Appel Salon Programming : Toronto Public Library

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Wed Jul 08, 2020 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Jenny Offill is the author of Last Things and Dept. of Speculation which was shortlisted for the Folio Prize, the Pen Faulkner Award and the International Dublin Award. She will be discussing her latest novel, Weather, a...

Susanna Moore: Miss Aluminum

Fri Jul 10, 2020 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Susanna Moore discusses her brilliantly entertaining and at times harrowing memoir, Miss Aluminum, which follows Moore's experiences after the unexpected death of her mentally ill mother. Miss Aluminum will make you lau...

Jessica McDiarmid: Highway of Tears

Mon Jul 13, 2020 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Jessica McDiarmid's book, Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, explores the isolated highway in British Columbia's north th...

Megha Majumdar: A Burning

Wed Jul 15, 2020 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

A Burning has the force of an epic while being masterfully compressed. Megha Majumdar discusses her extraordinary debut that includes all the components of the most compelling thriller: class, fate, corruption, justice,...

Sarah Broom: The Yellow House

Wed Jul 22, 2020 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Sarah Broom's best-selling memoir, The Yellow House (winner of the 2019 National Book Award), traces her remarkable journey through lives lived in the simple yellow home where she grew up in the storied city of New Orle...

Patrik Svensson: The Book of Eels

Sat Jul 25, 2020 | 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Winner of Sweden's most prestigious literary award, the August Prize, journalist Patrik Svensson explores the curious history and complex relationship between science and the lowly eel in The Book of Eels. From Freud to...

RESCHEDULED: The Other Shelf. Niviaq Korneliussen: Last Night in Nuuk

Mon Sep 14, 2020 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Toronto Reference Library

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been rescheduled from March 10th to September 14th, 2020. Niviaq Korneliussen was dubbed her country's "unlikely literary star" by the New Yorker. Hear her disc...

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