Author Talks & Lectures
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Barbara Frum
George Eliot?s great multi-plotted novel of middle-class life in early 19th century England interweaves stories of people facing crucial romantic and vocational choices. As the two principal protagonists, struggling with the...
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...
Detective Ari Greene, is arrested for first degree murder by his young protege, Dan Kennicott. House- bound, Greene must work to clear his name and to come to terms with the fact that people are not what they seem and the hig...
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...
The Birth of Richard III...
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...
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...
"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...
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...