Author Talks & Lectures
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Albert Campbell
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...