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Author Talks & Lectures

Icon of the event Metro Talks: The Eglinton Crosstown
Thu Oct 10, 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Northern District

Presented by Metroland Media and Toronto Public Library.

Icon of the event Branded by the Pink Triangle
Wed Sep 25, 2013 | 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lillian H. Smith

Between 5,000 and 15,000 gay men--identified by the pink triangle--were sent to the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, many to die there. After the war, this bitter history was for decades ignored. Author Ken Setterington t...

Icon of the event A Festival of Guyanese Jokes & Tales
Thu Jul 11, 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Bloor/Gladstone

Author Wayne Jones, will read from his 2011 publication, Great Guyanese Humour: Guyana's History through Jokes and launch his recently released flip-book, The Guyaspora in Canada (Guyanese Life in Canada)....

Icon of the event The 26th Helen E. Stubbs Memorial Lecture : Lois Lowry
Thu Oct 10, 2013 | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Lillian H. Smith

Lois Lowry is the author of many distinguished books for young readers, including the Anastasia, Sam, Gooney Bird and Giver series. She was awarded the Newbery Medal for Number the Stars (1990) and for The Giver (1994), and i...

Icon of the event Shyam Selvadurai: The Hungry Ghosts
Thu Sep 19, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Bloor/Gladstone

In Sri Lankan Buddhist mythology, if a person desires too much in life, they will be reborn as a peréthaya--an insatiable hungry ghost. "The peréthayas that appear to us are always our ancestors, and it is our duty to free th...

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 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 Terry Fallis: Author Visit
Wed Jun 26, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Mimico Centennial

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....

Icon of the event The 7th Annual Sybille Pantazzi Memorial Lecture: Jeremy Tankard
Thu Oct 10, 2013 | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Lillian H. Smith

Jeremy Tankard, the award-winning author-illustrator of Grumpy Bird, Me Hungry!, and illustrator of It's a Tiger!, whose picture books are as brilliant on paper as in ebook format, describes his creative processes.(Photo cred...

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.