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Icon of the event Surviving and Thriving this School Year: Tips for Parents from Maureen Dennis
Tue Oct 08, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
North York Central Library

Join Maureen Dennis, President and Founder of WeeWelcome and Parenting Expert for the Marilyn Dennis Show, as she shares survival tips and strategies to get parents and students through the new school year successfully. With...

Icon of the event At the Table
Tue Oct 08, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Barbara Frum

Author Terence Keenleyside will discuss his new book "At the table: nourishing conversation and food". This is a collection of entertaining stories drawn from dinnertime exchanges at tables in many locales, and includes recip...

Icon of the event Kick-start Your Personal Memoir Using the Six Senses
Tue Oct 01, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
S. Walter Stewart

Join author and editor Sharon A. Crawford in her new program on Memoir Writing. The Canadian Authors Association, Toronto branch, Writer-in-Residence will help you use emotion and senses to bring your story to life. Please ca...

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 Sep 24
Icon of the event Storytelling with Molly Sutkaitis
Tue Sep 24, 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Barbara Frum

Molly Sutkaitis is a storyteller, and can help you with your own stories. She has worked with adults and teens, helping them to develop their storytelling skills. Come and join us as she regales us with her tales, then enco...

Icon of the event I Am so the Boss of You!:  Kathy Buckworth Running your Family like a Business
Tue Sep 17, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
North York Central Library

Every parent has had their child say to them You Are Not The Boss Of Me! And some of them are unfortunately right. Kathy Buckworth, award winning author, columnist and CityLine parenting expert, shares her expertise and her...

Icon of the event Eva Stachniak - Evergreen Author
Tue Aug 27, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Runnymede

Come and hear Eva read from, and talk about, her book "The Winter Palace" which is on the shortlist for the Ontario Library Association's Evergreen Book of the Year.