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Answering the Call of the Wild in Alice Munro's "Meneseteung"

Tue May 31, 2022 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Online

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...

Proud to Play: LGBTQ+ Athletes in Sports

Fri Jun 03, 2022 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Online

This is a powerful presentation about the experience of professional 2SLGBTQ+ athletes in Canadian sports. By looking at the stories in Erin's book,...

Hudson Lin: Going Public

Mon Jun 06, 2022 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Online

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...

Reading Animals with the MacLeods

Thu Jun 16, 2022 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Toronto Reference Library

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,...

Defining Your Audience: Writing for Kids & Teens

Thu Jun 23, 2022 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Toronto Reference Library

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

Thu Jun 23, 2022 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Online

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...

Getting Published: Finding a Home for Your Book

Wed Jun 29, 2022 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Online

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...

Imagination Boot Camp: Writing Workshop for Teens

Thu Jul 07, 2022 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Online

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...

Query Letter Writing Workshop

Sat Jul 09, 2022 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Toronto Reference Library

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...

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