News Room

Welcome to APL's News Room. Here you'll find links to previous Library Link newspaper stories and APL press releases. We'll also take this opportunity to blow our own horn and let you know when APL is mentioned in the news!

And if something noteworthy is happening in the literary world, you can read about it here, too!

The Power of Libraries

We discovered this wonderful YouTube clip that  is about a man from Malawi who wanted to give his family electricity. He knew nothing about eliectricity or how to get it for his family, but he did know where to go to get the answers – the library. There he borrowed a book about windmills  and electricity and was able to bring electricity to his family.

This is a poignant example of the power of libraries. We help our customers to find the answers and information they need, and what we provide can have a life-changing affect.

Please watch William's story.

Books for Canada Reads 2010 announced

Five great Canadian novels.
Five celebrity panelists.
One week of passionate debate about fiction, hosted by Jian Ghomeshi.
Welcome to Canada Reads 2010. Official website

The books:

Fall on Your Knees, Ann-Marie MacDonald

Generation X:  tales for an accecelerated culture, Douglas Coupland

Nikolski, a novel, Nicholas Dickner

Good to a Fault, Marina Endicott

The Jade Peony:  a novel, Wayson Choy

Shin-Chi's Canoe winner of TD Canadian Children's Literature Award

Author Nicola I. Campbell and illustrator Kim LaFave have won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award for the book Shin-chi's Canoe.

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Linden MacIntyre Wins the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize

Linden MacIntyre has been named the 2009 winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel The Bishop’s Man, published by Random House Canada.

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