Lisa Moore
February

East coast author Lisa Moore's short stories and novels have put her on lists for major awards including the Scotiabank Giller and Impac Dublin prizes. Her first novel, Alligator, won the 2006 Commonwealth Writer's Best Book Award. Come out to hear her read from her newest novel, February.

Adrienne Clarkson
Norman Bethune

The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, journalist, author, and former Governor General of Canada has lived an extraordinary life very much in the public eye. Come and hear discuss her new biography of another extraordinary Canadian, Norman Bethune.

Colin McAdam
Fall

Colin McAdam's debut novel, Some Great Thing, was nominated for the 2004 Governor General's Award for English fiction, and won the 2004 Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award. Hear him discuss his follow-up novel, Fall.

Denise Chong
Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship

The author of The Concubine's Children and The Girl in the Picture: The Kim Phuc Story, is back with another great book. Come and hear her read from Egg on Mao, The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced An Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship.

A.F. Moritz
The Sentinel

One of Canada's leading poets, Moritz is the author of 20 books of poetry and several non-fiction books. The University of Toronto professor was the Canadian winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize for 2009 for The Sentinel. Come and hear why the Globe calls him the 'Master of Metaphor'.

Michael Wex
How to be a Mentsh (And Not a Shmuck)

Yiddish is alive & well and being revitalized by Michael Wex. The author of Born to Kvetch and Just Say Nu is back with a fun new book, How to Be a Mentsh (And Not a Shmuck): Secrets of the Good Life from the Most Unpopular People on Earth.

Ian Brown
The Boy in the Moon

Brown is a Globe & Mail feature writer, author and broadcaster. Hear him read from his very personal story of life with his son, Walker, who suffers from a rare and debilitating genetic disorder.

Mary Lou Finlay
The As It Happens Files: Radio That May Contain Nuts

For eight years, Mary Lou Finlay was co-host of one of CBC Radio’s most enduring and popular shows. The As It Happens Files gives us some of the fondest, funniest, darkest, and most vivid memories of the last decade.

Robert Rotenberg
Old City Hall

Rotenberg, former editor of Passion, The Magazine of Paris, and T.O. The Magazine of Toronto, is a practicing defence attorney in Toronto. His debut novel, Old City Hall, promises more great things to come from this new light in the literary universe.

Rawi Hage
Cockroach

Lebanese-Canadian Rawi Hage's stunning debut novel, DeNiro's Game, won the IMPAC Dublin literary award and was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General's Award. Hage will read from his breathtaking new novel, Cockroach. Come and see what the buzz is all about.

Terry O'Reilly and Mike Tennant
The Age of Persuasion: How Marketing Ate Our Culture

O'Reilly and Tennant have a wide and well deserved following for their hit radio show, The Age of Persuasion. Come and hear them convince you that everything you ever thought you knew about advertising is wrong.

Peter Mansbridge
One on One: Favourite Conversations and the Stories Behind Them


Rex Murphy, Canada and Other Matters of Opinion

This afternoon, two of the country's most distinguished journalists talk with Tina Srebotnjak about their new books. Peter Mansbridge introduces One on One: Favourite Conversations and the Stories Behind Them, while Rex Murphy reveals how he came to write Canada and Other Matters of Opinion.

Jane Urquhart
Lucy Maud Montgomery

Jane Urquhart has developed a broad and intense body of work, and has won or been short-listed for nearly every major award. Come and hear the author of Away, The Underpainter, and The Stone Carvers read from her newest book, an extraordinary biography of Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Anne Giardini
Advice for Italian Boys

Anne Giardini is a practicing lawyer and now the author of a second successful novel. Join her for a reading and discussion of her new book, Advice for Italian Boys.

Kim Echlin
The Disappeared

Bestselling author Kim Echlin is a writer, teacher and documentary filmmaker. Her books have received national attention and international acclaim.

Wayson Choy
Not Yet: A Memoir of Living and Almost Dying

Wayson Choy is known for his inspiring reminiscences of Canada's Chinese-Canadian communities, and for his moving prose. His latest book, a memoir, reflects upon his near-death experience, his serious illness and his fear of death.

Patrick Lane
Red Dog, Red Dog

Poet Patrick Lane is known for his brilliant, textured writing. He has received most of Canada's top literary awards, including the Governor General's Award, Canadian Authors Association Award and two National Magazine Awards. His first novel, Red Dog, Red Dog, is a national bestseller and a Globe and Mail Book of the Year.

Linden MacIntyre
The Bishop's Man

Linden MacIntyre has won eight Gemini awards and an international Emmy for his incisive broadcasts and brilliant storytelling, and is a household name in Canada. Join MacIntyre as he reads from his latest novel, The Bishop's Man.

