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CANCELLED - Author Visit: Sharing Life Stories
Tue May 28, 2024 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Spadina RoadAuthor Carol WilliamsWong shares her life story through readings of her memoir/books, "Letters to My Grandchildren: memoirs of a dragon lady", and "Conversation with a Hakka Dragon Lady". From Jamaica to...
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Crime Fiction : Why Series Work So Well New Date
Thu May 30, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Northern DistrictIs it the engaging characters, the compelling plots, the sense of familiarity, or a bit of all that make crime fiction series? so addictive? In this one-hour talk, we look at why we love this immersive and addictive reading e...
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"Something Infinitely Precious": Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway
Thu May 30, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Victoria VillageMrs. Dalloway was first published in 1925 by Virginia and Leonard Woolf's own publishing house, the Hogarth Press. The Woolfs started their own press as a space for experimental literature and radical ideas: being publishers...
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Meet author Toula Drimonis
Tue Jun 04, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Victoria VillageToula Drimonis is a Montreal-based opinion columnist, writer and news producer. Toula will talk about her book ' We the Others: Allophones, Immigrants and Belonging in Canada.' She will also introduce us to her new...
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Meet author Brian Francis
Thu Jun 06, 2024 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: Victoria VillageToronto author Brian Francis will read and discuss his book ' Missed Connections: a memoir in letters never sent.' A Q&A will follow. Join us!
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The Laundryman's Boy Edward Y.C. Lee
Thu Jun 13, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Northern DistrictPlease join Edward Y.C. Lee as he discusses and performs a reading from his novel The Laundryman's Boy. The Laundryman's Boy is and enduring and moving tale about early newcomers to Canada and their struggle to succeed a...
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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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Meet author Terry Fallis
Thu Jul 04, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Victoria VillageToronto author Terry Fallis will read and discuss his new book ' A New Season.' A Q&A will follow. Join us!
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Caribbean Storytime with Yolanda T. Marshall
Fri Jul 05, 2024 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location: Spadina RoadLet's get moving! Join Guyanese-born Canadian author Yolanda T. Marshall for a lively, interactive storytelling program as she reads from her Caribbean-inspired picture books followed by Soca music. Yolanda T. Mar...