Author Talks & Lectures
Library Branch
Deer Park
Sense and Sensibility is Jane Austen's first published work, signaling the first appearance on the literary of this "Shakespeare of the novel". This lecture embraces the Dashwood sisters and their lovers as sustaining modern...
Presented by Metroland Media and Toronto Public Library.
Join author Nawaz as she explores the divergent paths of two orphaned sisters, brought up by their exasperated uncle in Montreal.Through life's vicissitudes- teenage pregnancy, anorexia, death and loss, the sisters are determ...
The Birth of Richard III...
Ovid was Rome's most prolific and famous poet in the eighth century, when he put into circulation his great poem about transformation, the Metamorphoses, a literary masterpiece that has inspired generations of artists, write...
"Shakespeare on the Silver Screen": Beginning with a brief history of the adaptation of Shakespeare's films to the screen, Dr. Sheppard will then continue by considering the ebbs and flows of Shakespeare's popularity as a sou...
Join us for a special presentation by local historian and author Jane Pitfield. Come and learn about how Thornclife became the community it is today....
The talk explores the rich and enigmatic world of Roman wall painting...
"intoxicating mystery set amid the glory and dark underside of Renaissance Rome". Pope Julius II, Michelangelo,Raphael,golden haired prostitute pulled out from the Tiber, floods surrounding Rome as the wolves descend - Buona...
Join us for an evening with award-winning novelist Terry Fallis, as he reads from his latest book, "Up and Down." Terry's previous book, "The Best Laid Plans" won the 2008 Stephen Leacock Award for Humour....