There are over one million books in the Halifax Public Libraries holdings, but this week it seems like the city only cares about one: Irreversible Damage, written by journalist and notorious trans-exclusionary radical feminist Abigail Shrier. “I did go and put it on hold the other day, because if they’re gonna keep it I’m gonna […]
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We love that Halifax’s library loves us back
We asked Shannon Hansen, a community library assistant at Halifax North Memorial Public Library, to pick one moment that describes the spirit of Halifax Public Libraries and why it’s the best. “You’re saying pick one moment,” he says, “but I have those kind of moments every day.” Hansen has spent the last eight months—along […]
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Richard Florida’s Creative Class to help select library design
Richard Florida, who’s like the Bono of urban philosophies, has become synonymous with his Creative Class theory: that cities of the future will only be successful if they attract and retain knowledge-based workers. When he moved to Toronto a couple of years ago, the creative-city-in-training was thrilled by his arrival—our national newspaper even gave him […]
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The Infinite summer’s not over at Spring Garden Library
Be honest: David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest is one of those books that people lie about reading, like James Joyce’s Ulysses. But Wallace, who suffered from clinical depression, also had many passionate fans who were devastated when the author committed suicide on September 15, 2008. In fact, many of them spent the summer as part […]