KTR Krews hit the streets to talk about ‘Reader City’
TORONTO (Tuesday, March 13, 2012) This morning, Toronto Public Library launched the Keep Toronto Reading Festival, its month-long celebration of books and the joy of reading. The theme of this April’s festival is “Reader City” -- inviting Torontonians to tell us “What Are You Reading Where?”
The festival was launched with four KTR Krews of Toronto teens. Each Krew, sporting Reader City toques and t-shirts, popped up in unexpected places across the city – from bus stops to the outside of shopping centres and office towers – and asked Torontonians, “What Are You Reading Where?” People received bookmarks and were encouraged to visit our website KeepTorontoReading.ca to share their reads.
“We thought this was a fun way to kick off our Reader City campaign - to get people talking about the books and the neighbourhoods they love," said Tina Srebotnjak, manager of cultural and special events programming at the library . "And there are so many ways to get involved: in our branches, of course, but also on our website KeepTorontoReading.ca, via Facebook and Twitter – using the #KeepTorontoReading hashtag – and, on YouTube where we’re encouraging people to post a mini book review."
This year’s festival also invites everyone to come out to 100 events taking place in over 50 library branches and partner venues across the city - including readings, lectures, panel discussions, walking tours, workshops and more.
Everyone is also encouraged to participate in the One Book community read. This year’s selection, Girls Fall Down by Maggie Helwig, is a love story set in post 9/11 Toronto. As part of the community reads program, the library is hosting readings, discussions, tours and other events that bring the book’s themes to life.
For complete festival information and event listings, go to keeptorontoreading.ca , opens a new window
Toronto Public Library is the world's busiest urban public library system. Every year, more than 19 million people visit our branches in neighbourhoods across the city and borrow over 33 million items. To learn more about Toronto Public Library, visit our website at torontopubliclibrary.ca or call Answerline at 416-393-7131.
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Media Contact:
Tina Srebotnjak 416-393-7098 media@torontopubliclibrary.ca
