Upcoming Dates:
- Thu Sep 01
- Thu Sep 08
- Thu Sep 15
- Thu Sep 22
Wed Aug 17, 2022
1:00 pm
- 2:00 pm
Location:
Leaside
Popular author J. Torres (Bigfoot Boy; Teen Titans) inspires kids to learn about the creation of comics and graphic novels. The workshop includes an interactive presentation, readings and Q&A. For children ages 8...
Mon Aug 22, 2022
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
Location:
Forest Hill
Jason Loo, Toronto-based cartoonist behind the Pitiful Human-Lizard comic series, will teach you how to create your own characters, then write and draw them on a comic page! Jason will also share his process behind cre...
2:30 pm
- 4:00 pm
on recurring dates listed below
Location:
Runnymede
Join award-winning author, speaker, and walking expert Susan Sommers and personal trainer and fitness instructor Joanne Fontana in an exciting 4-session program designed to educate and inspire people of all ages about the lif...
Tue Sep 06, 2022
6:30 pm
- 7:30 pm
Location:
Woodside Square
The Reunion tells the story of six close friends from India. It begins in Hyderabad and chronicles their destinies from the 1960's as they navigate religious, cultural, political and caste differences in and around their fami...
Thu Sep 08, 2022
7:00 pm
- 8:00 pm
Location:
Brentwood
Join author David Michael at Brentwood Library as he reads from his debut novel Love Will Out: A Newfoundland Love Story. Based on the very unusual love story of his parents, Makhoil Elia and Miriam Burnstein (aka Mickey and...
Wed Sep 14, 2022
6:30 pm
- 7:30 pm
Location:
Runnymede
Chelene Knight joins us in-person to discuss her new book, Junie, a riveting exploration of the complexity within the mother-daughter relationship. Intimate and urgent, Junie is an unflinching tale of the dynamic vitality and...
Thu Sep 22, 2022
1:00 pm
- 2:00 pm
Location:
Lillian H. Smith
Discover and explore what a "Go To Emotion" is and ways to work with these states that can move you from reaction to response to resolve! In this 1hr talk, you will learn: * What a "Go To Emotion" is. * How to...
Thu Sep 29, 2022
7:00 pm
- 8:00 pm
Location:
Lillian H. Smith
Award-winning, Toronto-based author Terri Favro discusses her new book, The Sisters Sputnik, inspired by her passion for robots, golden-age comic strips and the history of the nuclear age. Favro will dive into real and altern...
Thu Oct 13, 2022
7:00 pm
- 8:00 pm
Location:
Brentwood
Toronto author and Giller Prize & Toronto Book Award finalist, Anthony De Sa (Barnacle of Love; Kicking the Sky), discusses his novel, Children of the Moon, and delves into the role of memory in fiction, and how he incorporat...
Thu Oct 13, 2022
1:00 pm
- 2:30 pm
Location:
Kennedy/Eglinton
In this interactive workshop, Sharon A. Crawford, author of the Beyond mysteries and The Enemies Within Us: A Memoir shows participants how to find story ideas and develop them into compelling literary and commercial short st...