Q&Q reported yesterday that there were approximately 500 Toronto Public Library holds for Robyn Doolittle’s Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story. Today, that number has jumped to nearly 800.
But what about the rest of Canada? We checked the online catalogues of 12 other library systems to see if there’s a demand for Doolittle’s Toronto-centric exposé elsewhere in the country. As a point of comparison, we also counted the number of holds on Chris Hadfield’s best-selling memoir An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth.
Although there are hundreds of copies of Crazy Town on hold from Victoria to Halifax, it appears that Toronto remains the centre of Ford Nation.
Library System | An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth | Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story |
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Toronto Public Library | 144 copies; 587 holds | 144 copies; 783 holds |
Greater Victoria Public Library | 47 copies; 192 holds | Nine copies ordered; 31 holds |
Vancouver Public Library | 24 copies; 225 holds | Four copies ordered; 50 holds |
Northwest Territories Public Library Service | Four copies; no holds | Not available |
Regina Public Library | 46 copies; 87 holds | 17 holds on two copies, with 11 more on order |
Edmonton Public Library | 54 copies; 277 holds | Not available |
Calgary Public Library | 44 copies; 281 holds | On order; 38 holds |
Winnipeg Public Library | 145 holds | 35 holds |
Kitchener Public Library | 12 copies; 52 holds | Five copies ordered; 26 holds |
Bibliothèques Montréal | Copies on hold at 10 branches | Not available |
Halifax Public Library | 24 copies; 124 holds | Six copies; 26 holds |
New Brunswick Public Library System | 12 copies; 32 holds | Not available |
Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries | Copies on hold at 17 branches | Copies still on order |