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Catherine Coles Coles’ Notes Audiobooks are having a moment. Global sales have grown 25-30 per cent per year over the past few years and at the library, we’ve noticed a…

Catherine Coles Coles’ Notes The staff of the County of L&A Libraries are avid readers and always eager to share their favourite books. Here we bring you a list of some of the…

Catherine Coles Coles’ Notes The mark of a good novel, in my opinion, is characters that are believably rendered. When it comes to historical fiction, where the stories are often…

Catherine Coles Coles’ Notes With an ongoing event as life altering as the COVID-19 pandemic, it is no wonder that the publishing industry has begun to reflect our so-called new…

Catherine Coles Coles’ Notes The staff of the County of L&A Libraries are avid readers and always eager to share their favourite books. Here we bring you a list of some of the…

Catherine Coles Coles’ Notes Since I spend a lot of time reading, I often come across books that I would like to talk about in this column, but for whatever…

Catherine Coles Coles’ Notes During the latter half of 2020, there was a stretch of time where I just wasn’t interested in reading psychological thrillers. Ever since Gone Girl was…

Catherine Coles Coles’ Notes When it comes to books and their movie adaptations, the latter usually falls short. That said, even with disappointment looming, I am always excited when I…

Catherine Coles Coles’ Notes The staff of the County of L&A Libraries are avid readers and always eager to share their favourite books. Here we bring you a list of some of the…

Catherine Coles Coles’ Notes Now that we have safely entered 2021, I thought it would be a good opportunity to look back on my favourite reads of 2020. It was…