Extra, Extra: Animated Bookshelves and Aspiring Politicians

By Hamutal Dotan

Every weekday’s end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.

• Behold a beautiful labour of love: art director Sean Ohlenkamp and his wife Lisa made this lovely stop-motion animation short, which they shot at Type Books.
• While we’re on the subject of books, here is a list of major new releases in Canadian fiction, poetry, and graphic books expected out this spring.
• Politicians often speak of having big shoes to fill when they take over for popular predecessors, but one politician in Toronto is going to have a particularly tricky role to step into: tonight, in Toronto-Danforth, the NDP will be holding their nomination meeting to select a candidate to run in a by-election to replace Jack Layton. Here’s a rundown of the candidates.
• Think you’ve already got a grasp on how grim the state of transit is in Toronto? Brace yourself for some ominous reading: John Lorinc explains why the province may well be about to scale back the precious Transit City Eglinton Underground cash we’ve been banking on to build new infrastructure.

Like Torontoist? Send us tips, get involved, or follow us through Twitter, Facebook, or RSS.