Non-Fiction

  • Oven to Table

    Oven to Table

    I love a good cookbook and the library is the perfect place to ‘test drive’ a…

  • Sweeet!

    Sweeet!

    Let’s play word association. It will be easy. I promise. I say “Redpath”. You say? That’s…

  • The Five

    The Five

    From August 1888 to November 1888, five women were murdered in the Whitechapel area of London…

  • Daisy Cakes

    Daisy Cakes

    I have always love daisies. They are one of my favourite flowers. Actually, any flower resembling…

  • I Love Lucy

    I Love Lucy

    We don’t buy a lot of books at our house because we really don’t need to…

  • The Perfect Cookie

    The Perfect Cookie

    Gingerbread. No, peanut butter. No, oatmeal. No, shortbread. Okay. Really there are so many “perfect” cookies…

  • You Had Me at Profiteroles

    You Had Me at Profiteroles

    Profiteroles. When a cookbook arrives at WPL all shiny and new, promoting 450 foolproof recipes AND…

  • Shade

    Shade

    In Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents author Pete Souza throws plenty of shade and how.…

  • Turning 100

    Turning 100

    Frank’s Jewellers and the Ellis Little History Room There is a prevailing perception that libraries are…

  • Bibliophile : an illustrated miscellany

    Bibliophile : an illustrated miscellany

    As the cliché goes, never judge a book by its cover. Judging a book by its…