{"id":617297,"date":"2026-04-20T20:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617297\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:50:10","slug":"join-a-canada-wide-digital-book-club-at-the-mississauga-library-city-of-mississauga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617297\/","title":{"rendered":"Join a Canada-wide digital book club at the Mississauga Library \u2013 City of Mississauga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mississauga Library and One eRead Canada are offering unlimited eBook and audiobook access for a Canadian bestseller in April.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-154875 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OneeReadCanada_26170_screens_v3_1280x720_event.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Book lovers can join a nationwide reading experience this month at the Mississauga Library. The library has partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/1ereadlivrelcanada.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">One eRead Canada<\/a>, a digital book club that brings readers and libraries together across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>During April, the library is offering unlimited eBook and audiobook checkouts of the award-winning novel \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/mississauga.bibliocommons.com\/v2\/record\/S220C733982\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What I Know About You (Ce que je sais de toi)\u201d<\/a> by \u00c9ric Chacour, translated from French by Pablo Strauss. This is a heartbreaking story of family and an impossible love, torn apart by secrets and tradition in late twentieth-century Cairo. Readers can borrow the book instantly through the library\u2019s online catalogue to read or listen on a tablet, phone or audio device.<\/p>\n<p>The program invites readers to journey behind the text with a free online talk with the author. The talk will be streamed live across Canada in English on the Mississauga Library\u2019s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>Details<br \/>\nWhat<\/p>\n<p>Borrow \u201cWhat I Know About You\u201d in both eBook and audiobook formats during the month of April. Readers can then join an online talk with author \u00c9ric Chacour and translator Pablo Strauss, hosted by Antonio M. Downing of CBC\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/books\/thenextchapter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Next Chapter<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who<\/p>\n<p>Mississauga Library cardholders can instantly borrow unlimited eBook and audiobook copies during the month of April. Sign up for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mississauga.ca\/library\/using-the-library\/get-a-library-card\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">virtual library card<\/a> on the Mississauga Library website.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone can attend the online author talk.<\/p>\n<p>Where<\/p>\n<p>Streamed live on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MississaugaLibrary\/streams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mississauga Library YouTube channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When<\/p>\n<p>April 30, 2026, starting at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Why it matters<\/p>\n<p>Libraries often pay excessively high prices to provide eBooks and audiobooks for borrowing. One eRead Canada is a project of the Canadian Urban Libraries Council. During April, it provides free and unlimited access to a chosen eBook and audiobook. It helps show how libraries play a critical role in supporting Canadian publishers by helping readers find new stories and authors.<\/p>\n<p>One eRead Canada\u2019s annual campaign brings attention to high digital book prices and supports change. This work supports the Mississauga Library\u2019s goal to encourage reading and make books more accessible, as outlined in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mississauga.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/03114137\/future-directions-library-plan-2024.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Library Future Directions Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                    Tags&#13;<br \/>\n                                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>    Media contact<\/p>\n<p>City of Mississauga Media Relations<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mississauga.ca\/city-of-mississauga-news\/news\/join-a-canada-wide-digital-book-club-at-the-mississauga-library\/mailto:media@mississauga.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">media@mississauga.ca<\/a><br \/>905-615-3200, ext.\u00a05232<br \/>TTY:\u00a0905-896-5151<br \/><a class=\"newsnews\" href=\"https:\/\/preferences.enewsmississauga.ca\/subscribe?category=City%20of%20Mississauga\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get email updates<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mississauga Library and One eRead Canada are offering unlimited eBook and audiobook access for a Canadian bestseller&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":{"0":"post-617297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mississauga","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mississauga"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}