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Author Talks & Lectures

Icon of the event Dr. Donald Smith's Mississauga Portraits
Thu Jun 27, 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Spadina Road

Meet Dr. Donald Smith, Professor Emeritus at University of Calgary. Smith's newest book brings to life some of the Mississauga's most important and interesting community leaders from the mid-nineteenth century. Each portrait...

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 May 28
Icon of the event Author Reading. Don Gillmor discusses his novel  Mount  Pleasant
Thu May 30, 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Deer Park

In this tragicomic social novel,Gillmor examines the anxieties of the once confident baby boomers caught in the recent global recession - the downsizing of lifestyles,ambitions and rosy dreams of easy retirement.

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 Meet author Barbara Mutch
Thu Jun 13, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Beaches

Meet author Barbara Mutch as she reads from her novel, "The Housemaid's Daughter". An Epic Journey. An Uncertain Love. An Enduring Friendship.

Icon of the event James Bartleman Book Launch
Wed Jun 19, 2013 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Spadina Road

Bestselling author and former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, James Bartleman, will be at the Spadina Road Branch to launch his latest novel "The Redemption of Oscar Wolf."

Icon of the event Meet author Janet E. Cameron
Tue May 21, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Beaches

Meet author Janet E. Cameron as she reads from her first novel, "Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World", a new coming of age story set in rural Nova Scotia in the 1980's.