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VPL - Groundhog Day
Created on:
Jan 17, 2024
24 items
Is spring just around the corner? Will it be a long winter?
Groundhog Day is an annual tradition celebrated on February 2nd. ...
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VPL Picks: 2SLGBTQIA+ Graphic Novels and Comics
Created on:
Jun 15, 2023
32 items
Previously relegated to the realm of gay underground publications, queer "comix" and graphic novels have come a long ...
5 likes
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VPL Picks: Long-form Journalism
Created on:
May 03, 2023
19 items
Long-form journalism is a branch of nonfiction storytelling which uses techniques such an immersion, investigative reporting, a...
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VPL - For Fans of The Last of Us
Created on:
Mar 20, 2023
23 items
HBO’s adaptation of the widely popular video game The Last of Us transports viewers into a post-apocalyptic world destroyed by ...
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VPL Picks: Award-winning and -nominated Fiction in Translation
Created on:
Mar 09, 2023
17 items
World fiction in translation is a window to other cultures and ways of thinking. Translators can be faithful and follow the wor...
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VPL Picks: Science Fiction
Created on:
Feb 22, 2023
21 items
The genre label "science fiction" applies to novels that cross entertainment with science speculation. Alternative wo...
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VPL - Ghost Stories
Created on:
Oct 12, 2022
22 items
Ghost stories belong to supernatural fiction and feature ghosts or unseen forces that characters in the story believe are manif...
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VPL Picks: Time Travel, Time Slip and Time Loop
Created on:
May 22, 2022
27 items
In a time-travel novel, a character uses science to deliberately visit another time.
In a time-slip novel, a character accide...
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VPL - Mafia Reads
Created on:
Mar 10, 2022
18 items
In honour of the 50th anniversary of the classic film 'The Godfather,' VPL has collected a list of fiction and nonfiction title...
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VPL Picks: Heist Fiction
Created on:
Jan 23, 2022
20 items
Heist fiction is any work which centres around an organized, large-scale robbery or theft which requires next level planning an...
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VPL Picks: Humorous Science Fiction
Created on:
Nov 30, 2021
18 items
Humorous science fiction is a sub genre of science fiction in which comedy, the absurd, and silliness abound. While these novel...
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VPL - Biographical Classics
Created on:
Oct 29, 2020
19 items
Biographical works refer to detailed – oftentimes intimate – accounts of a person’s life. They can be written by the person the...
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VPL - Women's Literature
Created on:
Oct 29, 2020
20 items
Key distinguishable features of women's literature:
- critically acclaimed or award-winning works, often accompanied by second...
3 likes
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VPL - Historical and Journalistic Classics
Created on:
Oct 28, 2020
23 items
Historical and journalistic works refer to the detailed description of significant world events, whether they’re chronicled con...
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VPL Picks: Religious Classics
Created on:
Oct 21, 2020
16 items
Religious texts refer to writings of a religious or spiritual nature, and may take on many forms including prose and verse. Tho...
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VPL Picks: Disturbing Fiction
Created on:
Sep 26, 2020
14 items
Tough topics, uncomfortable scenes, deplorable characters, and violent ends. This list covers a wide swath of titles, includin...
9 likes
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VPL Picks: Asian Canadian Fiction
Created on:
Feb 25, 2020
30 items
A select list of new, popular and acclaimed fiction titles by Canadian writers of Asian descent.
Asia is interpreted based on ...
6 likes
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VPL Picks: Fairytale and Folklore Classics
Created on:
Dec 31, 2019
23 items
Fairy, or folk, tales are a type of culturally significant short story – sometimes containing a moral message, as is the case w...
2 likes
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VPL - The Social Novel
Created on:
Dec 30, 2019
27 items
The social novel, also called social problem novel, is a work of fiction in which a prevailing social problem, such as gender, ...
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VPL Picks: Adventure Fiction
Created on:
Dec 24, 2019
23 items
Adventure fiction usually features an action-packed narrative with a protagonist who must navigate high-energy (and often dange...
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VPL Picks: Fiction to Inspire
Created on:
Nov 19, 2019
19 items
Any good book can be an inspiration, but the books selected below include fictional characters who either overcome adversity or...
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VPL Picks: Reading Aloud to the Elderly - Short Entertaining Reads
Created on:
Aug 06, 2019
26 items
This list of brief, entertaining reads is for caregivers of elderly patrons, especially those with short attention spans.
Get ...
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VPL Picks: Graphic Novels
Created on:
Jun 06, 2019
15 items
Graphic novels are a format that combines text and images in the comic strip style to create a fictional or nonfiction story. M...
2 likes
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VPL - Gay Fiction
Created on:
May 31, 2019
25 items
Gay fiction has all the same characteristics as other literature genres, but with male homosexuality central to the story. Clas...
2 likes
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VPL Picks: Travel Writing
Created on:
May 25, 2019
35 items
The genre of travel literature encompasses outdoor literature, guide books, nature writing, and travel memoirs.
Travel writing...
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