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Author Talks & Lectures

Icon of the event The Secret City: An Occult History of Toronto
Tue Jun 25, 2013 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Professor Gillian McCann (Nipissing University, PhD from UofT) discusses her research revealing a completely different picture of Toronto in the Victorian/Edwardian period than the one most people have in their minds. Drawing...

Icon of the event The Treehouse Talks
Fri Jun 14, 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Toronto Reference Library

3 monthly speakers x 3 monthly topics = 1, 000 ideas! Discover new ideas, ways of thinking and styles of presentation. While our speakers appear to have nothing in common, Treehouse knows that where three ideas collide, count...

Icon of the event Use Your Words: Workshops for Emerging Writers
Sat Jul 13, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Find inspiration and hone your craft with some of the hottest writers in Toronto. For young writers 16-30. Dalton Higgins (Vibe, The Source). Dalton inhabits the worlds of digital culture, hip hop and popular culture - and co...

Icon of the event The Treehouse Talks
Fri Sep 13, 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Toronto Reference Library

3 monthly speakers x 3 monthly topics = 1, 000 ideas! Discover new ideas, ways of thinking and styles of presentation. While our speakers appear to have nothing in common, Treehouse knows that where three ideas collide, count...

Icon of the event Use Your Words: Workshops for Emerging Writers
Sat Jul 27, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Find inspiration and hone your craft with some of the hottest writers in Toronto. For young writers 16-30. Sheila Heti's book How Should a Person Be? was chosen by The New York Times as one of the 100 Best Books of 2012. Cont...

Icon of the event York during the War of 1812: A Re-examination
Fri May 24, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Historian Richard Gerrard, Fort York Historic Site, re-interprets the War of 1812 using newly discovered documentary and archaelogical evidence. Illustrated Presentation. Guided tour of the TD Gallery exhibition following the...

Icon of the event Join us for an Evening with Susan Manchester
Tue Jun 04, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Parkdale

The Poetry Circle is delighted to welcome award winning poet Susan Manchester, author of Pouring Small Fire. Her poems have appeared in many periodicals including: The Antigonish Review, The League of Canadian Poets Antholog...

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

Join us for an entertaining and relaxing afternoon and listen to librarians review and discuss recent publications, upcoming titles, their favourite authors, and recommend some good titles for you to read. Light refreshments ...


Upcoming Dates:
Tue May 28
Tue Jun 25