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NYHS Presents Adam Bunch --Toronto's Founding Dog & How He Almost Got Eaten
Wed Jun 19, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: North York Central LibraryIt was the summer of 1793. The summer our city was founded. The first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada: John Graves Simcoe and his family sailed on the HMS Mississauga from Niagara to find a new capital for the new provinc...
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Burning It All Down: Stevenson's Nimona and the Power of Not Fitting In
Wed Jun 19, 2024 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Northern DistrictN.D. Stevenson's graphic novel Nimona functions as almost an anti-bildungsroman, a story in which the two central characters, Ballister and Nimona, are alienated from a fundamentally broken society because of their own status...
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Travel Talk: Baffin Island Nunavut
Sat Jun 22, 2024 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: North York Central LibraryHave you heard of the Akshayuk Pass in Baffin Island? Join Aviator Lola Reid Allin and her friends on her personally narrated, photographic chronicle of their challenging 10-day, 98-km Arctic camping adventure. During this tr...
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Zain Bandali, Mehndi Boy
Sat Jun 22, 2024 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: North York Central LibraryFamilies are invited to join children's author Zain Bandali as he discusses and leads an interactive activity about his debut book, Mehndi Boy. The story follows Tehzeeb, an artistic boy who dreams about becoming the most in-...
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Making Comics with Kean Soo
Tue Jul 02, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Northern DistrictLearn how to write and draw comics & graphic novels with the award-winning creator of Jellaby and March Grand Prix! Kean will lead you through the foundations of creating fun, compelling characters, plot outlines, and pulling...
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How Toronto Island Inspired a Mystery
Fri Jul 05, 2024 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: North York Central LibraryEver thought that the sandy beaches and leafy pathways of Toronto Island would be a perfect backdrop for murder? Join acclaimed writer Dianne Scott for her captivating presentation on ?How Toronto Island Inspired a Mystery.?...
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Eleanor?s Moon Author and Illustrator Talk with Maggie Knaus
Tue Aug 06, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Northern DistrictToronto author and illustrator, Maggie Knaus, shares her experience and journey to create her first children's book, Eleanor's Moon (2023 Owl Kids Books). During this slideshow presentation, Knaus will discuss the inspiration...
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Making Comics with Kean Soo!
Fri Aug 09, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: North York Central LibraryLearn how to write and draw comics & graphic novels with the award-winning creator of Jellaby and March Grand Prix! Kean will lead you through the foundations of creating fun, compelling characters, plot outlines, and...
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Local Author Talk - Edward Y.C. Lee and The Laundryman's Boy
Mon Aug 19, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: North York Central LibraryJoin author Edward Y. C. Lee as he discusses his debut novel, The Laundryman?s Boy! Set in St. Catherine?s in 1913, The Laundryman?s Boy follows 13-year-old Hoi Wing Woo?s struggles to build escape a life of hard l...