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Beware of the new APA Publication Manual
This summer the American Psychological Association published the sixth edition of its popular Publication Manual, and it turns out to full of errors – pretty shocking for a book which tells you… more →
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Beware of the new APA Publication Manual
UClibrarian wrote 1 month ago: This summer the American Psychological Association published the sixth edition of its popular Public … more →
What I read this summer
UClibrarian wrote 4 months ago: Here are my favourites among the books I read this summer. They would be good in any season, and al … more →
Interview with Aravind Adiga
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UClibrarian wrote 6 months ago: I really enjoyed Eleanor Wachtel’s June 21st interview with Aravind Adiga on Writers & Com … more →
Women in Canadian politics
UClibrarian wrote 8 months ago: Sylvia Bashevkin (Principal of University College) has not one but two new books out! — one wh … more →
True Patriot Love
UClibrarian wrote 8 months ago: Michael Ignatieff’s new book, True Patriot Love: Four Generations in Search of Canada (from wh … more →
The Hemingses of Monticello
UClibrarian wrote 8 months ago: The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family won the Pulitzer Prize for history yesterday. This … more →
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
UClibrarian wrote 8 months ago: If you’re looking for some entertaining reading, I recommend The Sweetness at the Bottom of th … more →
Our "bestsellers" ("bestlenders"?)
UClibrarian wrote 8 months ago: I was curious to see which recent books have been borrowed the most often from Laidlaw Library, so I … more →
Attempts on Her Life
UClibrarian wrote 10 months ago: The University College drama program is currently putting on Attempts on Her Life, by British playwr … more →
Unlikely Soldiers
UClibrarian wrote 1 year ago: There’s a new book out about two University College alumni, Ken Macalister and Frank Pickersgi … more →
Sea of Poppies
UClibrarian wrote 1 year ago: There was a terrific interview with Amitav Ghosh on Writers and Company last night (It’ll be a … more →
Toronto poetry
UClibrarian wrote 1 year ago: It’s unusual for a poetry book to win the annual Toronto Book Award, but last week Glenn Downi … more →
The White Tiger
UClibrarian wrote 1 year ago: Indian author Aravind Adiga won the Booker prize on Tuesday for The White Tiger – his first no … more →
The Sealed Letter
UClibrarian wrote 1 year ago: I just finished reading The Sealed Letter, an absorbing novel based on a real-life divorce case in V … more →
Canlit controversy
UClibrarian wrote 1 year ago: Perhaps you’ve been following the controversy over The Penguin book of Canadian short stories … more →
Fascinating lives
UClibrarian wrote 1 year ago: I recently put up a display of “life stories” in the Laidlaw Library collection. This in … more →
Girls of Riyadh
UClibrarian wrote 1 year ago: I recently read the English translation of Girls of Riyadh, written by Rajaa Alsanea at the age of 2 … more →
Robots and witch hunts
UClibrarian wrote 1 year ago: Today I posted a list of books we’ve added to the Laidlaw collection over the past two months. … more →
Sexual diversity studies display
UClibrarian wrote 1 year ago: At the start of term I put up a display showing some of our new books in sexual diversity studies (s … more →
