Alice Munro's "Meneseteung" (" Friend of My Youth ," 1990) possesses the richness and complexity of a novel. This talk outlines how the "wild" - as found both inside and outside each o...
This is a powerful presentation about the experience of professional 2SLGBTQ+ athletes in Canadian sports. By looking at the stories in Erin's book,...
Going Public (Carina Press) is the latest novel from breakout queer romance author Hudson Lin and the newest installment in her Jade Harbour Capital series. As an operating partner at Jade Harbou...
Separated by generation and geography, the classic stories, "In the Fall" and "Second Spring" by Alistair MacLeod and the award-winning "Lagomorph" by Alexander MacLeod are the highlights of the respective collections,...
Join Vikki VanSickle, our Summer 2022 Writer in Residence, for this informative lecture about the ins and outs of writing Young Adult (YA) literature. From upper grade to clean teen, new adults and more, Vikki will disse...
Richard Powers' " The Overstory ," (2018) traces the lives of multiple generations of humans and trees. Taking a long view of planetary history, Powers' book proposes that the lived exp...
You've been working on your book and it's ready to go. Now what? Join Vikki VanSickle as she draws on her twelve years in children's book marketing and her work as an award-winning author for young people. In this lectur...
Young writers are invited to join our Writer in Residence, Vikki VanSickle, for this creativity-stoking online workshop. Come and flex your writing muscles with five simple exercises that will unlock imagination, banish...
You've finished your book, now what? Come join our Writer in Residence, Vikki VanSickle, for an interactive workshop at the Toronto Reference Library. In this program, writers will learn some useful tips and...