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Author Talks & Lectures

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 May 28
Icon of the event Use Your Words: Workshops for emerging writers
Sat Jul 13, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Toronto Reference Library

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....

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

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.

Icon of the event Meet author Janet E. Cameron
Tue May 21, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Beaches

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.

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 Jan Wong Out Of the Blue
Wed May 29, 2013 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Northern District

Journalist Jan Wong's Out of the Blue: A Memoir of Workplace Depression, Recovery, Redemption and, Yes, Happiness - self-published memoir that details her depression, following a controversy over an article she wrote, and her...

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 Damian Barr: Maggie & Me
Tue Jun 11, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Lillian H. Smith

Author Damian Barr shares his latest book, a memoir about growing up in Thatcher's Britain....

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 The eh List Author Series: Une soirée avec Kim Thuy
Wed May 22, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Northern District

C'est une épopée des plus extraordinaires que raconte Kim Thuy dans son roman "Ru". D'un palais somptueux à Saigon au camp de réfugiés en Malaisie, d'une immigration difficile à sa nouvelle vie au Québec, cette histoire vous ...