Just Getting Started: Edmonton Public Library's First 100 Years, 1913-2013 - Softcover

Babiak, Todd

Softcover

ISBN 10: 088864728X ISBN 13: 9780888647283

Publisher: University of Alberta Press, 2013

Synopsis

The contribution made by the Edmonton libraries to the sanity and support of the citizens cannot be estimated. No Annual Report can gauge things of this sort. -- Annual Report of the Edmonton Public Library, 1931. The Edmonton Public Library turns 100 in 2013! Novelist, journalist, and Edmontonian Todd Babiak tells the story of EPL's birth and coming of age within the bustling narrative of the growth of city and province. Rich with anecdotes and historical photos, records of personal conversations, and tales of expeditions to branch libraries, Just Getting Started immerses readers in a personal journey to the heart of culture in one of Canada's biggest cities. Babiak's history is one-of-a-kind; it reads like a novel, mirroring the institution it commemorates. Edmontonians, librarians, politicians, and historians may glimpse themselves within these pages; all will see how vital a successful public library is to reflecting the needs and aims of a diverse population.

About this title

About the Author

Todd Babiak is a best-selling novelist, an award-winning screenwriter and journalist, a producer, a consultant, and a popular keynote speaker. He is co-founder of a strategy company called Story Engine and has published five novels: Choke Hold (2000), The Garneau Block (2006), The Book of Stanley (2007), Toby: A Man (2010) and, most recently, Come Barbarians (2013). He lives in Edmonton.

From the Back Cover

"The contribution made by the Edmonton libraries to the sanity and support of the citizens cannot be estimated. No Annual Report can gauge things of this sort." -Annual Report of the Edmonton Public Library, 1931 The Edmonton Public Library turns 100 in 2013! Novelist, journalist, and Edmontonian Todd Babiak tells the story of EPL's birth and coming of age within the bustling narrative of the growth of city and province. Rich with anecdotes and historical photos, records of personal conversations, and tales of expeditions to branch libraries, Just Getting Started immerses readers in a personal journey to the heart of culture in one of Canada's biggest cities. Babiak's history is one-of-a-kind. It reads like a novel, mirroring the institution it commemorates. Edmontonians, librarians, politicians, and historians may glimpse themselves within these pages; all will see how vital a successful public library is to every community. Todd Babiak is a best-selling novelist, an award-winning screenwriter and journalist, a producer, a consultant, and a popular keynote speaker. He is co-founder of a strategy company called Story Engine and has published five novels: Choke Hold (2000), The Garneau Block (2006), The Book of Stanley (2007), Toby: A Man (2010) and, most recently, Come Barbarians (2013). He lives in Edmonton.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 088864728X
• ISBN 13: 9780888647283
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360