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Icon of the event Kamal Al-Solaylee: Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes
Thu Jun 13, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Parliament Street

Author and journalism professor Kamal Al-Solaylee talks about his family's movements from Yemen to Egypt and back amid the tumultuous political events of the 1960s and his own struggle to find a way to live as a gay man. Prid...

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 Author Talk: Marguerite Pigeon
Mon May 27, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Parliament Street

Marguerite Pigeon is a writer of poetry and fiction....

Icon of the event Meet Author Eric Walters!
Wed May 22, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Parliament Street

Meet 2013 Silver Birch Express and Red Maple nominee Eric Walters as he talks about his amazing books, experiences, and about being a writer....

Icon of the event Author Talk: Joy Fielding
Tue May 21, 2013 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Parliament Street

Joy Fielding is the author of the New York Times bestsellers...

Icon of the event Riverdale Community Arts and Letters Club
Wed Jun 19, 2013 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Riverdale

Mystery novelist, Howard Shrier, and his new Riverdale sleuth book, "Miss Montreal", discussion and book signing.