patti Smith

Just Kids by Patti Smith

Deep Field by Eric Whitacre

The Flyer Vault: 150 Years of Toronto Concert History by Daniel Tate and Rob Bowman

The Magic Flute by W.A. Mozart

Library services discussed:

Naxos Music Library

Naxos Music Library (Jazz) (Getting Started with Naxos Music Library Jass Guide)

Overdrive (Getting Started with Overdrive Guides)

Medici.tv (Getting Started with Medici.tv Guide)