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Author Talks & Lectures

Icon of the event Tea and Books
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm on recurring dates listed below
Agincourt

Calling all book lovers! Join us for an entertaining afternoon to discuss old favourites, recent publications, upcoming titles, favourite authors, and recommend some good reads. Light refreshments provided. For more informati...


Upcoming Dates:
Tue Sep 17
Icon of the event Branded by the Pink Triangle
Wed Sep 25, 2013 | 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lillian H. Smith

Between 5,000 and 15,000 gay men--identified by the pink triangle--were sent to the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, many to die there. After the war, this bitter history was for decades ignored. Author Ken Setterington t...

Icon of the event The 26th Helen E. Stubbs Memorial Lecture : Lois Lowry
Thu Oct 10, 2013 | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Lillian H. Smith

Lois Lowry is the author of many distinguished books for young readers, including the Anastasia, Sam, Gooney Bird and Giver series. She was awarded the Newbery Medal for Number the Stars (1990) and for The Giver (1994), and i...

Icon of the event Tea & Books
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm on recurring dates listed below
Agincourt

Join us for an entertaining afternoon to discuss old favourites, recent publications, upcoming titles, your favourite authors, and recommend some good titles which you have already read. Light refreshments provided.


Upcoming Dates:
Mon Jul 29
Mon Aug 26
Icon of the event The 7th Annual Sybille Pantazzi Memorial Lecture: Jeremy Tankard
Thu Oct 10, 2013 | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Lillian H. Smith

Jeremy Tankard, the award-winning author-illustrator of Grumpy Bird, Me Hungry!, and illustrator of It's a Tiger!, whose picture books are as brilliant on paper as in ebook format, describes his creative processes.(Photo cred...