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Author Talks & Lectures

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 Treehouse Talks
Fri Oct 11, 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 Islamic History Month: Dr. Shabir Ally
Tue Oct 15, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Dr. Shabir Ally, president of the Islamic Information & Dawah Centre (Ph.D from the University of Toronto with a specialization in Qur'anic Exegesis) speaks on the rise of intellectual activity among Muslims during the Abbasi...

Icon of the event Dalton Higgins: Use Your Words: Summer 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 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 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 Great Books: Plato's Symposium
Mon Sep 30, 2013 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Dr John Greenwood of University of Toronto presents Plato's Symposium, a rousing philosophical discussion on the nature of love. In his characteristically challenging fashion, Socrates alerts the group to their own inadequate...

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) discusses her research revealing a surprising picture of Toronto in the Victorian/Edwardian period. Drawing from her book, Vanguard of the New Age: The Toronto Theosophical Soci...

Icon of the event Sheila Heti: Use Your Words: Summer 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 Notable Books of 2012. S...

Icon of the event Great Books: Sophocles' Oedipus the King
Tue Sep 24, 2013 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Frederick Sweet, of the University of Toronto, presents Sophocles' brilliant play, where we are confronted by the critical issue of a prenatal curse which precipitates the breaking of two profound taboos. Is there any room in...