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Author Talks & Lectures

Icon of the event Author Husam Wafaei
Wed Sep 11, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Leaside

Meet author Husam Wafaei, author of "Honourable Defection: a glimpse into an unfinished chapter of the Arab Spring in Syria."...

Icon of the event Metro Talks: The Eglinton Crosstown
Thu Oct 10, 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Northern District

Presented by Metroland Media and Toronto Public Library.

Icon of the event A Festival of Guyanese Jokes & Tales
Thu Jul 11, 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Bloor/Gladstone

Author Wayne Jones, will read from his 2011 publication, Great Guyanese Humour: Guyana's History through Jokes and launch his recently released flip-book, The Guyaspora in Canada (Guyanese Life in Canada)....

Icon of the event Kick-start Your Personal Memoir Using the Six Senses
Tue Oct 01, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
S. Walter Stewart

Join author and editor Sharon A. Crawford in her new program on Memoir Writing. The Canadian Authors Association, Toronto branch, Writer-in-Residence will help you use emotion and senses to bring your story to life. Please ca...

Icon of the event Shyam Selvadurai: The Hungry Ghosts
Thu Sep 19, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Bloor/Gladstone

In Sri Lankan Buddhist mythology, if a person desires too much in life, they will be reborn as a peréthaya--an insatiable hungry ghost. "The peréthayas that appear to us are always our ancestors, and it is our duty to free th...

Icon of the event East York Historical Society
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm on recurring dates listed below
S. Walter Stewart

Presentation on local historical subjects by the East York Historical Society. Meetings are free and have a guest speaker. All welcome. Call 416-396-3975 for information.


Upcoming Dates:
Tue Sep 24