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In this tragicomic social novel,Gillmor examines the anxieties of the once confident baby boomers caught in the recent global recession - the downsizing of lifestyles,ambitions and rosy dreams of easy retirement.
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...
Meet author Barbara Mutch as she reads from her novel, "The Housemaid's Daughter". An Epic Journey. An Uncertain Love. An Enduring Friendship.
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...
Dalton Higgins (Vibe, The Source. Dalton inhabits the worlds of digital culture, hip hop and popular culture - and combines them into one potent mix. One of Canada's foremost experts on hip hop. For writers 16-30....
Mystery novelist, Howard Shrier, and his new Riverdale sleuth book, "Miss Montreal", discussion and book signing.
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...
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...
Meet author Janet E. Cameron as she reads from her first novel, "Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World", a new coming of age story set in rural Nova Scotia in the 1980's.
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. Contemporary culture is her beat. For writers 16-30.