Post by Matt, Information Services staff Welcome to 12 Cookbooks! In this series, I read, cook from, and lightly review twelve cookbooks from Kitchener Public Library’s extensive collection. Every month I pick a book, make some food, and share my experiences. Let’s get cooking! Vegetarians have been around for a long time. The practice of… Read More 12 Cookbooks: The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook
Post by Matt, Information Services staff Welcome to 12 Cookbooks! In this series, I read, cook from, and lightly review twelve cookbooks from Kitchener Public Library’s extensive collection. Every month I pick a book, make some food, and share my experiences. Let’s get cooking! September is always a tough time of year for me. As… Read More 12 Cookbooks: My Mexico City Kitchen
Post by Matt, Information Services staff Welcome to 12 Cookbooks! In this series, I read, cook from, and lightly review twelve cookbooks from Kitchener Public Library’s extensive collection. Every month I pick a book, make some food, and share my experiences. Let’s get cooking! Summer has always been my favourite time of year. No school,… Read More 12 Cookbooks: The Camp & Cabin Cookbook
Post by Cecilia, Information Services staff After reading Jane Eyre, I didn’t know what else to read. Nothing was doing it for me until a friend suggested I read Infinity In the Palm of Her Hand: A Novel of Adam and Eve by Nicaraguan author, Gioconda Belli, and little did I know that I would… Read More Adam and Eve, Abel and Cain
Post by Matt, Information Services staff Welcome to 12 Cookbooks! In this series, I read, cook from, and lightly review twelve cookbooks from Kitchener Public Library’s extensive collection. Every month I pick a book, make some food, and share my experiences. Let’s get cooking! Aside from discovering new cookbooks, one of my favourite pastimes is… Read More 12 Cookbooks: Cook Korean!
Post by Kim, Information Services The Death of Vivek Oji is a captivating and moving story by Nigerian author Akwaeke Emezi. Vivek Oji, the main character, is a bit of a mystery to his family. His mother Kavita knows Vivek is a gentle soul even though others view him as different and troubled. His father, Chika, is more concerned about the danger of Vivek going out with long hair in an intolerant Nigerian society,… Read More Book Review: The Death of Vivek Oji
Post by Jesse, Information Services staff Sometimes you encounter a book that is entirely unexpected. The premise is strange, or perplexing, or intriguing. There is a joy in finding weird and wonderful reads, and so myself and my coworkers have shared a few of our favourites in this gallery. All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries… Read More Weird and Wonderful Reads
Post by Matt, Information Services staff Welcome to 12 Cookbooks! In this series, I read, cook from, and lightly review twelve cookbooks from Kitchener Public Library’s extensive collection. Every month I pick a book, make some food, and share my experiences. Let’s get cooking! Family history is not my specialty. As a child, I enjoyed… Read More 12 Cookbooks: Out of Old Ontario Kitchens
Post by Jesse, Information Services staff. The Subtweet examines the intersections of the music industry, race, and social media through the transformative friendship between two musicians. Vivek Shraya described her identity in a 2016 interview as “Artist / South Asian / Trans / Femme / Bisexual”. Her art is multidisciplinary, ranging from music to photography… Read More QueerKPL: Media Club
Post by Kassandra, Information Services staff. I found Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventures entirely by accident. I was browsing the new fiction shelves at the Central library and this gem caught my eye, in that moment I knew I needed to read it. I know we should never “judge a… Read More Book Review: Trans-Galactic Bike Ride
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