Lily Poritz Miller
In a Pale Blue Light

Lily Poritz Miller has acted as 'midwife' to many of Canada's literary giants, having been senior literary editor for the legendary publisher, Jack McClelland. Her own first full-length work of fiction, In A Pale Blue Light, has been a long time coming. Come and hear why it has been worth the wait.

Robert Rotenberg
Old City Hall

Robert Rotenberg, former editor of Passion, The Magazine of Paris, and T.O. The Magazine of Toronto, is a practicing defence attorney in Toronto. His debut novel, Old City Hall, promises more great things to come from this new light in the literary universe.

Ken McGoogan
Race to the Polar Sea: The Heroic Adventures of Elisha Kent Kane

Ken McGoogan has won a bevy of prizes for his work, including a Cambridge fellowship, and the 2006  Pierre Berton Award for a body of work. Come and hear him read from his newest book, Race to the Polar Sea: The Heroic Adventures of Elisha Kent Kane.

Neil Bissoondath
The Soul of All Great Designs

CANCELLED

Ray Robertson
David

Ray Robertson is the author of several novels, including Home Movies, Heroes, Moody Food and Gently Down the Stream. Ray is a contributing book reviewer to the Toronto Globe and Mail, appears regularly on TVO's Imprint and CBC's Talking Books, and teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Toronto.

Patrick Lane
Red Dog, Red Dog

Poet Patrick Lane is known for his brilliant, textured writing. He has received most of Canada's top literary awards, including the Governor General's Award, Canadian Authors Association Award and two National Magazine Awards. His first novel, Red Dog, Red Dog, is a national bestseller and a Globe and Mail Book of the Year.

Mark KingwellGlenn Gould

Eminent writer and philosopher Mark Kingwell is an extraordinary Canadian. Widely published in academic and popular publications, Kingwell has written about another extraordinary Canadian, Glenn Gould.

Linwood Barclay
Fear the Worst

Former Toronto Star humour columnist Linwood Barclay is now a master mystery writer. His last book, No Time for Goodbye, was a huge international hit. Come and hear him talk about his exciting new Canadian mystery, Fear The Worst.

Lisa Gabriele
The Almost Archer Sisters

Lisa Gabriele's writing has appeared in New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, Vice magazine, Salon, Glamour, and Babble, and she has been anthologized in a number of collections. Her newest novel, The Almost Archer Sisters, was six weeks on the best-seller list. Come and see why.

Martha Baillie
The Incident Report

Poet and novelist Martha Baillie has published four novels and her poems have appeared in Prairie Fire and Descant. As a working member of the Toronto Public Library family, we are thrilled to present her new Toronto library-based work of fiction, The Incident Report. Come and hear from one of our own!

Neil Bissoondath
The Soul of All Great Design

CANCELLED

Ray Robertson
David

Ray Robertson is the author of several novels, including Home Movies, Heroes, Moody Food and Gently Down the Stream. Ray is a contributing book reviewer to the Toronto Globe and Mail, appears regularly on TVO's Imprint and CBC's Talking Books, and teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Toronto.

Lisa Moore
February

East coast author Lisa Moore's short stories and novels have put her on lists for major awards including the Scotiabank Giller and Impac Dublin prizes. Her first novel, Alligator, won the 2006 Commonwealth Writer's Best Book Award. Come out to hear her read from her newest novel, February.

Colin McAdam
Fall

Colin McAdam's debut novel, Some Great Thing, was nominated for the 2004 Governor General's Award for English fiction, and won the 2004 Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award. Hear him discuss his follow-up novel, Fall.

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2 p.m.
Richview Branch

Catherine Gildiner
After the Falls

Her first book, Too Close to the Falls, was the winner of a Different Drummer Award, nominated for a Trillium Award, and was on the national best-seller list for more than 50 weeks. Catherine Gildiner reads from the latest installation of her memoir, After the Falls.

Kim Echlin
The Disappeared

Bestselling author Kim Echlin is a writer, teacher and documentary filmmaker. Her books have received national attention and international acclaim.

Rawi Hage
Cockroach

Lebanese-Canadian Rawi Hage's stunning debut novel, DeNiro's Game, won the IMPAC Dublin literary award and was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General's Award. Hage will read from his breathtaking new novel, Cockroach. Come and see what the buzz is all about.

Anne Giardini
Advice for Italian Boys

Anne Giardini is a practicing lawyer and now the author of a second successful novel. Join her for a reading and discussion of her new book, Advice for Italian Boys.