Blackstone Foundation Library

Our mission is to make Afrocentric reading and learning materials more accessible to Black communities across the Greater Toronto Area.

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Get notified when new memberships become available by joining our waiting list: https://t.co/9Y9SGV2uhZ

Thank you for your interest in the Blackstone Foundation Library's Digital Library and for your patience and understanding. We look forward to welcoming you in the future!

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Get notified when new memberships become available by joining our waiting list: https://t.co/9Y9SGV2uhZ

Thank you for your interest in the Blackstone Foundation Library's Digital Library and for your patience and understanding. We look forward to welcoming you in the future!

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We are currently at capacity for our free digital library memberships due to an overwhelming response and are unable to accept new registrations at this time.

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We have been overwhelmed by the incredible interest in our Digital Library and are currently at capacity for new memberships. Please join our waiting list to be notified as soon as spots become available:

https://t.co/9Y9SGV2uhZ

Thank you for your patience and support.

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Start your August with this essential read. Borrow your copy from the Blackstone Foundation Library—available in digital and audiobook formats.

How can stories help us reimagine our history? Share your thoughts below.

#EmancipationDay #WashingtonBlack #AugustReads

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Reimagining freedom this Emancipation Day with our August Book of the Month: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan.

Ending legal slavery was just the beginning of the fight for true equality. Read or listen today via https://t.co/8VTbDQFnGn

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Borrow at https://t.co/8VTbDQFnGn

Also available in Audiobook.

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Looking for captivating summer reads for older kids? The Blackstone Foundation Library has an incredible collection for ages 9–12, featuring powerful stories like the Newbery Medal-winning "Freewater" by Amina Luqman-Dawson.

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Freewater is a gripping story of survival, courage, and community. Follow 12-year-old Homer as he escapes to a secret sanctuary hidden deep in the swamp and joins other brave kids to fight for freedom.

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Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes (Illustrated by Gordon C. James) is a vibrant celebration of Black culture and confidence. Follow a young boy’s journey from the barbershop to feeling like royalty.

Borrow at https://t.co/8VTbDQFnGn

Also available in Audiobook.

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Looking for the perfect summer reads? The Blackstone Foundation Library has a fantastic collection for kids aged 4–8, including Hair Love and Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut. Explore these and more to keep young readers inspired!

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Happy Father's Day to the protectors, the teachers, and the storytellers of our culture.

#FathersDay #BlackFatherhood #Afrocentricity #Heritage #TheBFL #CulturalIdentity

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The journey of life is profound, but it is the guides along the way who truly shape our steps. To the fathers who root us in our heritage, who teach us the rhythm of our ancestors, and who model strength through profound love—thank you.

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#SystemUpdate: We’re currently experiencing a temporary glitch with our Digital Library registration system, which is preventing passwords from generating.

Our team is actively on it, and we expect a fix shortly.

Thank you for your patience and we will keep you updated.

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Extended deadline to apply for Library Assistant Coordinator. Great opportunity for post-secondary students interested in non-profit administration, literacy development, youth programming, and community outreach.

Apply by May 26th, 2026 - https://t.co/ttOBHgNGrJ

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#Hiring: Library Coordinator Assistant!

The Blackstone Foundation Library has an 8-week summer opening for ages 15-30 (Can. citizen/PR/refugee).

A great opportunity for students interested in literacy and admin!

Deadline: May 19, 2026

Apply - https://t.co/ttOBHgN8Cb

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Borrow the series at: https://t.co/sFRNO5D5Bu and empower the young readers in your life.

#MentalHealthWeek #RainRising #BFLReads #KidLit

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Children feel the weight of the world around them too, and oftentimes, grief doesn't look like a loss; it looks like a change in spirit.

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In Courtne Comrie (@courtnecomrie)'s powerful series, Rain Rising and Rain Remembers, 13-year-old Rain navigates "the big sad" after a family trauma. It’s a vital mirror & window for youth learning to talk about mental health and the courage to rise.

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Dig deep into A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars, edited by Erin Sharkey—touted as "the most important anthology of this decade" by Kiese Laymon

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Conversations in Black Earth Wisdom remind us that our relationship to land is ancestral, spiritual, and political. Drop your thoughts. Let’s archive our own Earth Wisdom together.

Sign up to our digital library and borrow your copy today - https://t.co/1NaTUFxSjk

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#EarthDay is not new to us. We come from people who knew the land before it was stolen. People who worked it, healed through it, and survived because of it.

Return to the stories and wisdom that root us, starting with Black Earth Wisdom by Leah Penniman.