Asian Heritage
Toronto Public Library presents a free and diverse celebration of Asian culture. From author talks to film screenings and musical performances, enjoy a variety of specially-designed events, programs and activities for all ages to experience and celebrate the broad diversity of Asian heritage and culture. Toronto Public Library also celebrates Asian Heritage Month each May.
Upcoming Hindu Heritage Events
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Ruth Lor Malloy: Brightening My Corner
Mon Sep 09, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Toronto Reference LibraryJournalist, writer, and activist Ruth Lor Malloy will share her life story as a woman who explores the world, battles racial prejudice and collects old shoes. Ruth was born into a Chinese restaurant family in Broc...
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Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Storytime & Lantern Craft
Sat Sep 14, 2024 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Lillian H. SmithCelebrate the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival at Lillian H. Smith! Enjoy some stories about this traditional Chinese holiday and make your own paper rabbit lantern to take home! For children 5 and under with their parents...
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Catherine Hernandez: Behind You
Wed Sep 18, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: North York Central LibraryAward-winning author Catherine Hernandez discusses her new novel about a city gripped by terror, a young girl facing danger closer to home, and chilling memories that last a lifetime....
Past Programs
Check out events you may have missed on the TPL Culture channel on Crowdcast.
Watch replays of past programs in our Asian Heritage series
- V. V. Ganeshananthan: Brotherless Night
- Deepti Kapoor: Age of Vice
- Cooking with Joshna: Dumplings with Karon Liu
- Arshia Sattar: Hindu Epics Today
- Harini Nagendra: The Bangalore Detective's Club
- Cooking with Joshna: Diwali Celebration with Aparita Bhandari
- Cooking with Joshna: Is There Bacon in Heaven with Ali Hassan
- Anuradha Roy: The Earthspinner
- Miguel Syjuco: I Was the President's Mistress!!
- Kim Fu: Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century
- Matthieu Aikins: The Naked Don’t Fear the Water
- Barnett Rubin: On Afghanistan
- Jessamine Chan: The School for Good Mothers
- Stephanie Foo: What My Bones Know
- Mark L. Clifford: Today Hong Kong
- Nathan Law: Freedom, How We Lose It and How We Fight Back
- Joanna Chiu: China Unbound
- Leo Chan: Moon Festival - Embrace the Sound and Taste of Home
- Meng Jin: Little Gods
- Gina Apostol: The Revolutionary
- Greens, Corn & Migration: Finding Food Stories on Your Plate with Chef and Food Activist Joshna Maharaj
- Thieving, Grieving and Leaving: New Fiction of Displacement
- Ocean Vuong: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
- Leo Chan: Once Upon a Time in Chinatown
- More Than Just Chinese Food with Author and Chef Trevor Lui
- Asian-Canadian Representation in the Media
- In My View: Resilience, Art and Migration
- Kit Fan: Diamond Hill, The Disappearing City
- A Spiritual Quest through the Creation of Poetry
- Chinese Festivals and Food - Mid-Autumn Festival
- Art and Haiku In the Time of COVID