*Note: given the current temporary closure of TPL due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have made our best efforts to offer suggestions below for materials which are part our online collections, and available at home to anyone with a current Toronto Public Library card.

Why are wait time for ebooks or audiobooks sometimes so long? Learn more about limits on the number of eBook copies and the length of time they can be borrowed.

Book by Alan Hollinghurst

The Sparsholt Affair

The Stranger’s Child

The Swimming-Pool Library

The Line of Beauty

Books by Dimitri Nasrallah

The Bleeds

Blackbodying

Niko

If you like Alan Hollinghurst…

A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White

In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin

Howards End by E.M. Forster

Live Mic: Best of TPL Conversations features curated discussions and interviews with some of today's best-known and yet-to-be-known writers, thinkers and artists, recorded on stage at one of Toronto Public Library's 100 branches.

Episodes are produced by Natalie Kertes, Jorge Amigo, and Gregory McCormick. Technical support by Michelle De Marco and George Panayotou. AV support by Jennifer Kasper and Mesfin Bayssassew. Marketing support by Tanya Oleksuik.

Music is by The Worst Pop Band Ever.